Advice on TC for 12 month trip to Europe

errante wrote:
I have to agree with joerg68. We spent a couple of weeks a few years ago in a vw camper van and ran about 1500 miles. Obviously this is not right for you but I would never take a dually. On the major roads you would have no problems and we actually slept at a number of "rest stops". The problem is once you get off the main roads. All is good until you get into a village. The roads narrow considerably, and then you want to get off the main drag and see a castle or a bfc(large church)a lot of both. The next thing you know you are jammed up and have to back up. I am not trying to discourage you but I would rethink your choose of vehicles. We loved it and want to do it again but there were times I thought a vw van was too big. If I was going to spend a year I would consider one of the smaller class b/c rigs

Good advice that I'm really looking at. Even the $355,000 EarthCruiser expedition vehicle is only 653cm (21.42')long and a mere 206cm (6.77') wide! I'd be 244cm (8') wide! Small villages and rural countyside are the reasons I'm going, so I'm looking at the campervans semi-integrated Fiat Ducato motor homes (e.g., Eura Mobil TA 570 HS)that are length/width/height 5.98 m / 2.33 m / 3.19 m. Based on your experience, even these little TA 570 style "class c" vehicles are too big, leaving the campervan. I'm 55 and a bit spoiled for a van, size wise, but I'm not ruling a van out. I'll probably end up buying over there with the buy/ sale back scheme.