I’m soooo confused..........
Wife and I have the house going on the market in the spring. We expect to full time shortly there after. Now here is the tough part for me. I own a 2003 Dodge Dually 4x4 and only has 10,000 miles on t...
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There is this common belief that a 5er is better for fulltiming & sitting still & the class A is better for travelling. Maybe it is the other way around.
The argument is that unhooking & hooking up takes longer in the CG. No it doesn't. The procedure is about the same timewise. The difference is that the class A can't reverse with it's toad so the unhooking etc. happens outside of the campsite in the road. Besides, you are retired. What difference does a few minutes make either way?
Then there is the argument that the DW can make a sandwich for you as you hurtle down the highway. Yeah, that sounds like a benefit. Maybe she can pass that sandwich to you as she flies from the galley out through the windshield when you slam brakes. Eating while driving is always such a good idea anyway.
Then there is the one about using the bathroom while on the highway. Autonomous vehicles are coming but they are not here yet. Better hold it & stay in that drivers seat.
Sitting up there in that luxurious drivers seat of a class A really nice what with that huge windshield & all, but then there is the thought of what if I hit something. There is NOTHING to give me any protection. Just a few inches in front of my toes is air. No engine. No front end that has crumple zones & is designed to protect or at least minimise injury.
Oh yes, there is that 5 ton plus trailer behind that wants to keep moving but it has to lose alot of energy coming forward destroying the 5th wheel, crumpling the back of the truck & crumpling the back of the cab before it gets to the people in the front seats.
Just a few things that people don't seem to consider often when comparing a 5er to an A.
The argument is that unhooking & hooking up takes longer in the CG. No it doesn't. The procedure is about the same timewise. The difference is that the class A can't reverse with it's toad so the unhooking etc. happens outside of the campsite in the road. Besides, you are retired. What difference does a few minutes make either way?
Then there is the argument that the DW can make a sandwich for you as you hurtle down the highway. Yeah, that sounds like a benefit. Maybe she can pass that sandwich to you as she flies from the galley out through the windshield when you slam brakes. Eating while driving is always such a good idea anyway.
Then there is the one about using the bathroom while on the highway. Autonomous vehicles are coming but they are not here yet. Better hold it & stay in that drivers seat.
Sitting up there in that luxurious drivers seat of a class A really nice what with that huge windshield & all, but then there is the thought of what if I hit something. There is NOTHING to give me any protection. Just a few inches in front of my toes is air. No engine. No front end that has crumple zones & is designed to protect or at least minimise injury.
Oh yes, there is that 5 ton plus trailer behind that wants to keep moving but it has to lose alot of energy coming forward destroying the 5th wheel, crumpling the back of the truck & crumpling the back of the cab before it gets to the people in the front seats.
Just a few things that people don't seem to consider often when comparing a 5er to an A.
