What Class B has a dry bath

Davydd wrote:

jjson775 wrote:
The Pleasure Way Pursuit, call it a B+ or a C, is 22' - 9" long and has a big dry bath. The Leisure Travel Free Spirit SS and Coach House Arriva, although they are Class B Sprinter conversions, are both more than a foot longer than the Pursuit. You might be able to find a Pursuit about 2 years old.

You can't give it up can you? The Arriva and Free Spirit SS are not as wide, as tall, and don't look like an ambulance either.

I'm not giving up anything. I offered Hpymils what might be a useful suggestion. If a Pursuit looks like an ambulance and an Arriva looks like a FedEx delivery van, so what?

Davydd wrote:

goreds2 wrote:
What is a dry bath? I am guessing (and too lazy to google) no shower?

Most Class Bs are wet baths in that the bathroom is usually a fiber glass enclosure with toilet, lav and shower head and you shower in it standing up or even sitting down on the toilet seat lid. After you are done you have to wipe and squeegie it down if you want to continue using it for normal bathroom functions. Some have complete surround shower curtains to keep the walls dry.

A dry bath has a separate shower stall so the rest of the bathroom doesn't get wet.

A wet bath will take up about 6 to 7 square feet of space in a B. A dry bath will take up 15 to 20 square feet of space because the shower stall needs to be nearly as big as a wet bath and the aisle space is enclosed with the bathroom to maneuver. That's why in a B they are usually at the back end extending across the width. Since there is but about 100 effective square feet of space in a B you can see a dry bath takes up an inordinate amount of space.

Thanks

My Coachmen Horizon based on a 1989 GMC Vandura has a separate shower from the toilet. If it was taller, it would be perfect. I'm 6 foot and the shower top is 5 foot. You stand in the tub and pull a shower curtain around you and turn the water on. My tub has a small hole in it so I need to replace it to use it.

I'm planning on selling it and getting a 20 foot (plus tongue) trailer as two, non-petite people really can't do much in it.

Thanks all. I see there are plenty Bs with dry bath. Now to find one we like and with in our budget.

Dry bath has a separate toilet and shower stall or tub. A wet bath will have the toilet and shower in the same space. If you can shower while sitting on the throne then you have a wet bath. Most class b vans have wet baths.

goreds2 wrote:
What is a dry bath? I am guessing (and too lazy to google) no shower?

Most Class Bs are wet baths in that the bathroom is usually a fiber glass enclosure with toilet, lav and shower head and you shower in it standing up or even sitting down on the toilet seat lid. After you are done you have to wipe and squeegie it down if you want to continue using it for normal bathroom functions. Some have complete surround shower curtains to keep the walls dry.

A dry bath has a separate shower stall so the rest of the bathroom doesn't get wet.

A wet bath will take up about 6 to 7 square feet of space in a B. A dry bath will take up 15 to 20 square feet of space because the shower stall needs to be nearly as big as a wet bath and the aisle space is enclosed with the bathroom to maneuver. That's why in a B they are usually at the back end extending across the width. Since there is but about 100 effective square feet of space in a B you can see a dry bath takes up an inordinate amount of space.

What is a dry bath? I am guessing (and too lazy to google) no shower?

jjson775 wrote:
The Pleasure Way Pursuit, call it a B+ or a C, is 22' - 9" long and has a big dry bath. The Leisure Travel Free Spirit SS and Coach House Arriva, although they are Class B Sprinter conversions, are both more than a foot longer than the Pursuit. You might be able to find a Pursuit about 2 years old.

You can't give it up can you? The Arriva and Free Spirit SS are not as wide, as tall, and don't look like an ambulance either.

No. I mentioned several older coaches that have models with dry baths including the MB Cruiser in my post above. Winnebago ERA has a new slideout model with a dry bath as does Liesure Travel vans.Sportsmobile will build you one brand new or even on a used van.

The only older true Class B that I know of, that has a real dry bath is a Forest River MB Cruiser from the 2003-2005 era.
Did a quick Google search and found a handful advertised around the country; not many, and not sure how old were the posts.
A very endearing couple with a website called "The FitRV" have a modified one, and have a review of it here:
http://www.thefitrv.com/rv-reviews/our-totally-awesome-rv-tour-and-review/