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Mmpfox
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Jun 24, 2018

Tell me about Super Cs

We found a used class c that is a super c. We are working on financing and everything. We were looking for something that suits our needs, not necessarily super c. Tell me pros, cons and differences. Thank you

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  • My Nexus super C is on a international Durastar chassis. It’s a tank.
  • Even though the other people who responded to you say it's just a large class c, and they are technically correct, i have heard that before rv manufacturers went to the large truck chassis like the Chevy kodiak, etc... Large class c were referred to as "Super C's"
  • As already stated a Super C is usually built on a Medium Duty Truck Chassis. In a GM it would be a C5500 or heavier. Ford had some E550’s. Later there were some Dodge built on 5500 pickup chassis.
    The model you are looking appears to be built on a E450 chassis. So it would be a Big Class C.
  • The term "super C" is as much a marketing term as anything. These days it generally is used to mean a class C that's built on a MDT chassis, something larger and beefier than the usual E series (or equivalent) van chassis.

    The motorhome you're looking at is built on a standard E-450, and is just a large class C. It may well have been called a super C by Gulfstream (or by someone else) but it's not intrinsically different than many class C's not called super C's. Since it's a pretty large motorhome, it would be wise to see how heavy it is and hence how much payload you can carry; some had pretty little weight capacity. (I'm talking generally; I don't know specifically about these units.)

    The Gulfstreams were not terrible units, from what I can gather. As with any used motorhome, it's more important to look at the condition and the care it received from the former owner(s) than the brand or initial quality; a well-kept, very ordinary model will be better and more reliable than the best built unit after some time of neglect.

    When I was shopping for my motorhome, I looked at a Gulfstream Ultra. I loved the layout, which was quite unusual: instead of a queen bed in the back, it had a pair of bunk beds and a second dinette table, which I think would have been very nice for what I wanted. Unfortunately, the unit I was looking at was in very bad shape with extensive water damage all throughout the unit, so it was a no-brainer to let it pass.
  • We had a Dynamax on our lot a while back. Looked like a Class A inside except for the trucker-type cab. Rear hitch was rated for 20,000 pounds towing - pretty impressive.
  • Mmpfox wrote:
    We found a used class c that is a super c. We are working on financing and everything. We were looking for something that suits our needs, not necessarily super c. Tell me pros, cons and differences. Thank you

    What year and model you looking at?