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bobojay5
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Mar 23, 2015

Possible?? New Transit Based C

On another forum it's been mentioned that Dean of Leisure Travel is saying they have a Unity/Serenity type unit in the works w/no slides and the diesel on a Transit cutaway coming late this fall for 2016.
If so this is the first class C Transit I've heard about. Neat!

I know Winnebago is looking, but nothing announced as yet.
  • PghBob wrote:
    I've read that the GVWR of the Transit chassis is 10360 pounds. That's over 2 tons less than my E450. The Transit might work for a smaller, say up to 24 feet, rig, but anything much bigger would likely seriously impact OCCC.

    It will be a squeeze to make it into a Class C
  • I'm not a fan of a Class C RV that weighs too close to the maximum that it's chassis is rated for.

    I wouldn't care to have a job driving a delivery truck around all day long that was for some reason always nearly fully loaded - or pay the fully-loaded wear and tear maintenance costs on the truck, either. That's the main reason that we have a 11,800 lb. Class C on an under-loaded E450.
  • I've read that the GVWR of the Transit chassis is 10360 pounds. That's over 2 tons less than my E450. The Transit might work for a smaller, say up to 24 feet, rig, but anything much bigger would likely seriously impact OCCC.
  • Anything on a Transit platform, IMHO, is a good thing. I'm hoping that RV places both offer "euro" RVs like the Trend, as well as "traditional" ones like the View with a slide-out.

    Since this is a cutaway, there is (as of now) no EcoBoost engine model available, but the I-5 diesel is no slouch either.