Driveable vs towable for x country trip
We are trying to weigh the pros and cons of the different types of rv for a 2 or 3 month cross country tour. We currently have a class a but have also owned a c and stayed in a 5th wheel on occasion....
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NMDriver wrote:
My 5er is worth as much today as when I bought it used 12 yrs ago.
Probably not after adjustment for inflation.
NMDriver wrote:
I know I can launch a boat with a C or A but then I have to break camp twice a day to put in and take out the boat.
Where we fish for trophy trout, after we launch our boat with our small Class C we can leave the boat on the shore for days while our Class C remains a few feet away at the campsite.
I would't feel comfortable doing this with a towable:
Or this:
With our non-towable motorhome we can do such things as:
1) Have a push button started built-in generator fueled by the main 55 gallon fuel tank.
2) With a push of a button start the main engine from from the coach battery bank if the engine starting battery system should ever fail.
3) Stop for a quick lunch or nap in a living area already warm when traveling in cold weather or already cool when traveling in hot weather.
4) Go to the bathroom while the other one is driving down the road.
5) Go get food/drinks in the coach for us both while traveling down the road.
6) Break camp way faster than with a towable whenever the towing vehicle has been disconnected from the towed living area.
7) Charge the coach battery bank from the main engine's alternator quickly and automatically.
8) Charge the coach battery bank from the built-in generator.
9) Stop and park quickly in the often small parking lots around points of interest discovered while traveling down the road.
