Ok,... pry open your billfold...

wilber1 wrote:
Like this one or not, North America is not the place to look for innovation in smaller, lighter more efficient RV's. The trend here continues to be ever bigger and heavier.

I've seen the opposite in my neck of the woods, but I'm sure each area of the country is different (Ford is having a big boom on F-150 sales, for example.) I am guessing that I'm seeing smaller rigs due to fuel prices constantly on the rise.

One place, Princess Craft, which sells smaller TTs and TCs is having a booming business. Any short "C"s or "B"s go at inflated prices.

I'm just hoping things change in some direction. Last RV show I went to had models that were identical to last year, except the RV makers went overboard with putting televisions everywhere, especially on the larger fifth wheels.

I'm sure things will be changing in the next few years. Sticking the same old square box on the Ford E-series chassis is going to be a thing of the past pretty soon, because the T-series that replaces it is a completely different design. The RV industry is going to have to start from the ground up with motorhomes.

It will be interesting times as we see the V10, the staple of most class C rigs, be replaced by a V6 on the gasser side, and a I-5 on the diesel side (assuming RV makers continue with Ford and don't jump to the Dodge or Mercedes chassis.)