Phoenix Cruiser
Thinking about getting a Phoenix Cruiser 2350 and would like tow my jeep(4000lbs). should I get the 350 chassis or the 450? thanks
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Photomike wrote:
My current motor home is on a E450 and when I hit a bump I know it. I came from a tcer with a 2500 carrying it and it drove like a car.
That being said I would rather have the 450 for the engine and other heavier parts for the long haul. The stiffer drive is only noticed once in a while but when I can go up a hill with all the other traffic or be able to pull more then I figure the roughness is worth it.
X2 ... well stated!
What you also get is less money for brake work, due to the larger brake swept areas of the E450 requiring less pad replacements over time for any given RV size that could have been built on either the E350 or E450.
I've removed a lot of the stiff pounding coming from the rear leaf springs in our under-loaded E450 24 foot Class C by replacing the stock shocks in the rear with Koni FSD shocks. These shocks adjust themselves to provide light damping on highway cracks and potholes (fast vertical motions) ... and heavy damping for good control everywhere else (slower vertical motions).
Since our Class C under-loads the E450 chassis all the time, we can carry anything and everything we can fit in on our trips with no concerns for weight distribution or amount of weight.
We intentionally wanted a small Class C on the E450 chassis due to my thinking that "for best long term reliability and safety use a heavy duty piece of equipment in a light duty way".
