Shortest Class C Recommendations
Hi, I am hoping to buy a used Class C to full time in, and need recommendations. I feel like a Class B would be too cramped for me plus they are too expensive :/ I want a short Class C (nothin...
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I agree completely with what Ron said above about living in a small Class C.
The DW, myself, and our small dog's longest trip has only been 10 weeks and around 9,000 miles, but we all were still speaking to each other when we arrived home and could have kept on going. We like small and intimate and consider a larger RV as being counter to the flexibility we need when traveling and camping with the RV. The only additional capabilities I wish we had are four wheel drive and a satellite phone. With our little rig we're equally at home in Washington D.C. or Dubinky Wells.
However, our 24 foot Class C is of a "basement type design", so it's slightly taller exterior storage areas - plus using some non-food-or-clothing interior storage areas, in combination - hold an amazing amount of equipment with nothing strapped on the outside, or on the roof, or stacked in the shower stall ... such as:
- 4 outside lawn chairs
- 2 outsde lounge chairs
- several fishing poles
- portable BBQ
- beach umbrella
- full size shovel
- air compressor
- a portable generator (this is in addition to the built-in one)
- a full size outdoor propane fire pit
- outside carpet
- flat tire tire repair equipment
- a full sized spare tire (underneath in between the frame members ... just like on a PU truck)
- tire chains
- a propane tank for the fire pit
- propane bottles for the BBQ
- an outside single burner propane stove
- spare engine fluids and parts
- fluids for the built-in and portable generators
- fluids for the V10 engine
- five sets of 3-step wooden leveling blocks
- various pieces of wood for additional leveling problems or getting-unstuck-situations
- a high lift 12 ton hydraulic jack
- a saw for tree branches
- spare water filters
- gasline can for the portable generator
- motorhomme leak repair supplies
- a battery charger (this is in addition to the built-in one)
- a five gallon bucket for rock collecting
- an array of rock hounding tools
- an outside shower
- an outside entertainment center
- a complete spare sewer drain expandable hose (in addition to the regular one)
- 100 feet of fresh water hose
- a 50 foot shore power extension cable (in addition to the regular 30 foot one)
- spare sewer drain valves and parts
- a complete array of regular tools
The above stuff is in addition to a full size outside foldup table that we carry up high inside at the foot of the cabover bed. We use the shower and bathroom facilities fully (I'm 6'2''), and we prefer them to campground facilities. Inside, we carrry a lot of additional equipment in addition to clothing and food.
The DW, myself, and our small dog's longest trip has only been 10 weeks and around 9,000 miles, but we all were still speaking to each other when we arrived home and could have kept on going. We like small and intimate and consider a larger RV as being counter to the flexibility we need when traveling and camping with the RV. The only additional capabilities I wish we had are four wheel drive and a satellite phone. With our little rig we're equally at home in Washington D.C. or Dubinky Wells.
However, our 24 foot Class C is of a "basement type design", so it's slightly taller exterior storage areas - plus using some non-food-or-clothing interior storage areas, in combination - hold an amazing amount of equipment with nothing strapped on the outside, or on the roof, or stacked in the shower stall ... such as:
- 4 outside lawn chairs
- 2 outsde lounge chairs
- several fishing poles
- portable BBQ
- beach umbrella
- full size shovel
- air compressor
- a portable generator (this is in addition to the built-in one)
- a full size outdoor propane fire pit
- outside carpet
- flat tire tire repair equipment
- a full sized spare tire (underneath in between the frame members ... just like on a PU truck)
- tire chains
- a propane tank for the fire pit
- propane bottles for the BBQ
- an outside single burner propane stove
- spare engine fluids and parts
- fluids for the built-in and portable generators
- fluids for the V10 engine
- five sets of 3-step wooden leveling blocks
- various pieces of wood for additional leveling problems or getting-unstuck-situations
- a high lift 12 ton hydraulic jack
- a saw for tree branches
- spare water filters
- gasline can for the portable generator
- motorhomme leak repair supplies
- a battery charger (this is in addition to the built-in one)
- a five gallon bucket for rock collecting
- an array of rock hounding tools
- an outside shower
- an outside entertainment center
- a complete spare sewer drain expandable hose (in addition to the regular one)
- 100 feet of fresh water hose
- a 50 foot shore power extension cable (in addition to the regular 30 foot one)
- spare sewer drain valves and parts
- a complete array of regular tools
The above stuff is in addition to a full size outside foldup table that we carry up high inside at the foot of the cabover bed. We use the shower and bathroom facilities fully (I'm 6'2''), and we prefer them to campground facilities. Inside, we carrry a lot of additional equipment in addition to clothing and food.
