Off Road Class C Motorhome and Extended Tray
This is a local builder and their Off Road Class C Motorhome with a rear deck. Common on Caravans rare on Motorhomes, especially Off Road ones.
Forum Discussion
Pnichols wrote:
My humble little E450 Itasca Class C has everything heavy (except for the microwave oven and any stuff I load in the it's upper cabinets) way down low close to, or equal to, the height of the E450's frame rails ... so it's COG is very low.so it's COG is very low. However it's rear track is also very wide - wider than the E350's track - and probably right at the U.S. highway legal maximum - the same as the track on big rig trailers.
No it is not that is why it cannot go Off Road effectively.Its rear overhang is too excessive, its ground clearance is virtually non-existant, its actual COG is too high(reason E450 Vans are blown around by passing trucks). Whether you have items near the frame rails is not what really matters It is how the drive train gearbox engine etc are packaged.
A wide track does not mean it can be an effective Off Roader. A Unimog does not have a wide track but is very effective Off Road and is the choice of people who want an Expedition vehicle An E450 is a Class C Van built for roads, Its steering is vague as well , something you do not want on a Off Road Van. It is the antitheses of an Off Road Van.
This is a whale by comparison
