Ford Gas Chassis for 38 footers ?
Looking again at a switch from fifth wheel to motor home again, looked around last year and was very disappointed with quality. My current question is for those that have larger gas motor homes on the...
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Devocamper wrote:
Looking again at a switch from fifth wheel to motor home again, looked around last year and was very disappointed with quality. My current question is for those that have larger gas motor homes on the ford chassis 26K and how they handle the load? It seems from my test drives of coaches in the 36 foot range were taxing the chassis. I have found two floor plans that we like but they are 38 footers, the Winnebago adventurer 38 Q and the Itasca same model as well as the newmar canyon star 3914 . Just looking for real world advise on how these coaches handle long grades towing a small suv or should I be looking at a diesel in this size?
Thanks
Mike
You'll have the power, no problem, unless you're wanting to run a road race to the top of the longest and steepest grades. Transmission will be sufficient for the load, as well.
Diesels are another animal altogether and we recently purchased our first one ever. Probably not ever going back, now that we did so, but one must be prepared to support these beasts, as well and if it was just for the purchase price, everyone should have one, whether they thought they needed it or not.
