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j-d
Jan 20, 2018Explorer II
Welcome, and let me start with this: FLOOR PLAN RULES! No amount of other features and design will make the wrong plan satisfy you.
These are the Plus features I see in Floor Plan: Walkaround Queen Bed, Wardrobe, Pantry, Over Cab Bed that may turn out to be misc. storage, 8-cft Fridge, fiberglass front cap
Minus Features: Very limited external storage, limited sitting-around space. Looks like you sit in the Dinette to watch TV.
Looks OK to me for a young beginner couple, middle age active couple, traveling seniors. OK for young couple small kids. Too small for two adult couples.
Who's going to use it and how? How often? We have relatively few "repair/replace" issues because we use our coach often. When we got our first one we made a pact to go somewhere every month. Coaches don't sit around well. Far better to use it.
Chevy in that size should be good. Should ride and handle a little better than Ford. Should have good carrying capacity in that size with "4500" Chevy chassis.
By all means do a test drive. Regular back roads and interstate with truck traffic. Make sure the tire pressures are right. There'll be a label suggesting pressures, but those are for a fully loaded chassis which is 14,200 pounds for the Chevy. Just guessing, 60 front and 70 rear will be about right. Final tuning on pressure's done with RV loaded as you use it, with weights from a truck scale.
These are the Plus features I see in Floor Plan: Walkaround Queen Bed, Wardrobe, Pantry, Over Cab Bed that may turn out to be misc. storage, 8-cft Fridge, fiberglass front cap
Minus Features: Very limited external storage, limited sitting-around space. Looks like you sit in the Dinette to watch TV.
Looks OK to me for a young beginner couple, middle age active couple, traveling seniors. OK for young couple small kids. Too small for two adult couples.
Who's going to use it and how? How often? We have relatively few "repair/replace" issues because we use our coach often. When we got our first one we made a pact to go somewhere every month. Coaches don't sit around well. Far better to use it.
Chevy in that size should be good. Should ride and handle a little better than Ford. Should have good carrying capacity in that size with "4500" Chevy chassis.
By all means do a test drive. Regular back roads and interstate with truck traffic. Make sure the tire pressures are right. There'll be a label suggesting pressures, but those are for a fully loaded chassis which is 14,200 pounds for the Chevy. Just guessing, 60 front and 70 rear will be about right. Final tuning on pressure's done with RV loaded as you use it, with weights from a truck scale.
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