Comparing Class A Cost To Travel Trailers
I'm looking at going full-time in an RV and I have believed from the beginning that a Class A plus toad is much more expensive than a travel trailer plus tow vehicle, but I'm having trouble comparing ...
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Permit? Do you mean warranty? There are people who live in vans, pop-ups and in cargo trailers that they converted themselves - without asking anyone's permission. I don't see how they could stop someone from living how they choose in this free country of ours. That fulltime living is not the intended use of many RVs, I have no doubt, but a used unit would not have a warranty to void anyway.
One of the biggest drawbacks to FTing in a lightweight RV of any type is that most are not insulated very well. But like many snowbirders, I have no intention of living where it freezes, even though the Sprinters that the OP and I are considering have upgraded insulation packages that are independently tested in from 0 - 100 degree weather. http://www.keystonerv.com/media/2109279/sprinterastrofoil.pdf
Forest River does build a couple lines of destination trailers designed for FT use, but they are considerably longer, heavier and don't appear to be built to the same standards as their Sprinter line, being of the old style stick, and tin construction, like a mobile home. The Sprinters, on the other hand, are of modern, more durable design with all aluminum framing and floor joists, steel roof trusses, smooth fiberglass exterior, 100" wide-body design, new, high-tech slide mechanisms, etc. - not what I would consider cheaply constructed.
Chip
One of the biggest drawbacks to FTing in a lightweight RV of any type is that most are not insulated very well. But like many snowbirders, I have no intention of living where it freezes, even though the Sprinters that the OP and I are considering have upgraded insulation packages that are independently tested in from 0 - 100 degree weather. http://www.keystonerv.com/media/2109279/sprinterastrofoil.pdf
Forest River does build a couple lines of destination trailers designed for FT use, but they are considerably longer, heavier and don't appear to be built to the same standards as their Sprinter line, being of the old style stick, and tin construction, like a mobile home. The Sprinters, on the other hand, are of modern, more durable design with all aluminum framing and floor joists, steel roof trusses, smooth fiberglass exterior, 100" wide-body design, new, high-tech slide mechanisms, etc. - not what I would consider cheaply constructed.
Chip
