Class A with four 3 point seat belts (ie, shoulder straps)

[jasmith348]

First post here, we are looking for either a small class A or class c RV that has 4 seats with 3 point seat belts that are forward facing and will work with booster seats for my 4 and 7 year olds.

Road Treks have these, but we are looking for something with more of a functional bathroom and slightly more sleeping room. We've found the Rev (from Dynamax) and older Trends (from WB), but each of those has some limitations we don't necessarily like, mostly a very small cargo capacity.

I just wanted to see the group here knew of any other models that might work.

Thanks

[bwg]

Not sure what you budget is, but Newmar had a model for a few years ( maybe 2006 thru 2010) called the Allstar I believe, which had some models with 4 captains chairs in the front. You can do an Internet search to see how they are configured, or look at the archives in Newmars site for their archive of old literature.
I saw PPL in Texas had a diesel powered Simca from Safari with 4 captains chairs in the front, but it's a 38 foot toy hauler which might not fit your needs, although it's priced pretty well.

[Sam_Spade]

Bumpyroad wrote:

do your dinette seats have a shoulder harness also?

No but it's nearing 10 years old.

[rgatijnet1]

If you are looking for used units, the Safari Simba models had a few units with four captains chairs up front. All had seat belts and shoulder harnesses.

[booty51]

this was discussed a while back about booster seats for children. Most Rv's do not have four forward facing seats as advised by the transportation board for proper booster seat usage. The recommendation was to take two vehicles . The second vehicle being your car that has proper seat belts and forward facing seats to accommodate safe booster seat usage. I have seen floor plans of four forward facing seats on PPL motorhomes but do not recall brand. You probably have found the ones I have seen already according to your post. I can see where this way of travel would not be desirable for vacation travel but some advantages to. Instead of towing towed you have to drive it ( a Negative) you still have the towed with you and the kids are safe( a positive) . Or just keep shopping till you find what you need.

[jasmith348]

crasster wrote:
Yikes, I can't think of any A's with 4 of those. Are you open to C's?

Yes, we would actually prefer a class c.

[crasster]

Yikes, I can't think of any A's with 4 of those. Are you open to C's?

[jasmith348]

Bumpyroad wrote:

Sam Spade wrote:
My Winnebago C has:
Two facing front in the cab.
Two facing front in the dinette.
Two facing sideways on the fold out sofa.
One facing backwards on the other side of the dinette.

I think you should NOT concentrate on counting seat belts in your initial shopping. I suspect that belts can be added to a LOT of models easily and fairly inexpensively.

do your dinette seats have a shoulder harness also?
that is what the OP wants. it would be very difficult to install a valid shoulder strap in a dinette seat facing forward. side ways seat, possibly.
if not there are plenty out there that meet that requirement.
bumpy

And from our research, no booster seat (as opposed to a 5 point harness for younger kids) will work either with a lap belt only or seated sideways. the problem with installing them is having the appropriate framing available to secure them to.

EDIT- but if anyone knows of an especially RV friendly booster seat, that might also solve our issue

[Bumpyroad]

Sam Spade wrote:
My Winnebago C has:
Two facing front in the cab.
Two facing front in the dinette.
Two facing sideways on the fold out sofa.
One facing backwards on the other side of the dinette.

I think you should NOT concentrate on counting seat belts in your initial shopping. I suspect that belts can be added to a LOT of models easily and fairly inexpensively.

do your dinette seats have a shoulder harness also?
that is what the OP wants. it would be very difficult to install a valid shoulder strap in a dinette seat facing forward. side ways seat, possibly.
if not there are plenty out there that meet that requirement.
bumpy

[Sam_Spade]

My Winnebago C has:
Two facing front in the cab.
Two facing front in the dinette.
Two facing sideways on the fold out sofa.
One facing backwards on the other side of the dinette.

I think you should NOT concentrate on counting seat belts in your initial shopping. I suspect that belts can be added to a LOT of models easily and fairly inexpensively.

[jasmith348]

Thanks Bumpy. Other than the Rev and 2015 Trend (built on the Promaster frame), that's what we've seen.

[Bumpyroad]

all of the units meeting the 4 seat requirement that I remember seeing have been the various B vans.
bumpy