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Jan 01, 2020Explorer
Considering moving from a Newmar 40' to a Fleetwood 38'
Hi fellow class A RVers. I wanted to start an open discussion to get some honest feedback from some class A RV owners that have had experience moving from an older big block 40 class A to a smaller block 38-footer.
I have been a proud owner of a year 2000 Newmar Mountain Aire 40 on a Spartan chassis with the 8.3 ISC Cummins. I have had this coach for 16 years and proudly managed and maintained every detail of its maintenance since I bought it. Over this time I have replaced suspension air bags, two radiators, fuel injection pump, radiator hydraulic pump, and much more. It runs perfect and I trust it as I know it better than anything else I own.
The time has come to update the RV since my three boys are going to be leaving the house within the next five years and I wanted to have some great RV memories with them with a updated class A. The floor plan which will work great for us is the 2016 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 38B. This Fleetwood comes with a Freightliner chassis and the smaller block Cummins which has more horsepower but less torque.
I drive in the Southeast and drive interstate 40 to and from Asheville as well as the interstates going to and from Nashville and other steeper grades in the southeast afn national parks.
I wanted to get some opinions of anybody that has had an older larger class A that has moved to a more updated one with the Freightliner/Cummins 6.7 ISB chassis engine package to see if that what the main differences would be. As we all know, this is a large investment and a long time purchase for me and want to make sure I'm not going to regret it. I figured the newer package and engine will be more efficient and may not be a big difference but I wanted to get some feedback.
I have been a proud owner of a year 2000 Newmar Mountain Aire 40 on a Spartan chassis with the 8.3 ISC Cummins. I have had this coach for 16 years and proudly managed and maintained every detail of its maintenance since I bought it. Over this time I have replaced suspension air bags, two radiators, fuel injection pump, radiator hydraulic pump, and much more. It runs perfect and I trust it as I know it better than anything else I own.
The time has come to update the RV since my three boys are going to be leaving the house within the next five years and I wanted to have some great RV memories with them with a updated class A. The floor plan which will work great for us is the 2016 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 38B. This Fleetwood comes with a Freightliner chassis and the smaller block Cummins which has more horsepower but less torque.
I drive in the Southeast and drive interstate 40 to and from Asheville as well as the interstates going to and from Nashville and other steeper grades in the southeast afn national parks.
I wanted to get some opinions of anybody that has had an older larger class A that has moved to a more updated one with the Freightliner/Cummins 6.7 ISB chassis engine package to see if that what the main differences would be. As we all know, this is a large investment and a long time purchase for me and want to make sure I'm not going to regret it. I figured the newer package and engine will be more efficient and may not be a big difference but I wanted to get some feedback.