Can't comment on ride since my 35' is the longest I've ever driven, but I can say we limited ourselves to 35' on purpose just for access to campgrounds. It may be a geographic thing, but here in California in the mountains and along the there are a lot of places that have length restrictions in the campgrounds, especially state parks. And even the campgrounds that can accommodate the larger motorhomes may only have 5 out of 100 spaces available for a 40' or larger motorhome. Sounds like this may not be as big of an issue back on the eastern side of the Country.