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Sandy___Shirley's avatar
Jun 20, 2013

Do they make it?

We are getting close to upgrading our 10 yo 5er to a class A or C. We are looking for a unit with the following list of features:
  • Self leveling
  • A king bed
  • TV across from the seating area, not over the drivers chairs
  • Under 26,000 lbs so we don’t need a special license


Where do we start looking?
  • You got me Jim, I was trying to hide the fact that I wanted one that had little white canes that keep tapping the road so I stay on it!

    Yes, the 5er is great, but we did look at a class A gasser this weekend and it was very nice.
    Push a button and it levels itself, outside TV for watching football on Sundays when we stay till Monday
    Full size refrigerator
    Generator
    Tile floor so our Saint Bernard has a cool place to lie down, which is very important, she’s the family boss!
    The only real problem is they are asking 130K before talking about trade, and we really don’t want to get rid of our F350.
    And of course, it is a gasser, but under 26,000 lbs
  • JimM68 wrote:
    Your 26k limit limits you to (mostly) Ford F53 gassers. Any and all DP's will have a higher weight limit.

    If the op plans on staying licensed in his home state of Wisconsin, there is no 26k weight limit. He has a 45 foot length limit. As to the limiting him to Ford F53 gassers, that is not true. There are several, very nice, DPs on the market. In fact, my DP is well under the 26k and under 45'. But if it were my choice, I'd be looking at older, high line, coaches instead of new. Foretravel, Country Coach or something along that line.

    Only 14 states have the 26k limit for licensing. And only 3 have the 45' motorhome length limit.
    http://changingears.com/rv-sec-state-rv-license.shtml