Last Class C and Slide-out!
This will be my last class C and slide out. After reading all the horror stories on here and elsewhere about the inevitable famous cabover leaks including my dads class C I will never buy another one....
Forum Discussion
My two centavos:
The people whose rigs don't leak, whose slide-outs work, and whose rigs are not giving headaches tend not to post.
What I see some people do is take a new "C" and get it "fixed" from the get to. For example, someone buys a decent "C". They replace fans with Fantastic Fans, add covers, replace the fresh water/gray water/black water vent tops with the venturi type that passively increase airflow, toss the antenna for a Jack type, then after the roof is upgraded, have Rhino Lining or another company prime and spray the roof, and areas around where lights are mounted with an epoxy elastomer, so there are no seams to leak. Plumbing that is often accessed loses the crimp clips and better fittings are stuck on. If the rig has a mouse hole for the electric cord, that is replaced by a marine receptacle or an additional cord is run through.
The chassis can get a boost too. A lot of Ford "C"s receive a lot of benefit from third party items like airbags.
So, all and all, I wouldn't write off RV-ing just yet. Murphy will pop up, but one can mitigate a lot of stuff, so when he does, it can be dealt with.
The people whose rigs don't leak, whose slide-outs work, and whose rigs are not giving headaches tend not to post.
What I see some people do is take a new "C" and get it "fixed" from the get to. For example, someone buys a decent "C". They replace fans with Fantastic Fans, add covers, replace the fresh water/gray water/black water vent tops with the venturi type that passively increase airflow, toss the antenna for a Jack type, then after the roof is upgraded, have Rhino Lining or another company prime and spray the roof, and areas around where lights are mounted with an epoxy elastomer, so there are no seams to leak. Plumbing that is often accessed loses the crimp clips and better fittings are stuck on. If the rig has a mouse hole for the electric cord, that is replaced by a marine receptacle or an additional cord is run through.
The chassis can get a boost too. A lot of Ford "C"s receive a lot of benefit from third party items like airbags.
So, all and all, I wouldn't write off RV-ing just yet. Murphy will pop up, but one can mitigate a lot of stuff, so when he does, it can be dealt with.
