Non wide-body "C"s?

Whatever width you wind up with, carefully check out and verify one thing: Make the most of the narrow coach width by making sure that the track (width) of the rear wheels is right out to the width of the motorhome's coach area. Don't go for a narrow coach with an even narrower rear tire track. You want a rear track width (where the bulk of the motorhome's weight is) as wide as possible for best lateral (sideways) stability - to minimize the leaning on curves, to minimize leaning on side-tipped small secondary roads, to minimize the leaning from the push of highway cross-winds, and to minimize the push of air from when a large truck passes you.

For reference, we have a short (24 feet) but wide (101 inches) slide-less and toad-less Class C motorhome that we drive everywhere - including going slowly and very carefully through some streets in San Francisco. However, we have the widest rear track width Ford offers on it's cutaway van chassis commonly used on motorhomes. Our rig uses the (optional for our motorhome's weight) E450 chassis instead of the E350 chassis usually under a motorhome of this size. The E350 Ford chassis has a narrower rear track width than the E450 chassis. The outside wall of the outside tire of our rear duals comes right out to almost the full width of the outer walls of the 101 inch wide coach.

Of course in cities all over the U.S., wide delivery trucks squeeze onto tight/narrow streets all the time for making delivery to stores and vendors ... but their drivers are very used to it and compensate accordingly.

The input is much appreciated. After making one RV purchase goof (mainly listening to some friends advice, although their rural lifestyle is completely different from mine in the urban jungle), I probably am overthinking things.

Oddly enough, other than the lack of a slide, I was looking at the Youtube vids just put out by a dealer... the Winnebago Trend looks interesting, and might just be narrow enough to survive the FM 302/Finke Road ride from Austin in one piece. Of course, for the same price, I can get a loaded Nexus "C".

mlts22 wrote:
When looking at "C"s, almost all makers seem to be at the same 100 inch mark (or perhaps a bit wider.) Since width makes a big difference when running toadless, are there any "C" makers that have a narrower rig that might be easier to park in semi-urban to urban areas, or even use as a secondary driver if my main daily driver vehicle is in the shop....

I believe that all of the RVision Trail-Lite motorhomes were (7'-10") 94" wide. I have the brochure for the 2002 models and all 9 are listed having that width.

mlts22 wrote:
When looking at "C"s, almost all makers seem to be at the same 100 inch mark (or perhaps a bit wider.) Since width makes a big difference when running toadless, are there any "C" makers that have a narrower rig that might be easier to park in semi-urban to urban areas, or even use as a secondary driver if my main daily driver vehicle is in the shop.......

I have a 31ft wide body and I have 'never' had a problem parking it or driving it urban areas.

If you want more of a 'car like' Class C look at the new smaller B's. Sprinter, etc.

Good Luck finding the perfect RV for you family. :C

Tiger CX is 87 inches wide.

I spent lots of time researching motorhomes with widths of 96 inches or less for our recent downsize from a class A. Phoenix Cruiser makes a great coach, but we couldn't get at least a queen sized bed without going to 30 feet. Nexus Vipers are 96 wide but again had to go to 28 plus feet to get a queen bed. Coach House are 96 but much more expensive. All of the Sprinters are more narrow if you like diesel. A Forest River Lexington is 94.5 wide. The Winnebago Trend is 90.5. The diesel Winnebago/iItasca Via and Reyo are 90 inches wide. We decided on the Thor Axis which is a class A on a C chassis. It came closest to meeting our top requirements. It is 94 inches wide.
Hope these will help you in your search for your perfect coach!

I believe that the Winnebago Aspect and Itasca Cambria are 7'-11" wide, as is the Coachmen Concord.

Every Phoenix Cruiser is 93" wide. Lengths vary from 21 to 31 feet. The only one I would consider as an occasional around-town-use vehicle would be model 2100. Anything longer like our 2350 and I'd say it really isn't practical. I have taken the rig to work, but very rarely, and only to shake it down for an upcoming trip. The poor gas mileage is another reason to drive my other vehicles.

Born Free C's are only 8'. Actually mine is 7'11" wide. Not counting mirrors, of course. The new ones are priced ridiculously high, IMO.