Any others like 2015 Itasca Sunstar 36Y floor plan?

tragusa3 wrote:
I'm on a 22k chassis and a fairly heavy coach. I've been to a CAT scale and weighed every single item that we put on board. Family of 4, carry lots of groceries and outdoor cooking equipment and I'm within 200 pounds of my limits with a third tank of water. Tight, but doable.

Wow!! That's great to hear! We are only two...250 lbs combined weight, but we plan to stay on the road continually for months at a time and even boondocking, so we would need to carry a lot of stuff. Hope that we can stay within limits.

I'm on a 22k chassis and a fairly heavy coach. I've been to a CAT scale and weighed every single item that we put on board. Family of 4, carry lots of groceries and outdoor cooking equipment and I'm within 200 pounds of my limits with a third tank of water. Tight, but doable.

irishtom29 wrote:

huntdooly wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
We looked at one and we quite taken with the floor plan; best kitchen we saw in a gasser its size. Kitchen is kind’a dramatic visually too. But we were put off by the 22,000 pound chassis on a coach its size, didn’t care for the short wheelbase either.

Would you please explain what would be the problem with the 22,000 lb. chassis? And the short wheelbase? Sorry...I'm not mechanically inclined.

The Ford chassis used comes in various ratings, at the top ratings of 22,000, 24,000 and 26,000 pounds. The difference between the weight of your coach with no cargo and the chassis rating is your payload—how much stuff (including people) the coach can carry. I suspected a 37 foot coach on a 22,000 pound chassis would be low on payload. I own a 34 foot long coach on a 24,000 pound chassis and have adequate payload for my needs. Note that surprisingly low payloads are quite common with coaches.

Conventional wisdom is that the longer the wheelbase in proportion to the length of the coach the better the handling, especially straight line stability. The 36Y wheelbase is on the low side of that ratio and subjectively I dislike the look off a long rear overhang.

Regards

Thank you, for that explanation.

The 36Y was one of my favorites, but I never found one in my area to look at. Several years ago, I looked at a Thor Hurricane that was similar. The bath was a walk though (kinda zig zag through actually) and kitchen was on curb side. I wanted a MH with road side kitchen, so ended up with Georgetown 378TS.

huntdooly wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
We looked at one and we quite taken with the floor plan; best kitchen we saw in a gasser its size. Kitchen is kind’a dramatic visually too. But we were put off by the 22,000 pound chassis on a coach its size, didn’t care for the short wheelbase either.

Would you please explain what would be the problem with the 22,000 lb. chassis? And the short wheelbase? Sorry...I'm not mechanically inclined.

The Ford chassis used comes in various ratings, at the top ratings of 22,000, 24,000 and 26,000 pounds. The difference between the weight of your coach with no cargo and the chassis rating is your payload—how much stuff (including people) the coach can carry. I suspected a 37 foot coach on a 22,000 pound chassis would be low on payload. I own a 34 foot long coach on a 24,000 pound chassis and have adequate payload for my needs. Note that surprisingly low payloads are quite common with coaches.

Conventional wisdom is that the longer the wheelbase in proportion to the length of the coach the better the handling, especially straight line stability. The 36Y wheelbase is on the low side of that ratio and subjectively I dislike the look off a long rear overhang.

Regards

Thought I'd add about the batteries. It actually has a type of slide out tray for the batteries but the access door is too small for the tray and batteries to slide out. WTH??? We replaced the original 12 volts with 6 volt golf cart batteries from Sams Club. Use a battery watering system as the tight quarters prevent easily looking in the cells to check the water. As for chassis, Winnebagos are pretty light for their size, the 22K chassis is plenty stout enough. Comes with the bigger wheels and tires. While the shorter wheelbase will make for a bouncier ride, you have the advantage of far better maneuverability in tight quarters, something that comes in handy at closely spaced gas station islands (watch the rear overhang swinging out, though). Everything is a tradeoff.... It was priced at the top of it's model line..think that turned many people off. We got a deal buying at the end of the 2015 model year.

irishtom29 wrote:
We looked at one and we quite taken with the floor plan; best kitchen we saw in a gasser its size. Kitchen is kind’a dramatic visually too. But we were put off by the 22,000 pound chassis on a coach its size, didn’t care for the short wheelbase either.

Would you please explain what would be the problem with the 22,000 lb. chassis? And the short wheelbase? Sorry...I'm not mechanically inclined.

mike brez wrote:
A picture would help :B

Thanks for that!

Thanks for the responses! I appreciate hearing from the owners of the floor plan, since we have not been inside one!

Is it pretty tight within the kitchen confines? Can you bend over comfortably to access the lower drawers?

This model seems hard to come by...we couldn't find any beyond 2016. It must not have been well-received.

We also have the 2015 Winnebago Vista 36Y and love the floor plan. We also replaced the couch with recliners.

The only "defect" is ours does not have a slideout tray for the batteries but we resolved that by putting in AGM batteries. Charge so much faster and no maintenance.

We second everything said so far.