Motorhomes on Mercedes Chassis
Anyone have any thoughts or experience with Mercedes Benz chassis? More specifically the Winnebago View. Mileage, power in the mountains, towing a car or anything else. Considering purchasing one l...
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we took our View from Tx to Alaska and back two summers ago.
Our television screen did not survive several hundred miles of gravel road, but nothing else failed.
Reliably got 15-16 mpg; we managed 400 miles on one fill-up on one lonely Alaska stretch.
Power, even in the mountains, was never a problem.
The small engine has little braking effect downhill though.
Ours is the model with a bed slide at the rear. The problem there is the slide prevents mounting bicycles on the rear hitch.
Service you can't do yourself involves finding a Mercedes or Freightliner dealer - and not all of those service Sprinters.
A delight to drive and park, but the View has less than half the living and storage space of our small fifth wheel.
Our television screen did not survive several hundred miles of gravel road, but nothing else failed.
Reliably got 15-16 mpg; we managed 400 miles on one fill-up on one lonely Alaska stretch.
Power, even in the mountains, was never a problem.
The small engine has little braking effect downhill though.
Ours is the model with a bed slide at the rear. The problem there is the slide prevents mounting bicycles on the rear hitch.
Service you can't do yourself involves finding a Mercedes or Freightliner dealer - and not all of those service Sprinters.
A delight to drive and park, but the View has less than half the living and storage space of our small fifth wheel.
