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DrewE
Apr 27, 2017Explorer II
By the way, regarding the classes: they are only defined by what general type of chassis the maker started with, nothing else.
A class A is built on a bare chassis or as a fully custom chassis, with the motorhome maker providing all the bodywork.
A class C is built on a cutaway or cab and chassis, so the cab area comes from the chassis maker (Ford in my case) and the rest of the body comes from the motorhome maker.
A class B is built inside a cargo van, often with a raised roof added. Basically all the body comes form the vehicle maker, with the motorhome maker just fitting out the interior. This means that class B's are generally rather small.
There are some units advertised as "class B+" which is merely marketing speak for a smallish class C, often without a bunk over the cab. Bus or motor coach conversions are usually considered to be class A motorhomes, even though I tend to think it would be more logical to call them large class B's.
A class A is built on a bare chassis or as a fully custom chassis, with the motorhome maker providing all the bodywork.
A class C is built on a cutaway or cab and chassis, so the cab area comes from the chassis maker (Ford in my case) and the rest of the body comes from the motorhome maker.
A class B is built inside a cargo van, often with a raised roof added. Basically all the body comes form the vehicle maker, with the motorhome maker just fitting out the interior. This means that class B's are generally rather small.
There are some units advertised as "class B+" which is merely marketing speak for a smallish class C, often without a bunk over the cab. Bus or motor coach conversions are usually considered to be class A motorhomes, even though I tend to think it would be more logical to call them large class B's.
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