Have you gone from a larger rig to a smaller one?

Naio wrote:
I'm starting to get the impression that people always move up in size, and never down :). Is there a downsizing movement in RVs like with houses?

We started out with a 39' Class A diesel pusher. It was so big, we had to carefully plan our trips, and carefully plot our our exits and turns.

Thinking smaller would be easier (just me and my wife) we traded it for a 32' Class A gasser.

The smaller one was easier to drive, but still too large for many of the parks and beaches we wanted to visit.

So we traded that one on a 24' Class C - a Winnebago View - which we kept for four years, and traveled from coast to coast in.

It was a great size for two people to travel and camp in, and not really too big to explore the backroads.

But when we decided to trade, we went for something even smaller - a series of Class B+'s, including a 22' BT Cruiser.

Having learned how we really use our motorhomes, we recently decided to go even smaller - to a 17' Class B, a Roadtrek 170 Popular.

It's definitely small on the inside, but still has a kitchen, bath, bed, shower, generator and all the amenities.

I like it because I can use it as a daily driver (whenever I feel like it), I can park it anywhere, take it to the smallest beach parking lots, and still use it on a cross country camping trip.

The Roadtrek 170 is built on the Chevy 2500 Express Van platform and has the 6.0 V8, and we've been averaging 14mpg around town, and 17mpg on the highway (according to my Scangauge).

We probably won't be going down in size from here. A 17' Class B is really not suitable for camping with more than two very friendly people. But for our lifestyle, it's the right choice.

Bill