Why are TCs so much better than class C?
If there was a good 4x4 class C I might reconsider buying a TC. I saw Phoenix Cruisers have a 4x4 option but I can't understand why their features are not as good as TCs. Given that class C is buil...
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I saw a F-550 based class C, and it was available with 4 wheel drive, came standard with a 6.7L Diesel engine, and was very heavy.
Yes most camper manufactures have gotten very good at making every square foot count! Still the best floorplan that I have seen in a camper was my 1972 Coachman. It was only about 10' long on the main floor, with a 4' or 5' long overhead area. The forward section was a wet bath on the passenger side and closet drivers side. It was separated from the cabover section with orange plexiglass! The 70's remember it?
On the passenger side behind the bath is the dinette, raised a few inches to accommodate the black water tank. No grey tank, but I guess one of the first basements? The drivers side was the closet in the bathroom, then refrigerator, stove, counter, sink near the door that was in the center, rear. It had a cabinet bunk above the dinette, and could sleep up to 6. The bathroom was HUGE compared to current wet baths in today's campers. It took up the forward 3' of the camper, and went wall to wall, if you include the closet. When the closet door was open, it blocked off the bath from the living area.
They made use of every square inch of space!. Even without slides, it was roomy, and with today's slide outs, it could expand quite a bit.
I was reading a recent post about a 1970's camper, and the back wall hinged out, then a solid floor flipped down into a bed, with solid sidewalls that folded into place to make it air tight. Sort of the first of the tip out walls, except this was more a fold out bunk.
Yes they can do a lot more with class C designs. Yet as long as people are 'accepting the normal' then they will not manufacture the special floorplans.
Check out the newer travel trailers. Outside kitchen with a small electric refrigerator for soda's and such! How handy is that when camped with a lot of friends around? Outside TV too!
I still wonder who will be the first to have a slide out where the side walls of the slide out do not slide in when retracted! That is possible, but thinking outside the box is not what they are doing. . . .
Fred.
Yes most camper manufactures have gotten very good at making every square foot count! Still the best floorplan that I have seen in a camper was my 1972 Coachman. It was only about 10' long on the main floor, with a 4' or 5' long overhead area. The forward section was a wet bath on the passenger side and closet drivers side. It was separated from the cabover section with orange plexiglass! The 70's remember it?
On the passenger side behind the bath is the dinette, raised a few inches to accommodate the black water tank. No grey tank, but I guess one of the first basements? The drivers side was the closet in the bathroom, then refrigerator, stove, counter, sink near the door that was in the center, rear. It had a cabinet bunk above the dinette, and could sleep up to 6. The bathroom was HUGE compared to current wet baths in today's campers. It took up the forward 3' of the camper, and went wall to wall, if you include the closet. When the closet door was open, it blocked off the bath from the living area.
They made use of every square inch of space!. Even without slides, it was roomy, and with today's slide outs, it could expand quite a bit.
I was reading a recent post about a 1970's camper, and the back wall hinged out, then a solid floor flipped down into a bed, with solid sidewalls that folded into place to make it air tight. Sort of the first of the tip out walls, except this was more a fold out bunk.
Yes they can do a lot more with class C designs. Yet as long as people are 'accepting the normal' then they will not manufacture the special floorplans.
Check out the newer travel trailers. Outside kitchen with a small electric refrigerator for soda's and such! How handy is that when camped with a lot of friends around? Outside TV too!
I still wonder who will be the first to have a slide out where the side walls of the slide out do not slide in when retracted! That is possible, but thinking outside the box is not what they are doing. . . .
Fred.
