Advice Needed: Class A for a large family
Hi, My family and I are starting to plan to live on the road for an extended time (1-2 years) around the county. My issue is that I have 5 kids and my wife. We are pretty certain that a class A is ...
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JMO, and you as well as others may disagree, but:
..With 5 children, wanting a rig for full-timing use, and a $125k maximum for your budget....Your best bet is to stick with a towable RV of some kind. Spend that $$ you have on a nice, powerful E350 conversion van that has a good drivetrain for towing (V10 or diesel) and an RV trailer big enough for you to all live in comfortably. Something that will give everyone their own bed/"space".
With a total of 5 kids, you're going to have serious 'space' issues with just about any Motorhome short of a 45' 'entertainer' type bus, which would be way out of your price range unless you went with one extremly old/used. Motorhomes other than that, are just not going to be designed to handle that many people very well. Will be extremely crowded.
Others obviously will disagree, but there really is no MH floorplan designed to handle what you want very well. Yes, many could work OK for temporary use, 'camping'. But, for something you're going to live in full time for a year or two, I really, really think you'll be much happier in a towable RV that will give the adults one room to sleep in, and another, separate quad bunkhouse or larger on the other end for the children.
Unless you get a big 'entertainer' type bus mentioned previously, just about any other MH you get, you're going to be making up sofas and/or dinettes into beds every night. Here again, thats fine for some folks, for camping and other temporary use, but it will get old very, very quickly if you're living in it full time. And thats before we even get into the challenges you could have seating everyone when on the road.
My vote is, use that $$ to trade up to a bigger, more comfortable tow vehicle (one ton van) and maybe a nicer, bigger TT thats more suited for full time use with a family like yours. Thats what I'd do in your situation.
..With 5 children, wanting a rig for full-timing use, and a $125k maximum for your budget....Your best bet is to stick with a towable RV of some kind. Spend that $$ you have on a nice, powerful E350 conversion van that has a good drivetrain for towing (V10 or diesel) and an RV trailer big enough for you to all live in comfortably. Something that will give everyone their own bed/"space".
With a total of 5 kids, you're going to have serious 'space' issues with just about any Motorhome short of a 45' 'entertainer' type bus, which would be way out of your price range unless you went with one extremly old/used. Motorhomes other than that, are just not going to be designed to handle that many people very well. Will be extremely crowded.
Others obviously will disagree, but there really is no MH floorplan designed to handle what you want very well. Yes, many could work OK for temporary use, 'camping'. But, for something you're going to live in full time for a year or two, I really, really think you'll be much happier in a towable RV that will give the adults one room to sleep in, and another, separate quad bunkhouse or larger on the other end for the children.
Unless you get a big 'entertainer' type bus mentioned previously, just about any other MH you get, you're going to be making up sofas and/or dinettes into beds every night. Here again, thats fine for some folks, for camping and other temporary use, but it will get old very, very quickly if you're living in it full time. And thats before we even get into the challenges you could have seating everyone when on the road.
My vote is, use that $$ to trade up to a bigger, more comfortable tow vehicle (one ton van) and maybe a nicer, bigger TT thats more suited for full time use with a family like yours. Thats what I'd do in your situation.
