70 to 80 years old ! with a class C

OP here,
their has been a lot of great info on this thread and I'm saving it and will print it out and take it with me when out looking at class C.
It's easy to forget things to check when we are going over RVs , will be out from time to time looking at Cs as I'm in no hurry and it will help pass the winter time.

Olddud wrote:
I'm 71 and use the overhead all the time. No problem for me, but I do a lot of stretching exercise and am skinny. I kind of like it up in the sky as our old cat has no interest in jumping up there, which allows me to sleep.

However, when my mom was alive and using an overhead, at about my age she came out of there like a felled tree and suffered a severe concussion. Really never recovered from it. You'd think I'd learn.

yep, the overhead is great, until it isn't. plan for 5-10 years down the road.
bumpy

I'm 71 and use the overhead all the time. No problem for me, but I do a lot of stretching exercise and am skinny. I kind of like it up in the sky as our old cat has no interest in jumping up there, which allows me to sleep.

However, when my mom was alive and using an overhead, at about my age she came out of there like a felled tree and suffered a severe concussion. Really never recovered from it. You'd think I'd learn.

If you think normal seniority issues would prevent you from using the OHB, I met a fellow Born Free owner who used long-leg braces (polio patient, like DW) yet still climbed into the OHB every night!

Everybody is different; figure what works for yourself.

Bumpyroad wrote:
a Class C would be the last thing I would consider if I am in or approaching the bad joint/back/knees, etc. age. I have enough trouble getting out of my bed at my S & B.
bumpy

Im pondering a class C for purchase next spring...but wont use any front cab space for sleeping.....that will be a LG screen TV. Wife and I like a rear slide out model where a real bed can go out on the drivers sidw and the dinette ( behind the front drivers seat) sticks out a little to make a bed there if needed.

snowdance, my hat off to you!!! Keep on keeping on!

I am 78 and we use the over head for storage. Our motorhome is 23 foot. We use the dinette for my wife to sleep. We redid the foam with a very nice foam. I sleep on the couch that we redid for my comfort. We put a fleece blanket (no need to tuck it in as it will not move) down and use a sleeping bag for a comforter. When we get up we stuff and sleeping bag and fleece blanket into a laundry bag. (do not fold) and toss it into the overhead. We like this system very much. Takes about 6 min to do a bed.

OP here,
Thank You for all the great info and ideas.
We have a small trailer Casita 17' and are used to having small holding tanks and it works for us after 14 years of use.
We dry camp or boondock for three days than go to a campground that has at lease water and a dump site it may be a state, county or a RV park so having a class C with small tanks wouldn't be a problem.
I'm 71 and the wife is 69 and I wouldn't have a problem getting up and down from the cabover bunk but she would and like some of you said making the bed would be hard.
We are not in a hurry so we have time to look at the different floor plans with a bed at floor level.

We stopped climbing while we still could climb. That said, I think it's easier to continue doing something we're already doing, than starting to do something new. When it comes to agility...

DW and I are 65 and still enjoying the high bed in our 20 ft C. Good to hear it can last quite a bit longer. I need to go down several times in the night and so far am very comfortable doing so. I use a small flashlight so I don't get too wide awake.

I think a few extra feet of MH length does make a difference in campsites, though not RV parks. Quite a few of our favourite camping spots would be trouble for an RV with a longer overhang or wider turning radius.