If you were going for a Super C would you recommend Gas or Diesel?Does anyone have experience with the Nexus Ghost? Pros & Cons. Any other company models you would recomend?Looking for any suggestions on Super C. Our first motor home after many years with travel trailers.

Triturate wrote:If you were going for a Super C would you recommend Gas or Diesel?Does anyone have experience with the Nexus Ghost? Pros & Cons. Any other company models you would recomend?Looking for any suggestions on Super C. Our first motor home after many years with travel trailers.Diesel if you want them to smell you coming into town. Carry alot of rags and a good cleaner to cut the grease. Groves will help when filling it up with fuel. You make more freinds when you drive gas model.

When you get to the weight of a Super C. I would commend a Diesel. If you are looking at current model Super C's. I believe they are all Diesel.If you are looking at used. The GM Kodiak models came in both gas and diesel. Plenty of power with both engines. Diesel get close to 10 mpg. While gas models get below 8.

Despite the comical disadvantages of the previous post, diesel for sure.

I have a 2007 350 SL Dynamax with 350hp Cat diesel and 3000 Allison Trans. We love the Dynamax we get about 10 + mpg coming home from Oregon where we bought it. The Dynamax is on a M2 heavy duty Freightliner chassis rides great very little noise. I would ask around about the gas /diesel but the gas model super C's got in my way climbing the Rockies. The gas models as far as I know don't have jake brakes so plan on pushing and praying going down steep grades. Doesn't matter which one you pick just have fun with the family and see things you never seen before. You may want to ask if anyone has had any problems with the wind push the RV around on the road. I was in Yellowstone and talked to a guy who owned a Chevy Kodiak GAS he was having problems being pushed around by tractor trailers and higher wind speeds.

moose888 wrote:I have a 2007 350 SL Dynamax with 350hp Cat diesel and 3000 Allison Trans. We love the Dynamax we get about 10 + mpg coming home from Oregon where we bought it. The Dynamax is on a M2 heavy duty Freightliner chassis rides great very little noise. I would ask around about the gas /diesel but the gas model super C's got in my way climbing the Rockies. The gas models as far as I know don't have jake brakes so plan on pushing and praying going down steep grades. Doesn't matter which one you pick just have fun with the family and see things you never seen before. You may want to ask if anyone has had any problems with the wind push the RV around on the road. I was in Yellowstone and talked to a guy who owned a Chevy Kodiak GAS he was having problems being pushed around by tractor trailers and higher wind speeds.My gas model will get 2 to maybe 3 mpg less than a diesel in the same conditions. Gas engines don't use an exhaust brake. I added Bilstien shocks and Super Springs on the rear and rarely have to use both hands on the wheel when being passed by a tractor trailer. I believe some people are afraid to drive their rig and squeeze the steering wheel making it handle bad.Jeff

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Snowman9000
Explorer
Jun 25, 2013
ron.dittmer wrote:
Other than a cabover bed and maybe purchase price, why would a Super C diesel be preferred over a diesel pusher? It seems to me a DP offers more living room by including the two front seats. DPs will have a much larger basement without the driveshaft running front to rear.

A Diesel Pusher seems the better choice for a married couple full timing.....Agreed? If not, why?

For a short while a large gasoline engine was offered in a pusher.

Oh, I just found one for sale HERE.

Ron,
I can only speak for myself, but one reason I could be interested in a Super C versus a DP is the fuel economy. In theory, they could be building some DPs that match the MPG of a Super C. But they don't make them.
TX_Dirt_Farmer
Explorer
Jun 22, 2013
I have a 2012 Seneca. It is on a Freightliner M2 chassis with a Cummins diesel. I have had Class A gas and a Class C Ford. In my opiniom there is no comparison to a Super Class C because of all of the advantages of other posts. The safety, access through the cab doors, maintenance access are all superior. I have had a few minor problems as a MH owners do, but I would highly recommend a Super Class C.
DrJohn0007
Explorer
Jun 19, 2013
I have a 2007 GS Endura 6362 and absolutely love it! It has the Duramax/Allison with power to spare. I get 11 to 12 MPG driving 65MPG. It's on the Kodiak chassis and I never get pushed by tractor-trailers or wind and we get a lot of wind in Idaho.
dbear
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
mlts22 wrote:
I was reading in the latest Motorhome magazine about a new chassis made to compete with the diesel chassis for the super C market... but using a gasoline engine. It will be interesting comparing the maintenance between that and the usual diesel rigs.

Need more info please. Any idea which manufacturer, or even the chassis class? I hear Dodge is coming out with a bigger gas V8 for their CC's, but Ford already offers the V10 in their class 4 to 6 CC's.
dbear
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
rockhillmanor wrote:
nevadanick wrote:
THOR is making super C on Ford F550 chassis also.

do you have any links or pictures regarding this? Be real interested
in looking at one these! :B

Try Four Winds and Chateau Super C's
Roadtech
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
Ron: A couple of more good reasons:
1. Driver door, passenger door, and house door vs. 1 way out in a DP.
2. It has to be safer driving with the steered wheels in front of you rather than under you.
ron_dittmer
Explorer II
Jun 05, 2013
TyroneandGladys wrote:
Two of our local school districts have switched from diesel engines in there buses to propane and natural gas because the pollution controls on the newer diesels have made them less reliable and more expensive to repair.
At our mega-church, when our old tired E450 diesel shuttles drop out of service, they get replaced with E450-V10 gasoline, I heard for similar reasons. They wanted to stay away from anything diesel.
TyroneandGladys
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
mlts22 wrote:
I was reading in the latest Motorhome magazine about a new chassis made to compete with the diesel chassis for the super C market... but using a gasoline engine. It will be interesting comparing the maintenance between that and the usual diesel rigs.

Two of our local school district have switched from diesel engines in there buses to propane and natural gas because the pollution controls on the newer diesels have made them less reliable and more expensive to repair.
TyroneandGladys
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
ron.dittmer wrote:
Other than a cabover bed and maybe purchase price, why would a Super C diesel be preferred over a diesel pusher? It seems to me a DP offers more living room by including the two front seats. DPs will have a much larger basement without the driveshaft running front to rear.

A Diesel Pusher seems the better choice for a married couple full timing.....Agreed? If not, why?

For a short while a large gasoline engine (maybe Ford V10) was offered in a pusher.

The advantages that I know of a Super C over a DP are:
1. Easier access to the engine making repairs easier/cheaper for maintenance and repairs
2. More facilities for repairs
3. In case of an accident you have all of the motor and forward frame work in front of you
4. The truck portion of the Super C has been crashed tested NO DP has been.
rockhillmanor
Explorer
Jun 05, 2013
nevadanick wrote:
THOR is making super C on Ford F550 chassis also.

do you have any links or pictures regarding this? Be real interested
in looking at one these! :B