"Maximum 24 ft or longer" question

resucami wrote:

Off Pavement wrote:
I did remove the U-dinette and put in a couple of recliners...

That is an incredible idea! Are they on some kind of rotating base fixed to the floor?

I would never do without our dinette. The table and seat are priceless. We lived without a dinette in our first rig for 23 years and will never compromise that again. There is nothing like having a kitchen table and chair ready at a moment's notice. Then consider the storage each dinette bench provides. That too is precious storage space.

I suppose if living alone in a short tight class B, a captain seat with flip-open table "might" suffice.

As far as the comments about an E450 versus an E350 are concerned. A short and lighter weighted rig built on the heavier duty E450 chassis will have a much rougher ride. The house and contents will be punished greatly for no good reason. The E350 suspension will offer a much softer ride by comparison. We all can agree that our RV houses take a beating from poorly maintained roads around the USA. Why bounce harder unnecessarily? The brakes and everything else are good on the E350 with consideration to it's reduced load. Our rig is built on an E350 and it's all good. Ours on an E450 over time, might have the cabinets coming off the walls and breach a seam outside. Over-kill can be a killer, especially with age and miles. The original poster's lower budget will be placing him in something older, at an age where such things start to show up as it is.