Real World V-10 Mileage Report

John&Joey wrote:

nemo45 wrote:
Class A's are a great way to go for a full timer. So, I don't think they'll be obsolete soon.

So how many do you think Full Time out there? Of those how many do you think do it in a Class A. Not saying no-one does, but definitely not enough to sustain the Class A industry.

Bad Class A mileage, and high fuel prices makes it harder and harder to justify the hobby when you're also on a household budget. Now if you spend days in a non moving Class A, or use it on short distance (under 100 miles) weekend family trips, then it makes $$$ sense based on current hotel rates.

For some the math simple does not add up anymore as a viable way of "C'ing da USA." When all you have is a week's vacation and you want to take in the sights 2,000 miles away, there are better ways.

Well maybe you ought to come down to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas or go to Arizona or Florida this winter. You'd see thousands of them. And more are getting into full timing everyday. I'd say its about a 50/50 mix of fifth wheelers and motorhomes. The class A mileage is not that much different than pulling a larger fifth wheel. Maybe you'd like to tell me how anyone can "C da USA" and the sights 2000 miles away in a week. Even so, on that type of a trip at 8 mpg it would cost $2000 for fuel. I would say between air flights, hotels and meals its just about a push. Be that as it may, most of the companies build class A's also make trailers and fifth wheels. Its plain for me to see there is a market for class A's even though they may not be for you.