RUV's
I want an RV that's easy to travel with and has modern features to go visit my kids in college and travel. Obviously the Winnebago View and Itasca Navion would be awesome, but are expensive. I've noti...
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tatest wrote:
First year of motorhome production for Winnebago (1969) the offerings were a 17-footer on Ford's P-350 SRW panel truck chassis, 18, 22 and 24 feet on the Dodge M-300 DRW chassis, and a 27 footer on the heavier (but stlll DOT Class 3) Dodge M-375 chassis. All but the 27-footer would fall into or under the size range Thor is now marketing as RUV, and they targeted a similar recreational (rather live in it full time) market.
My first motorhome was a 22 foot 1972 Winnebago Indian built on I believe an M-400 chassis. It had a 413 V8, with 17" (I think) split rim wheels and 6 big lugs. GVWR was 15,000, with a 10K GAWR. Way overkill for such a small rig, I doubt it weighed 10K empty.
