C's less trouble than A's ?
I have and still own a class A diesel and upkeep is driving me crazy. I checked the forum for class C and the subjects are mostly simple stuff. Just curious.
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One item that the C class needs to be researched before you purchase is how the overhead cab is srtucturally constructed.
My C is a Coachmen and the whole unit has a frame made from aluminum tubing, this also applies to the overhead, most units are sometimes framed with wood and eventully that part starts to move over time from the forces excerted by the bouncing of the weakly supported cab portion nailed insted of welded and inproperlly engeneered structure, althoug I have seen bad engineered units with cracked and poor welds, the cab portion should be constructed as a long span bridge with vertical anchor points.
My unit is a 2001 a I am diligent about redoing the caulking seams once a year, it is cheaper to do all the seams at once, only leak was when a bird stuck the center marker light and shatered the plastic, that night we had a small leak, replaced all the marker lights next morning.
I have had more trouble with the water heater (replaced new), the refrigerator (replaced cooling unit new), air conditioner it finally quit (replaced new), after all this years the fuel pump gave up, that was replaced by the Ford dealler in Sanra Fe as they say they will have to take my RV from my cold body.
At 24 feet length I have axcess to more places than a lot big A classes, for me the parks that only take A's and no C's or are big resorts with idiots in them boasting how many millions they spent on their modified grey hound buses are people not worth my time, I prefer to spend my time with the coyotes, snakes and critters rather than a bunch of snobs.
navegator
My C is a Coachmen and the whole unit has a frame made from aluminum tubing, this also applies to the overhead, most units are sometimes framed with wood and eventully that part starts to move over time from the forces excerted by the bouncing of the weakly supported cab portion nailed insted of welded and inproperlly engeneered structure, althoug I have seen bad engineered units with cracked and poor welds, the cab portion should be constructed as a long span bridge with vertical anchor points.
My unit is a 2001 a I am diligent about redoing the caulking seams once a year, it is cheaper to do all the seams at once, only leak was when a bird stuck the center marker light and shatered the plastic, that night we had a small leak, replaced all the marker lights next morning.
I have had more trouble with the water heater (replaced new), the refrigerator (replaced cooling unit new), air conditioner it finally quit (replaced new), after all this years the fuel pump gave up, that was replaced by the Ford dealler in Sanra Fe as they say they will have to take my RV from my cold body.
At 24 feet length I have axcess to more places than a lot big A classes, for me the parks that only take A's and no C's or are big resorts with idiots in them boasting how many millions they spent on their modified grey hound buses are people not worth my time, I prefer to spend my time with the coyotes, snakes and critters rather than a bunch of snobs.
navegator
