Questions for Nexus Owners

Desert Captain wrote:

Mich F wrote:

Desert Captain wrote:

JT wrote:
The Ford E 350 chassis has a gvwr of 12500; the E 450 has a gvwr of 14500. Why would one say that the E. 350 has a greater capacity than the E 450? :h

Because it is true. The extra weight of the 450 eats into its payload. My 2012 E350 has 3,368# of payload on a GVWR of 11,500#. Have yet to encounter an E450 that matches that.

:C

The E350 and E450 are within a couple of hundred pounds of each other, while the E450 has 3,000# more GVWR.
Ford E series weights

I have a 32 1/2' MH on an E450, that has an OCCC of 3,275#

You illustrate my point very well. Your additional 3,000# of GVWR nets you 93 fewer #'s of payload. Unfortunately you have to hump that extra 3,000# with the same engine/drive train.

If I had a C over 24' I would probably be looking E450's but at 24' and under the E350 just makes more sense, smoother ride, better mileage (4:10 vs 4:56 rear end), and not only no loss of payload but actually a higher payload. Admittedly it is tough to compare the 350/450's as the numbers vary from year to year but look at the ratio of OCCC to GVWR, (3,368/11,500=29% vs 3,275/14,500=22%).

What :h
If your Nexus was on an E450, you would have considerably more OCCC than you have on your E350. The E450 is only 200# or so more than the E350. It has a 14,500# GVWR compared to your E350 which you say has an 11,500# GVWR. You don't have a higher payload than your same model on an E450....
Comparing my OCCC on a 32 1/2' motor home to your 24' or so motor home is comparing apples to oranges. I only mentioned it because you said you never saw an E450 with an OCCC that compared to yours.