Ground clearance/choosing the right set up.
I thought I was pretty set on getting a class A with some slides, but some of the places I want to go seem to have rough roads, so I am back to the drawing board. In general, does a class C have mo...
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How rough are the roads you might want to take?
We had a Jayco Greyhawk 23rk. It had a lot of ground clearance...never had to worry about dragging the rear or high centering. Now we didn't go off road or looking for a challenge, but we could navigate some pretty rough terrain. The lowest point was the rear differential and at 8' 4" wide and +12ft tall you have to be very careful about vegetation that wants to attack you. Our set up was about 12000 lbs traveling weight and we had a 8.1 liter engine so power was not a problem as it could be for a larger less powerful unit.
IMHO the bigger problem is that when you head out over some jar your eye teeth out terrain the standard Class C or Class A was not built to tolerate that well. We often found screws that worked there way out and kept tightening things. You need to consider not only ground clearance but also the structure of the Motorhome. Some are better than others. The other consideration is weight. As previously stated a big heavy house on wheels can get in trouble much quicker than one on a diet. And when it does, its much more difficult to extricate.
We had a Jayco Greyhawk 23rk. It had a lot of ground clearance...never had to worry about dragging the rear or high centering. Now we didn't go off road or looking for a challenge, but we could navigate some pretty rough terrain. The lowest point was the rear differential and at 8' 4" wide and +12ft tall you have to be very careful about vegetation that wants to attack you. Our set up was about 12000 lbs traveling weight and we had a 8.1 liter engine so power was not a problem as it could be for a larger less powerful unit.
IMHO the bigger problem is that when you head out over some jar your eye teeth out terrain the standard Class C or Class A was not built to tolerate that well. We often found screws that worked there way out and kept tightening things. You need to consider not only ground clearance but also the structure of the Motorhome. Some are better than others. The other consideration is weight. As previously stated a big heavy house on wheels can get in trouble much quicker than one on a diet. And when it does, its much more difficult to extricate.
