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jjson775
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Sep 11, 2016

Class B Versatility

Got back a week ago from a great trip starting at our home near Houston, TX. Spent a week in Santa Fe and then visited many other places. We stayed in state parks with hookups in TX, NM, and AZ, commercial RV parks (our least favorite but was handy in the city of Santa Fe), national parks and monuments w/o hookups, a hotel in Sedona AZ, and parked in the driveway of my brother’s house in Tucson. We used to travel in a Pleasure Way Excel but now own a 23 foot PW Pursuit, a class B+. However, we still follow the same style of RVing, with just a little less mobility. We used campground showers where convenient, the RV shower, and, of course, the shower in the hotel room and at my brother’s house.

You cannot beat this versatility with a bigger RV. For example, we camped in beautiful El Morro national monument near Grants NM (limited to 27 foot max.) then spent most of the next day visiting the Petrified Forest National Park and proceeded to Homolovi SP in AZ for the night before heading to Lake Powell. Impossible in a “big rig”.

Before retiring, I had intended to buy a big fifth wheel or travel trailer to see the beautiful USA. I thank my lucky stars a friend told me about Class B RV’s. We have two friends with big, fancy Class A motor homes. The reality is that they travel along the interstates and stay at one awful KOA after another, when they aren’t in the shop being repaired.
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  • bsinmich's avatar
    bsinmich
    Explorer
    Sep 14, 2016
    We had a 38' Mountain Aire for 11 years and my wife said when I died she was going to get a Roadtrek. She went first and the lady that does my cleaning had just gotten a 190P Roadtrek. They went out 1 time and found that her 6'3" husband didn't fit the 5'11" bed on the first night. I have been happy with it since, but it is lonely travelling alone.
  • stan909's avatar
    stan909
    Explorer
    Sep 14, 2016
    Let's just say that both have their advantages and disadvantages.
  • jjson775's avatar
    jjson775
    Explorer
    Sep 14, 2016
    stan909, A 33' motorhome is a very different animal from a Class B. Very difficult to park at a Taco Bell, hotel or on a city street. At El Morro, there is no telling how the park rangers set the size limit. It could be from bad experience with bigger RVs - not everyone is a careful as you are - or the influence of the owner of the commercial RV park outside the entrance that doesn't want to lose the business. I did see several sites that almost looked like pull-throughs, maybe you stayed in one of them.
  • stan909's avatar
    stan909
    Explorer
    Sep 14, 2016
    I love the maneuverability of our B but have taken our 33' Bounder all over the country with no toad. You must be more careful but it's doable including El Morro Rock campground when there was no bureaucrat to say no. Several sites to choose from and did not have to park off apron. I don't know what criteria they use for determining site length. Now , this summer we went to the top of Great Smokey Mountains National Park and was very thankful for having the B. No length restrictions posted but should have been. Go figure.
  • goreds2's avatar
    goreds2
    Explorer
    Sep 13, 2016
    Versatility? Yes, I have driven my Class B to work yesterday and today. I need to do this more often. I may even go eat my lunch in it today. :)
  • PSW's avatar
    PSW
    Explorer
    Sep 12, 2016
    I envy your experience. We had a Roadtrek 190P and a Roadtrek 210P. Now, we have a Class C about the size of yours. I find it much more difficult to get around and park, drive, etc., in our Phoenix Cruiser than I did the Roadtreks. I also found the 210 more difficult in tight places than the 190. Both were manageable but I simply found the 210 a little harder to maneuver than the 190. The wider and longer the rig, there is simply more to deal with on NF roads, in tight city streets, etc. The trade off, of course, is more room.

    I suspect we will return to a Class B in another couple of years. My wife and I both kinda miss the "cabin feeling" of a smaller B.

    We all have different needs and wants and travel preferences.
  • Supercharged's avatar
    Supercharged
    Explorer
    Sep 12, 2016
    midnightsadie wrote:
    me too we had a couple big rv,s ,now a very small C and would never go back.
    Large RV are great if one parks and run around in a car, lots of room

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