Tryin to talk the wife into a newer TC......lol.

mellow wrote:
Reminds me of my 1191 minus the slide.

I think of the Lance 1191 as an 11 foot S&S with a slide!
Both about the best floorplans ever IMHO.

She agree's that we need a "bigger" TC than the 90 S&S, but isn't ready to take the plunge yet. We may sell Red and the S&S as a set and get a newer truck and TC to replace them. To much family stuff going on right now to even consider anything.

Kayteg1 wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:


The bathroom and shower are a big part of the catalyst that has driven my full remodel project on the Amer8go, it's hard to find a camper bathroom that fits when you're as big as me :p

I own 2 campers with similar floorplans but "somehow" 1 bathroom is way more comfortable than other.
Getting tape measure show 1" of space more here or there, higher shower pan, flatter medicine cabinet, the door opening on opposite side make heck of the difference in comfort.
Badly enough the one with more comfortable shower and sink, has lower toilet, so I am checking if I can fit raiser under it.
I will have to read more about your project. The more comfortable Fleetwood I have had already extensive dryrot damages and the aluminium skeleton was poorly build to start with.
In the past I restored 40 yo Airstream trailer and was really impress with aluminium construction.
Meaning I am considering finding one of those aluminium campers and remodel it with stuff from Fleetwood.
But the older campers were smaller and I got used to Queen bed and slide too much. ;)

I ended up doing two things in the frame up restoration I've been doing to a 1975 Amerigo.

I brought the plumbing inside and expanded the bathroom's foot print (it's a wet bath), the original shower drain was in line to be impacted by the truck's bumper when loading (Apparently trucks in the 70s had lower bumpers than the 80s and early 90s) and exposed to the elements, so I built a raised pan/floor for the new bathroom and am enclosing the area under the floor, insulating it and ducting in heat from the new furnace so that the holding tank is all weather) .

I then built a height extension of the bathroom onto the roof to allow for my 6'4", 365lb frame to be able to stand up fully in the shower.

With the porcelain RV toilet going in, there's a nice standing area ahead of it in the bathroom to shower in.

I kept the sink section from the original clamshell bathroom unit that was way too narrow for my big butt.

Bathroom

JoeChiOhki wrote:


The bathroom and shower are a big part of the catalyst that has driven my full remodel project on the Amer8go, it's hard to find a camper bathroom that fits when you're as big as me :p

I own 2 campers with similar floorplans but "somehow" 1 bathroom is way more comfortable than other.
Getting tape measure show 1" of space more here or there, higher shower pan, flatter medicine cabinet, the door opening on opposite side make heck of the difference in comfort.
Badly enough the one with more comfortable shower and sink, has lower toilet, so I am checking if I can fit raiser under it.
I will have to read more about your project. The more comfortable Fleetwood I have had already extensive dryrot damages and the aluminium skeleton was poorly build to start with.
In the past I restored 40 yo Airstream trailer and was really impress with aluminium construction.
Meaning I am considering finding one of those aluminium campers and remodel it with stuff from Fleetwood.
But the older campers were smaller and I got used to Queen bed and slide too much. ;)

Kaytag1 wrote:

Go to see the camper, get into shower, close the curtain and see if you can turn without ripping something.
Can you sit comfortable on the throne without opening the door?
Can you get in without pushing the slide?
Where is the wardrobe?

The bathroom and shower are a big part of the catalyst that has driven my full remodel project on the Amer8go, it's hard to find a camper bathroom that fits when you're as big as me :p

mike/kellie wrote:
Nice looking unit! Please excuse the questions from recently quoted below...the sliding door offers more interior room and the linen closet has way more in-bath storage than my triple slide camper. Nice entry closet and plenty of wardrobe closets in the sleeping area. I think that's what the pull handles are for? Everything right there in the photos. Hope it works out!

Yes you are correct...those are wardrobes in the sleeping area and they go down to the floor of the C/O under the mattress. It was an awesome design. I wish S&S still made it IIRC the had won a government contract and quit making TC's. We went by there in Kalispell, MT on out way to Glacier NP 7 or 8 years ago and they weren't making TC's anymore. Just special orders and repairs, I don't think they do that anymore now either. But they were a VERY well made and designed unit.

Nice looking unit! Please excuse the questions from recently quoted below...the sliding door offers more interior room and the linen closet has way more in-bath storage than my triple slide camper. Nice entry closet and plenty of wardrobe closets in the sleeping area. I think that's what the pull handles are for? Everything right there in the photos. Hope it works out!

Kayteg1 wrote:

Go to see the camper, get into shower, close the curtain and see if you can turn without ripping something.
Can you sit comfortable on the throne without opening the door?
Can you get in without pushing the slide?
Where is the wardrobe?

That's camper 101....we've been RVing for 40 years now and know how to pic a unit, and it doesn't have a slide....thanks anyhow. We've had a TC for over 20 years now.

BTW, I bought my Lance at Tom's 2 years ago.
Good people.

You will love side entrance if you travel a lot.
I have 2 campers and 2001 model of Lance come from AZ. The decals are faded, but years under the sun did not damaged the siding yet.
My 2nd camper has similar floor plan, but with rear entrance offers a bit more of space, when "a bit" is a lot when it comes to TC.
So on long run, I rather have more space (especially in bathroom) than convenience of side entrance.
Go to see the camper, get into shower, close the curtain and see if you can turn without ripping something.
Can you sit comfortable on the throne without opening the door?
Can you get in without pushing the slide?
Where is the wardrobe?