Ye it is difficult to get just what you want in a new RV. Then try to buy a used one! Even less choices in floorplans!
I need something that I can get a 450 pound electric wheelchair into it, and was thinking that toyhaulers where the only option. I recently saw one design with a forward room with two fold up bunk beds, and a side ramp that folds down, allowing 'Bicycle storage' as they put it on the website. I want to take a look at one, they have one at nearby Curtiss RV in Portland OR. If it works for getting the wheelchair up the ramp (is not to steep) it might be a good plan.
Yes there is a 'problem'. The wall separating the forward room and living room only has a 24" wide door, and that is not wide enough for a 28" wide electric wheelchair, but we could manage with a manual one, and transfer her into that , probably would need it to get into the shower anyway. If only the entertainment center was smaller, and the door wider!
And it is 36 feet long, kinda a problem with my 23' long E-450 bus to tow it. Overall we would be at 58 feet, so turning around on a culd-a-sac would be somewhat of a challenge. It is only 9,800 pounds, so the bus is 9,900, and total GCVWR is 22,000 so I am OK there.
My current 30' Bounder has no slides, so yes it would be a huge improvement from my 97 model! But parking would be a bit more difficult. . .
Good luck on your RV repairs, and with any luck, the RV designers might take one of their floorplans out for a weekend of camping, and figure out how un-desirable the floorplans work for a family. Perhaps in the next 4-5 years they will work better.
Fred.
