Class C Pros and Cons
We have been thinking about getting a Class C vs another TT. Here in Michigan Insurance is around $300-$400 a month for a Class C. One of us thinks a Class C is the one to go and I think a Class C m...
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Atlee wrote:
Of course the F550 chassis is a completely different animal from an E-450 chassis.
I wish smaller class C's were made on smaller truck chassis rather than on the cut out van chassis.kwplot34 wrote:irishtom29 wrote:
Larger Ford based Cs, 30 feet and longer, often have lousy payload, I saw some with under 1000 pounds.
That's not entirely correct anymore. Check out the Thor Omni/Magnitude on the F550 chassis.
I wonder if an F450 is a completely different animal from an E450 chassis?
You may be making a point that, for best handling, any Class C should be based on a chassis that is designed to have a much larger weight carrying and handling margin than what many Class C motorhomes wind up being built on. In other words, an F550 (or an "E550", if it was still available) chassis probably would deal with Class C motorhomes from around 30 ft. on up much better than an F450 or E450 does.
For instance, our 11,800 lb. fully loaded Class C is built on an E450 chassis and it handles and drives "like a van" due to - what I'm guessing - is the chassis being required to deal with a coach weight way less than the chassis design maximum.
