E350 Ford Chassis
In my research for a new motor home, I looked for comments on the E350 Chassis. I found some disturbing comments concerning the stability and handling of the Chassis. I contacted Pleasureway and w...
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Oldme wrote:
One of the biggest differences between E350 and 450, besides load / towing
is width. The E450 is about 6" wider tracking in the rear. Therefore the
interior of an E450 Motor home has more width also.
Sorry but that is not even close to being true. Would you care to share a source that documents the E-450 being 6" wider than the E-350? Two (identical - same year chassis), Class C's, one an E-350 and the other an E-450 will have the same overall /interior width every time. Also both will also have the same towing capacity of 5,000#. The E-450 will have the greater payload but will be heavier negating some, if not most of the difference.
When you compare the specs the E-350 and E-450 are far more alike than different.
The biggest differences are the 4:56 rear end in the 450 vs the 4:10 in the 350 which translates to seriously better mileage for the E-350. The E-450 also comes with a stiffer ride but more payload. I am not criticizing the E-450, it is a great truck but on a coach 25' or less it is often {but not always Phil}, overkill.
:C
