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May 30, 2015Explorer II
Which floorpan works better for you?
When I was shopping 2004-2005 I liked fit and finish of the Trail-Lites I was looking at, and they often made better use of the small space. I remember Coachman Concord as their B+ line, I think Elite was a name put on a low-price leader sold through a limited selection of dealers.
A number of R-Vison's B+ models made better use of the space by putting the door at the back rather than street side, something that CoachHouse and BornFree also did on really small models. If you make that choice, understand where you might be camping. I've been in many campsites at reservoirs when the lakeside campsites meant backing up to a precipice, where the first step outside the door might be a six foot or a 60 foot leap. But with a short C, you might be less likely to back all the way into such a site. Situation is much the same with a truck camper.
And in some forest campsites, I've been backed up to a tree.
On the other hand, my favorite site at my favorite campground, a door in the back would be perfect, right on to the patio. I guess it was designed as a truck camper site.
When I was shopping 2004-2005 I liked fit and finish of the Trail-Lites I was looking at, and they often made better use of the small space. I remember Coachman Concord as their B+ line, I think Elite was a name put on a low-price leader sold through a limited selection of dealers.
A number of R-Vison's B+ models made better use of the space by putting the door at the back rather than street side, something that CoachHouse and BornFree also did on really small models. If you make that choice, understand where you might be camping. I've been in many campsites at reservoirs when the lakeside campsites meant backing up to a precipice, where the first step outside the door might be a six foot or a 60 foot leap. But with a short C, you might be less likely to back all the way into such a site. Situation is much the same with a truck camper.
And in some forest campsites, I've been backed up to a tree.
On the other hand, my favorite site at my favorite campground, a door in the back would be perfect, right on to the patio. I guess it was designed as a truck camper site.
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