70 to 80 years old ! with a class C

[J_herb]

Is their any one that is 70 to 80 years old with a class C that sleeps in the over head bed ? is it hard to get in and out and for making up the bed. Thinking of going from a trailer to a small C 22/23' and want a small C for ease of parking at stores and site seeing places.

[J_herb]

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.

[Bumpyroad]

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

[Olddud]

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.

[thestoloffs]

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.

[Sully2]

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.

[garmp]

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

[snowdance]

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.

[J_herb]

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.

[j-d]

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...

[Harvey51]

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.

[Snowman9000]

OP, my previous post was based on a mistaken impression that you were going to be traveling solo.

There are some nice twin bed plans coming out now in the aforementioned Transit and Promaster based B+ models. And, the Phoenix Cruiser 2252 is really neat. It's what we would buy if we were buying today. It's about 27 feet, though. The 2551 is a foot shorter. I think they have 23 gallon gray tank and 38 gallon black tank, though. That's a problem on the gray. Some of their other models have the opposite tanks. It must depend on where the bathroom is.

We have a 60x80 bed in our 25 foot Sunseeker 2300. But the inside person has to crawl on and off over the foot end of the bed. I tell my wife it's part of the exercise program. 🙂

It has a 45 gallon FW tank, plus the water heater. And the gray and black are 39 each, I think.

As mentioned earlier, it's pretty easy to drive. Up till now we have never towed with it. We've driven it 13K miles, and stop in any store parking lot, restaurant, and go into towns all the time. When we sit in one place for long periods in the winter in AZ, we wish for more room. Well, we wish for a comfortable place to sit around.

[j-d]

We became friends with a nurse we met camping. One day we met for lunch on our way to a camping trip and she looked at our old 24-ft Class C across the parking lot. She said we should get out of the cabover bunk. Seen too many elderly whose retirements were ruined by one bad fall.
We took that advice and got our 31-ft with rear queen. Then one of us had a back injury that triggered a cascade of problems. Can't climb like that anymore, at age 70 but at least we have a coach we can continue to use.
In a Class C, we wanted a bed that was a full time bed. Not something that had to be configured every night and torn down every morning. The cabover met that requirement. So does a rear bed. Dinette, sofabed, etc. don't. If we'd had a corner bed down, probably would have kept the coach, but the things are a pain to make up, and only one person gets in and out easily.
At 70+, agility isn't going to improve with age.

[AJR]

If I could only see the love of my life climb into the cab over I would be a different person at this time in my life. God has made that impossible.

On the other hand there would have been no way she would have done that!

One of the things I considered very important in all my RV purchases was water tank and water holding capacities. I really like the class B concept. But the holding capacities were very small. Just me, but I like to do electric only till I need to refill and dump tanks. From my first TT that was about five days.

Also, as I and my first camping dog got older. Steps became an issue. I like my two step entrance today because I think I am good for another ten years.

[Clarryhill]

Over 70 here, and a TC not a C, but similar circumstances. Not a problem getting into and out of bed, but a veritable pain in the nether regions to make it.