Build quality gas vs DP

It's good to know that Dolphins are well built. It expands the pool for those looking to buy well built used gassers.

Snowman9000 wrote:
That's interesting about the Dolphin. When I see them in CGs, they look beat. That's just been my impression, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I will look more closely from now on.

Friends have a Dolphin and it's in excellent condition inside and out. It sparkles. It all depends on the owner's care. Some owners never wax their RVs so yes, they will look beat. Also, the ones you see now are older as they haven't been manufactured in years.

-Gramps- wrote:
Rexhall Rear Gas Coach for sale

Nice motorhome but that gas 8.1 is about at max rate just with the motorhome, only leaves room for a smart car for towing..

We had a 2007 Winnebago 26P (27ft) gas motorhome. We traded for a 2004 Foretravel U270 36'. I would upgrade to a Prevost if I could afford one. We travelled in the Winnebago for almost three years and over 20,000 miles. We Had no problems with the Winnebago whatsoever. I would not hesitate to purchase another one. The build quality was just fine. The Foretravel had some features we wanted that the Winnebago did not offer.

Snowman9000 wrote:
That's interesting about the Dolphin. When I see them in CGs, they look beat. That's just been my impression, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I will look more closely from now on.

No worries on my taking any offense:)! And Dolphin's came in different trim levels based upon the model years. Around 2005, you could get full body painted, with leather interior upgrades, a more modern interior design, and etc., etc. I feel that having the full body paint, and of course if well maintained, can make a difference on how a rig looks. These were I believe on the W24 Chassis, and that big 8.1. Can't recall if they had the Allison 5spd or came with the 6spd. But even the 5spd can be updated to 6spd. 34' were common, but they also had some up to 37'.

And another comment on the UFO rear engined 8.1. May have just been the coach I walked in, but when I walked the Lattitude at an RV sure, the floor was already scraped from he slide. Was not a great time for Winnebago, IMO, as I could visibly see gaps in the cabinet, and the materials choose just did not seem to be of good quality. (That is why I did not mention them. The Holiday Rambler one are few an far apart, and the Rexhall that looked like a space ship even more rare. Rexhall had a 37' and 39'. The 39" with the T-Rex super slides on each side, were big enough inside to square dance in. The 37' had more livable then many 42-43' coaches....

No horse in this race, just wanted to point out some of the Class A's we had considered when thinking we'd buy a 'holdover' coach until we retired.

Smitty

That's interesting about the Dolphin. When I see them in CGs, they look beat. That's just been my impression, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I will look more closely from now on.

There is no comparison between a gasoline motorhome and a diesel pusher. Then you mentioned comparing to a Foretravel? Even though the U-270 is the lower end of the Foretravel they are still much better then any Newmar, Tiffin or winnabago motorhomes. Actually the best gasoline motorhome used to be the Dolphin, but I am not even sure if they still manufacture them. But no comparison to a diesel pusher.

Chances are you will not find an HR or Monaco Rear Gas for sale anywhere but there are some Winnies out there. The Adventurer LTD rear gas is a fine coach, almost bought one myself. Based our our coach I would say yes there are some gas models that are well built but I can't testify to that personally for the last few model years, have not looked at too many of them.