Driving and reaching all controls
I was reading a review of Class A that I think I want to buy for FT in MH magazine. Reviewer commented he couldn't see backup/sideview camera monitor without a lot of stretching from driver's seat. I ...
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It all depends on the chassis the RV is based on. If it's on a real "bus" chassis, like a Gillig, MCI, etc., it will have a large range of adjustability (double jointed steering column with telescopic adjustment, good driver's seat with vertical, rake and enough fore-aft that you can easily reach the pedals) and can be set up for just about anyone.
The transit coach operator I worked for had drivers ranging in height from 5'0" to 6'10" and they could all fit all the coaches except those based on Ford E450 cutaways.
Truck chassis, like the F53 or Workhorse, often don't have telescopic adjustment and have a much more limited angle adjustment (one joint at the floor. Frequently, RV seats don't have a very big range of fore/aft adjustment and usually no height adjustment. My wife, who's just under 5' tall, can't even come close to being able to drive our F53-based MH.
down-home:
In my UK home town, back in the inter-war years, our coal merchant changed over from horse-drawn carts to trucks. One driver had been with the company for over 25 years and the owner didn't want to lay him off, so he trained him to drive a truck. About a month after he started, he hit a wall at the bottom of a hill. A witness said she saw him standing on the driver's seat, pulling hard on the steering wheel and shouting "WHOA, WHOA".
The transit coach operator I worked for had drivers ranging in height from 5'0" to 6'10" and they could all fit all the coaches except those based on Ford E450 cutaways.
Truck chassis, like the F53 or Workhorse, often don't have telescopic adjustment and have a much more limited angle adjustment (one joint at the floor. Frequently, RV seats don't have a very big range of fore/aft adjustment and usually no height adjustment. My wife, who's just under 5' tall, can't even come close to being able to drive our F53-based MH.
down-home:
In my UK home town, back in the inter-war years, our coal merchant changed over from horse-drawn carts to trucks. One driver had been with the company for over 25 years and the owner didn't want to lay him off, so he trained him to drive a truck. About a month after he started, he hit a wall at the bottom of a hill. A witness said she saw him standing on the driver's seat, pulling hard on the steering wheel and shouting "WHOA, WHOA".
