4x4van wrote:
The difference between a 24' and a 26' is negligible;
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Reading what the OP is planning makes me think that they want to do the same type of camping that they always have, i.e. boondock tent camping, and in the same locations, but with the amenities of a class C RV. Sadly, I don't think that is possible, and while I could be wrong, this kinda looks like a train wreck waiting to happen, particularly considering the OP's eyesight issues and admitted problems with parking a car. Realistically, buying a transit van and installing just a sink, stove, fridge, and porta-potti, leaving room for the OP's camp chair and cot, would be the best answer.
I don't want a port a potty, eeew, no thanks. Whatever I will use will have a flush toilet and a black water tank. I'd never want to live in a van, no thanks.
Don't worry about my eyesight, I've been driving and doing tight turns on narrow roads in the dark right over drop off cliffs many times now, and navigated many crowded parking lots, with a back up camera driving class C is a piece of cake.
Don't wait for that train wreck to happen, it's not coming, better watch your own rig not to get in a wreck.
I don't believe that 24' vs 26' difference is negligible. This can often mean a difference between your tail hitting something in a super tight turn between the cliffs and the rock face or trees, or scraping the thorny brush and damaging paint. Also this can mean not being legal on some roads or in some campgrounds. And there're more and more rangers hungry for ticketing or chasing people off, with general overuse and overcrowding that's happening.
