Shopping foe New Class C 30 - 33 ft

Vicmendes3 wrote:
Researching New Class C Motorhome, between 30 to 33 ft. New to RVing and looking forward to travel and spending time with my growing family. Retiring soon. Any suggestions, good and bad. Thanks

Hi Vic,

Retiring soon implies you and your wife will travel most often just the two of you. A growing family assumes children and grandchildren.

If your plan is to accommodate your children and grand children in your motor home, you really should look into a Super-C because you will surely over-load a typical class C with people and belongings. A Super-C is built on a more capable truck chassis with tires that can handle the load, not a van-style chassis with tires that will blow out all the time from over-loading it with your entire family.

If your plan is to caravan with your large family, each in their own vehicle and bringing their own accommodations via tents and/or trailers, then I suggest you consider your purchase to be geared for just the two of you. At that point, you need to think about the places you want to travel to. If your focus will be our country's national parks, monuments, forests, and BLMs, you really don't want to be any longer than you absolutely need. Once you get into the van-style 30+ foot length, you will have troubles in the parks, and even just the two of you, expect an occasional blow-out, especially with two or more slide outs where the weight of the rig on the "E" rated tires becomes questionable.

My opinion....30+ length rigs are great for parking and living in for extended periods. You need to ask yourself if that is your plan. A get-away parked by the lake for two or more weeks is great to have the extra room. But cross-country travel up & down byways of mountains and canyons off the beaten path, a shorter rig with weight-margin will provide much needed mobility and a lot more comfort in a different way.

Here is a typical van-style class C that easily gets over-loaded in the longer lengths and with slide-outs.


Here is a truck-style class C (Super-C) where you can load it up with all your family and not put them in danger.


Many retired couples find something like this 27 foot long rig ideal.


Retired ourselves, my wife and I own THIS 24 foot rig and love it for our travel style. The few times we are not alone, our family and friends prefer to caravan.