Where will we sleep?

I high-centered our 27' more than I'd like to think about. That tail was always dragging on the pavement at most driveways. I've never had the 24' touch the ground, so that mere three feet LESS has been worth every penny to me. It costs less to license (Oregon's RV license is based on overall length), it much easier to drive & turn around (as we like to poke our nose in places we really shouldn't be in), etc.

If you drive a lot on flatland, then the 27' or long is fine. If you are in the hills, length is a detriment.. It all depends on your usage model.

That 3 more feet probably makes a difference trying to get across a shallow road washout on the way to Dunbinky Well. :B

Bordercollie wrote:
Comfort in sleeping , cargo and cabinet space and convenience are important to us. Driving a 27 footer is not much different than driving a 24 footer. Used 27 footers are more plentiful than short rigs. You sacrifice maneuverability pulling any trailer.

yep, once when I was looking at Motorhomes I looked at one that I liked but told the salesman that it was 3 ft. longer than I had really wanted to get. he held his hands about 3 ft apart and said that that was all we were talking about. I agreed
bumpy

Comfort in sleeping , cargo and cabinet space and convenience are important to us. Driving a 27 footer is not much different than driving a 24 footer. Used 27 footers are more plentiful than short rigs. You sacrifice maneuverability pulling any trailer.

I think all C class Motor homes are dully wheels on the rear except for the ones based on a Ram Promaster chassis and those likely have a very low tow rating..

I didn't know to shop floorplan first and everything else later, I bought a Winnebago View 23H, that has a cab over bunk, a jackknife couch, and the break down dinette. I started out using the cab over bunk (I am by myself) and found two or so times a night down and up the ladder was a hassle. The ladder has very narrow rungs and hurt bare feet due to their sharp tread pattern, and being half asleep doing this was, well, not the best idea.

I now use the jackknife couch, no comfortable since it is not flat, but plan to convert it to a futon bed design which some View owners have done, still leaves you a nice couch and a flat bed. Downside is teardown and make up of the bed, but if in one place for more than a night I just leave the bed made up.

Using the dinette except for kids and in emergencies is not the thing to do. I keep too much stuff on the table and stuff in the unused side of the seats. I actually have a screw in the floor to keep the leg locked in place so it won't vibrate out.

Corner bed is best alternative for one person, quite workable for two, and a walkaround bed is best for two, but wastes lots of floorspace.

Charles

Ron ... thanks for the explanation!

FWIW, we kindof lucked out: Our corner has had the same foam mattress Winnebego supplied as stock about 11 years ago and it's still the most comfortable mattress we own. The DW sleeps out there in the rig in the back yard instead of the house when her back is really bad. Our overhead cab bed also came stock with a foam mattress about 6-7" thick that has remained super comfortable for myself.

pnichols wrote:
Ron,

We have that same clothing closet mounted up high at the foot of the outside wall sleeping half of our rear corner bed.

How does that impact a person sleeping on that outside half (with their feet to the kichen end of the bed) sliding out towards the kitchen? They merely have to shift their feet slightly to the left as they exit the bed feet-first.

(The above is not a consideration in our case because only the DW sleeps in the corner bed.)

Per the dimensions in the floor plan of our rig, the bed is smaller than most other rear corner beds due to the over-all down-size of the rig. The hanging closet sticks out further, and the TV increases the restriction. The pull-out TV tray is hardly a contributor.

I sleep on the inside. My wife occasionally crawls over me to get out. I just pull my knees up to my chin. But we both find it simpler for me to get out first for her. When one of us gets up in the middle of the night to go potty, it's a good time for the other anyways.

Don't get anything where the slide has to be out to use the bed. Dumbest design ever. You want full access to the bed no matter where you want to park. Especially parking lots and overnight rest areas.

We had a B but it was a pain making up the bed all the time and wasn't really big enough for two people with different sleeping schedules. When we decided to trade up the one thing my wife demanded it have was a full time queen bed that we didn't have to climb over each other to get in and out and didn't have to sleep with a wall in our face.



This is ours. Don't know how big your bike is but we carry two full size Harley's so a tandem axle is required. Get a tandem axle so if a tire lets go there's a second on that side so the trailer isn't destroyed along with everything in it.

We use the cab over bed area for storage. Took the mattress out. It holds spare clothes, bedding, dry goods, etc. We call it the attic and it's very handy having all the extra inside storage space.

Ron,

We have that same clothing closet mounted up high at the foot of the outside wall sleeping half of our rear corner bed.

How does that impact a person sleeping on that outside half (with their feet to the kichen end of the bed) sliding out towards the kitchen? They merely have to shift their feet slightly to the left as they exit the bed feet-first.

(The above is not a consideration in our case because only the DW sleeps in the corner bed.)

It is our TV tray the least of our obstructions