High end gasser or entry level DP
As we continue to shop for our new rig to start full time next year I keep teetering on gas vs diesel. (sort of full time - 6 mons at a time, break for a month, 6 months out...) My only real life expe...
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Just my humble opinion here
We have had three diesels. They first was weak and you had to get up a head of steam going down the hill in order to get up the other side without dropping into low. It was a Cummins, I believe a 220 or such. We kept it for 6 months or so and sold it back to John Bleakley Motorhomes and bought a new coach with a 300 Cat engine. Great ride as well. It cruised well on the interstates when we were traveling in the west a lot. Best coach for the money we ever owned. Then the last diesel was a 40 footer with the 425 Cummins. Very good ride but loved that diesel fuel. Too heavy actually.
My wife has MS and got to the point where it was impossible for her to get in and out of the steps on it. We decided to stop RVing for that reason. We talked one day and both admitted how much we missed it. I started looking and found the present coach, a gasser, with a wheel chair lift and handicap features. I believe Newmar considers the Canyon Star their top of the line gasser. While it looks good and has all the features that makes it easy for a handicap person to use, the ride is not what we had with the last two diesels.
I said all that to say this. If your future involves a lot of long days and long travels in mountainous country, buy the niecest diesel your budget will allow. Short journeys and such, buy quality a quality gasser and save a lot of money.
We have had three diesels. They first was weak and you had to get up a head of steam going down the hill in order to get up the other side without dropping into low. It was a Cummins, I believe a 220 or such. We kept it for 6 months or so and sold it back to John Bleakley Motorhomes and bought a new coach with a 300 Cat engine. Great ride as well. It cruised well on the interstates when we were traveling in the west a lot. Best coach for the money we ever owned. Then the last diesel was a 40 footer with the 425 Cummins. Very good ride but loved that diesel fuel. Too heavy actually.
My wife has MS and got to the point where it was impossible for her to get in and out of the steps on it. We decided to stop RVing for that reason. We talked one day and both admitted how much we missed it. I started looking and found the present coach, a gasser, with a wheel chair lift and handicap features. I believe Newmar considers the Canyon Star their top of the line gasser. While it looks good and has all the features that makes it easy for a handicap person to use, the ride is not what we had with the last two diesels.
I said all that to say this. If your future involves a lot of long days and long travels in mountainous country, buy the niecest diesel your budget will allow. Short journeys and such, buy quality a quality gasser and save a lot of money.
