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homedad's avatar
homedad
Explorer
Jun 22, 2017

No RV and I'm going crazy

We sold our class A in 2015 and ended up with a 31' TT and hated it. I really would like to go back to a motor home. The reason the family wanted to sell it was because of the noise while driving down the road. It was a Fleetwood Storm 31' with the Ford V10. It did fine with power and was very reliable but the high revving engine, wind noise and squeaks and rattles were exhausting.

I'm interested in The Coach House class C's on the Sprinter Chassis or even the Ford Chassis. I've heard they're put together better than most other Class c's. One child is going off to college so we're thinking of down sizing to about 24'-27'. I know that real quiet can be found with a diesel pusher on an air ride suspension but just can't afford that and don't need something that large.

Any experience with Coach House or something else quiet?
I've had 2 class C's 22', 23' and 31', the class A, 2 TT's and 2 popups. I've found all of the motorhomes to be loud. Would paying a bit more for a Coach House make a significant difference?
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  • homedad's avatar
    homedad
    Explorer
    Jun 22, 2017
    Thanks all for replying. Ron what were the biggest offenders for noise that you found? Does a slide add to the noise?

    I haven't had a Chevy powered RV since 1990. Caught fire on a trip North thanks to red squirrels. Good to see that they're getting back into powering RV's.

    Maybe ear plugs for the wife is a cheaper alternative.
  • IAMICHABOD's avatar
    IAMICHABOD
    Explorer II
    Jun 22, 2017
    I have to agree with Snowman9000,if you are looking for a quiet rig I would look for on on a Chevy Chassis. I drove a lot of Ford based RVs while looking for mine and just one ride in a Chevy Based RV sold me.

    It was a Former Rental so it didn't an easy life and with 90000 miles on it was quieter and smoother than any Ford Based RV with less than 1/3 the mileage.

    There are still some MFG that offer them on a Chevy Chassis them such as
    Thor and Coachman
  • ron_dittmer's avatar
    ron_dittmer
    Explorer III
    Jun 22, 2017
    A noisy rig will be real short built on an E450 chassis with a lot of extra load margin so you bounce the house down the road.

    Our 23'-8" long rig HERE is built on an E350 and no slide out. It has just enough margin to offer a smooth-ish ride. Even with that, to get the rig quiet, it took a few years to chase down the worst of the noise-makers. I have to say that I was quite successful with much determination to have a quiet rig. Our rig really does run fairly quiet.....that is until the V10 starts to torque it up.
  • DownTheAvenue's avatar
    DownTheAvenue
    Explorer
    Jun 22, 2017
    In any motorhome you will have noises that you cannot hear in other RVs. Go over a bump in the road, and the pots rattle for example. The Coach House class C will have the same issues as your other motorhome.
  • Snowman9000's avatar
    Snowman9000
    Explorer
    Jun 22, 2017
    Our Chevy chassis Sunseeker is very quiet. Especially sixth and fifth gears. But also when driven up and down mountains in fourth or third. In those, normally the rpm is under 4000.

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