Looking to upgrade to a larger Class C

You might want to take a look at Coach House motorhomes. They're built above Lazy Daze standards - in fact probably the best available small motorhome quality in the the U.S. - and offer slideout models:

http://www.coachhouserv.com/index.php

You are pushing into a size range where you need the chassis of an A or Super-C to carry the weight. 30 foot C's on 14,000 - 14,500 GVWR chassis are fully loaded when empty; I have one, I know.

My wife chose our Winnebago for the big windows, sense of airiness, two slides making it very roomy. It bothered me that it was awful heavy even when empty, but trips with the two of us were OK. Taking kids and grandkids along overloaded it.

The other problem with big windows and slides is that it tends to be hot in hot weather, cold in cold weather. Windows have no resistance to heat flow, tend also to be drafty in proportion to size, slides drafty in proportion to amount of edge.

If I though I needed more space for full timing, I would be thinking about an A gasser. These tend to sit higher above the frame (once you get above entry level) for a lot more exterior storage. Except for 24-28 footers on van bare chassis (E-series and Sprinter) you will have at least 16,000 GVWR, most 30-32 footers get built on even beefier platforms, 18,000 to 22,000 pounds.

You won't find any C's with slideouts built to LazyDaze standards, construction methods are quite different.

I don't believe many Cs have front seats that swivel. One reason for that is step behind the seats to the house. If you did swivel your seat bottom would be around floor level in the house section. There are Cs out there with more OCCC than some As.

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I agree with the others. When we were looking to upgrade from our B+, we looked at Cs and found some we really liked at a dealer but while there to check them out, we took a long look at a Class A. that was the end of the search for a C and the beginning of the search for an A. The Class C & Class A were just about the same length but the A was so much roomier. The cockpit becomes part of the living area which adds several feet to the floor plan.

Good luck with your search.

I owned two Laza Daze RV's. My move to the class A was precipitated on the same things you are addressing. Inadequate storage, inability to be seated in comfort, tight spaces, unusable overhead that is too narrow etc.
I thought that the saving grace was the fuel mileage,but upon careful study of my personal experience, I get better mileage in a 34 class A than I got in my 30' class C. The other part of the difference is the massive amount of storage in my class A.
I hear all kinds a of stories about how much more a class A costs to run, but here again it depends on how much size you need. Of course you can't run a 45 foot 600 HP diesel for the same money, but that's an apples to oranges comparison. Class A's come in a great number of offerings and some of them are a great bargain for your comfort and enjoyment.

Think twice about getting another C, we've had two C's and two A's and we prefer the A because of the GVW rating. No matter what C you get you still have only 14,500 lbs GVW and with two slides you don't have much room left and prob can't travel with much in your tanks. We moved up to a 32' A and have no worries about overloading but with our last C ( a nice 32 jayco) we were always over by 5-700 lbs.

I love those rear windows on some Lazy Daze models. I wonder why other manufacturers never seem to do that? Many of us will recall that a lot of Class As,including the 24-28 foot models that were very popular back when, had big rear windows and side windows in the 70s and 80s. I guess it is cheaper and easier to just make a wall than a window. You will miss that, just like you said.

Comparing same size, class As will have more CCC than the class Bs and since you are getting into more full timing you will need the extra CCC that a class A offers.

Any reason why you won't consider a Class A? The front windshield is about as big of a window you'll ever get. The Class As also have more storage space. Good luck!