We are still considering a used Class C. Or even a B+. We want a sofa, dinette and a rear Queen. This would mean something about 29 to 31 ft. long. I see some that have 3 slides( BT Cruiser). Do these units have a problem with being overweight right from the factory? Seems like a lot of goodies for an E450.Moisheh

Good Morning, we have a 31 ft class c with 1 slide. Dinette, couch and rear queen like you are looking at. We have 800 lbs cargo capacity which is not much but workable. Puts us pretty close to max gross weight all the time. Watch those tire pressures!!Dave

Our non-slide 31-ft has sofa, dinette, walk-around queen (short 75" length). All that plus a pantry and a single "lounge" chair. It seems to take the "thirty foot" range to get that. I haven't seen a survey but I'd guess many (if not most) of us do not weigh their RV's. And I'd venture that those who do, find them heavier than expected. So, I think your only defense is to weigh the coach you're interested in. Even empty, you can get an idea what the weight distribution is. You can estimate by examination (position of tanks and storage areas) where weight will fall when you load for travel. Don't forget passengers! But YES, some RV's are born at or over weight and some are also built with lopsided weight distribution. Rolling your candidate coach across a truck scale at least gives you a starting point.I didn't weigh ours for several years. Found that it was pretty close to max. Luckily my tire pressure guesses were pretty close.

Hi Moisheh,I do have a queen bed, sofa and dinette. I also have nearly a full size shower on the passenger's side with the water closet on the driver's side.I have weighed mine, including doing each set of wheels by themselves.I have no slides and I'm nearly above capacity, and the driver's rear dual was not over axle capacity but was over tire capacity. So near that I changed the rims and tires to get myself into a comfort zone.Be careful about length to wheel base. For the 176" wheel base 26 feet is 55% (ideal), 28'5" is 51% (ok), and 31 feet is 47% (not good). Anything below 50% is MUCH harder to drive.E-450 tops out at about 14000 pounds. Class A chassis with a V-10 is, if my memory serves, 22000 pounds.For what you seem to want I think a small class A may be more appropriate.

From what I've seen, most 30'+ Class Cs ride on a 208"+ wheelbase.

Hi SRockwood,If they do then there may have been an after market modification to lengthen the wheelbase.

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j-d
Explorer II
Sep 30, 2015
Our non-slide 31-ft has sofa, dinette, walk-around queen (short 75" length). All that plus a pantry and a single "lounge" chair. It seems to take the "thirty foot" range to get that.

I haven't seen a survey but I'd guess many (if not most) of us do not weigh their RV's. And I'd venture that those who do, find them heavier than expected.

So, I think your only defense is to weigh the coach you're interested in. Even empty, you can get an idea what the weight distribution is. You can estimate by examination (position of tanks and storage areas) where weight will fall when you load for travel. Don't forget passengers!

But YES, some RV's are born at or over weight and some are also built with lopsided weight distribution. Rolling your candidate coach across a truck scale at least gives you a starting point.

I didn't weigh ours for several years. Found that it was pretty close to max. Luckily my tire pressure guesses were pretty close.
harley-dave
Explorer
Sep 30, 2015
Good Morning, we have a 31 ft class c with 1 slide. Dinette, couch and rear queen like you are looking at. We have 800 lbs cargo capacity which is not much but workable. Puts us pretty close to max gross weight all the time. Watch those tire pressures!!

Dave

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