Miles per gallon on a 40 to 44 foot diesel

Fishinghat wrote:
Eventually, you're going to want "more space", and a 45 ft class A is as big as RVs go. It will have a diesel and a diesel generator, and at least a 100 gallon tank. Some coaches have a propane generator which is not anywhere as desirable as a diesel since you can run out of propane very quickly, but not diesel.

Generators are very efficient users of diesel, but they are noisy. You are probably going to want to add solar panels to reduce the running time of the generator.

As others have noted, your holding tanks will be more of a concern than fuel. Class A rigs generally have larger tanks then Class C, and possibly even a Super C.

My 23 yr old rig has a 40 gallon black water tank and 60 gal grey water tank. I believe my fresh water tank is 60 gallons, but my memory is failing me. My fuel tank holds 150 gallons. My wife and I can go two weeks boondocking. It is the black water tank that is our weakest link.

My second RV was a truck camper with two bar-b-que sized tanks running a propane generator. On hot days I would be luck if one propane tank lasted more than 3 days. Not only was a propane jenny expensive to run it was also hard to find a place to refill the tanks. The best thing about propane is that they are quiet,
Right now I am using two Honda 2,000 watt generators linked together in my 5th wheel RV. They are quiet, don't use much gas and easy to find a place the sells fuel. I love living in Anderson but I have no family here and houses are 700 feet to1,200 apart and with no one to check in on me I could wind up dead without anyone knowing about it or checking on me my two dogs could be trapped in my house. I plan on selling my house in Anderson and moving near my cousin in Myrtle Beach, Her husband died a couple years ago and she has children and cousins nearby. So if I move near by I will have people to take care of my dogs if something happens to me and we can travel together. I am considering either buying a small piece of land near her and having Myrtle beach as a home base. I love my 5th wheel, it came with central vac, two A/Cs and a lot of extras. Plus I added a sleep number bed, automatic DirecTV dish and washer/dryer but I think a motor home will be better for full timing it. I want something as large as possible because this will be my new home and a "A" seems to have more interior room and basement storage than a super C.

It is funny how my attitude and desires changed in the past 8 years. When I moved here I liked the privacy of being far apart from neighbors, but nowI could be one of those people you see it the ads that have fallen and can't get up. Believe it or not I am more worried about my dogs than myself if something like that were to happen.