Newbie with only Cruise America experience
Hi, I'm planning to rent a class C next summer for 4 weeks and tour the west with my husband and 3 kids. I've done a lot of research, but our only experience is using pop-up campers when we were kids...
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In the unit we drove (about 6 hours each way, mostly highway), I found the noise to mostly be coming from the side windows. One would come unlatched periodically. I would slam it closed to latch it and then it would stay a while and then unlatch and rattle more. Also I stuffed paper towels between the window screen frame and the glass.
The roof air vent above the cabover bunk was loud so I stacked all the blankets under it and that helped.
The microwave was loose in its mount and I shimmed that with a plastic knife. Its door was also rattling but I closed a paper towel in it and that helped.
Most of the noise was not from our stuff (pots and pans etc) because we didn't bring that much stuff, and on the trip out it was all still packed in boxes.
I can DEFINITELY see how you'd get to know your rig very well. I learned a lot in a few hours and I imagine that if we rented one for weeks, I'll learn even more. But not as much as owning one!
Yes, a couple of you touched on the towing... we are planning to use a car dolly to tow my Mitsubushi Outlander. And yes, that is another of my concerns. I'm sure I'll be asking specific questions about that next...
The roof air vent above the cabover bunk was loud so I stacked all the blankets under it and that helped.
The microwave was loose in its mount and I shimmed that with a plastic knife. Its door was also rattling but I closed a paper towel in it and that helped.
Most of the noise was not from our stuff (pots and pans etc) because we didn't bring that much stuff, and on the trip out it was all still packed in boxes.
I can DEFINITELY see how you'd get to know your rig very well. I learned a lot in a few hours and I imagine that if we rented one for weeks, I'll learn even more. But not as much as owning one!
Yes, a couple of you touched on the towing... we are planning to use a car dolly to tow my Mitsubushi Outlander. And yes, that is another of my concerns. I'm sure I'll be asking specific questions about that next...
