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snowpig32's avatar
snowpig32
Explorer
Mar 16, 2016

Rexhall in the Las Vegas area

Hi, names Jim, located in central Ohio, My family and I, there are 3 of us, have been truck camping for a while now and feel like I want to go to a class A. Been looking most of the winter and wanted an older better built short coach 26’ seems to be the ideal length with the floor plan we want. Top of our list Winnebago, Tiffin and Airstreams, we like steel construction with fiberglass roofs. I’d like to stay around the 1999 – 2005 for affordability, and reliability and under 20.000. Not normally seen in Ohio are Rexhall’s, did some research and I really like these. They seem like a solid alternative. Most of my reading suggests they are a good unit but like anything else the PO needs to have taken care of them.
Question, any one care to give me their factual opinion on these Rexhall Visions or Clippers?
Secondly, I have located one in the Vegas area, it would be completely out of my character to fly out and drive this unit back the 3000 miles, but YOLO right? Would it be against the rules if I asked if anyone living in the Las Vegas area would drive by and take a look at this coach before I made plans to fly out? You only live once, but I got only so much money, sure would be a bad day if I got out there and this was not a legitimate deal.
Thanks to all that give this post some consideration.
Class A

8 Replies

  • snowpig32's avatar
    snowpig32
    Explorer
    Mar 24, 2016
    Can anyone say when the stopped making the smaller coaches and went strictly buses? Id have thought that they would have some archived information, like how tall, how wide, how long. THey said they had no such information. Does anyone here know if they just dumped all that data or maybe sold it to someone? I have not seen a Rexhall vision beyond the year 2005, is that the last year they were made?
  • fortytwo's avatar
    fortytwo
    Explorer
    Mar 24, 2016
    After 6 months of visiting manufacturing plants and lots of research I bought a 2000 Rose Air as the best 35 foot class A available. Was still a great unit when I sold it 12 years later with 130k miles.

    Rexhall is (waw) a "father knows best" company. Somewhat like Lazy Daze; think they make what they think you need and are not very open to questions. I asked several dealers to get me a price on an ordered unit with "modifications". Rexhall declined to give them a price. Had to order a unit with their offered upgrades, and have the dealer do the mods.

    Rexhall makes the chassis, fiberglass shell, cabinets, and shower enclosure. They install the wiring and plumbing pipes. They were built like a tank, and also weighed like one - had more cargo volume capacity than weight limits would let you fill. All the components are made by someone else (as are all other brands). If you need a replacement water heater you don't get it from Rexhall. Same for engine and running gear service.
  • crasster's avatar
    crasster
    Explorer II
    Mar 23, 2016
    In my years of RV'ing and talking with so many people, I've only heard good things about those.
  • snowpig32's avatar
    snowpig32
    Explorer
    Mar 23, 2016
    Well Thank you all for taking the time to respond to this question. Consensus I get is the Rexhall is a solid unit.
    Does the fact that there is no manufacturer support for their product bother anyone at all? I'm not speaking to warranty work, I was looking for build info or wiring schematics, archived sort of information.
    Perhaps never owning a Class A is paradigm shift for me. No NOS parts in the event of a crash or something braking.
    It's just that when I called Rexhall trying to get some build information they were in my opinion on the gruff side, upset that I would have the audacity to ask such a silly question as to how the unit was built. In short they have NO records, no memory and no cares of there older units. I thought a 2005 was newish,,, to me anyway.
    Sure would like to hear others opinion.
    Jim.
  • mike2wheels's avatar
    mike2wheels
    Explorer
    Mar 19, 2016
    We had a '97 Rexhall Rolls Air with a Cummins C8.3 and an Allison MD3060 on a Spartan chassis. It had one slide out. We owned this for 9 years. We liked it and had some good times in it. The engine and transmission were bullet proof; it started immediately every time. All the systems in it were name brand: Dometic, HWH, Cummins, etc. So parts and manuals and service techs were easy to find. The biggest problem we had was the HWH slide out hydraulics leaked like a sieve. Once we found a competent mechanic the leaks stopped. We discovered the generator wasn't installed correctly, but that was a simple wiring fix. We've seen only one other Rolls Air, but that was gas-powered. We miss the large kitchen, something we haven't found in other motorhomes.
  • aerbus32's avatar
    aerbus32
    Explorer II
    Mar 17, 2016
    We had a 32' Class A Aerbus for over a decade. Replaced it with a 37' Winnebago because we wanted a bigger coach. The Aerbus was a better coach.
  • BTPO1's avatar
    BTPO1
    Explorer
    Mar 17, 2016
    I love my Vision. It's not to large or too small. Have made two coast to coast trips so far with it and have had no problems. No lack of power when towing, even in the mountains of CO and CA. JMO
  • ccxnola's avatar
    ccxnola
    Explorer
    Mar 17, 2016
    snowpig,
    I have enjoyed many years and miles with our Rexhall. I too did the research and in the price / year I could afford at that time, Rexhall was one of only two rigs made with welded steel framework. I have seen pictures of other makes that were in an 'accident' or encountered a tree / roll-over. Nearly all were left in a heap of wood and plastic!! (Not what I wanted!!) Sure, we have made many miles without difficulty - but the added happiness of the Rexhall construction has been well worth the added (minor) cost over similar rigs.

    And Yes, After extended email and pictures, I purchased a flight to purchase it and drove it 2300 miles home. (After on-site inspections, I did negotiate an appropriate reduction in price for items not disclosed.) Make a Choice - Get It - and enjoy!!!

    (Don't look back and wonder, cause there is always a better deal somewhere else - but you'll die waiting for it to appear!!)

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