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Arizona Kid wrote:

Fastpaddler wrote:

Arizona Kid wrote:
The only problem is with you facts.
The PW Excel is not built on a cut-away chassis, it started out as a van, so it is a Class B.

OK. It started out as a van but from the bulkhead back it is fiberglas over frame and wider than the VAN Sprinter, in it's uncut version. It isnt much different than the cutaway design of the pursuit in fact. The classical definition of a B or a C rv become a cloudy point of contention when you have a B rv from under 20 ft to 24ft in both a cutaway Winnebago ERA or a lwb GWV Legend for example.
B+ term is a commercial term and actually means a C.
My first rv was a Traillite 22 ft --dare I say it? C Class!!!
Heh. Enjoy what you can afford and works!!

It's not cloudy at all. If it started off as a van then it's a Class B, if it started as a cut-away chassis then it's a Class C. The vin numbers will reflect this also.

A few years ago a manufactures started calling small Class C's B+'s. Because at the time Class B's were really hot sellers, and Class C's weren't selling very well, so they though they could sell more if they attached "B" to the name.
There are 35' so called B+'s, so the line has to be drawn somewhere otherwise the CVC, and the Class C forum would be a mess. RV.net uses the RIVA Types to keep the two forums from becoming disorganized, and to make searching the archives easier.

The insurance companies define it this way:
Class B Motorhomes

Class B motorhomes are the smallest, lightest, most fuel efficient, and easiest to maneuver. They are built on the chassis of minivans or full-size vans. The language professionals use is a difference between a “Class B” and a “Conversion Van” – though they are considered to be in the same class, the two terms are not interchangeable. Class B means that the entire motorhome was designed and built as one unit in a factory. Conversion vans started out as normal work vans but had the interiors made suitable for living in.


Oh dear. I dont think that some of those 24 ft B class 'uncut' vans are so manoeuvreable. And now i find that my PW Plateau TS is a Conversion Van and NOT a Class B RV. Hmm.
As for the Excel TS/TD: they are not uncut vans but cutaways and conversions as they have a fiberglas shell out back.

I give up on all this.

AL