National Parks & A-Class length
I realize that this question has been asked many times before and I read through quite a few but I find that they are all conflicting. I'm hoping to hear from those who have experiences with this.
We plan to go full-timing, and we want to stay in National Parks whenever we can. And this will be all over both US and Canada, including Alaska. Given this, what would be a sensible choice as far as the length goes?
At this point, I've pretty much decided on either Newmar Ventana/Dutchstar or Tiffin Phaeton. We prefer 1.5 bath but not at the cost of not being able to park in National Parks. Ditto on the tag axle. It appears that the ideal tradeoff is the 40ft Newmar MHs that offer tag axles + 1.5bath at this length along with the floorplan we want. But I still worry about that 40'10" length... Dutch Star 3736 floorplan will work ok for us too, which measures at 37'11" which looses the tag axle but will it get us into significantly more sites at National Parks? I could go with the Ventana 3436 (34'10") but at that point, I loose both 1.5bath and the tag axle. This is probably as low as we are willing to go but only if this gets us into many more National Parks that would not be feasible with other lengths.
Any wisdom out there? If we are willing to call in advance and plan carefully, will 40'10" MH be ok for National Parks?
We plan to go full-timing, and we want to stay in National Parks whenever we can. And this will be all over both US and Canada, including Alaska. Given this, what would be a sensible choice as far as the length goes?
At this point, I've pretty much decided on either Newmar Ventana/Dutchstar or Tiffin Phaeton. We prefer 1.5 bath but not at the cost of not being able to park in National Parks. Ditto on the tag axle. It appears that the ideal tradeoff is the 40ft Newmar MHs that offer tag axles + 1.5bath at this length along with the floorplan we want. But I still worry about that 40'10" length... Dutch Star 3736 floorplan will work ok for us too, which measures at 37'11" which looses the tag axle but will it get us into significantly more sites at National Parks? I could go with the Ventana 3436 (34'10") but at that point, I loose both 1.5bath and the tag axle. This is probably as low as we are willing to go but only if this gets us into many more National Parks that would not be feasible with other lengths.
Any wisdom out there? If we are willing to call in advance and plan carefully, will 40'10" MH be ok for National Parks?
