considering a diesel for small class C
After selling our 5th wheel a couple months ago my wife and I have talked about the Class C motor homes. Since we are more concerned with the travelling rather than camping we are thinking of a C in ...
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JaxDad wrote:
I've got an 'old school' 24' class C on a Ford chassis, a buddy has a 24' on Sprinter chassis.
To me, the M-B chassis just feels waaaay smaller than the North American units do.
I don't see any savings with those diesels either, the huge price premium eats up any mileage savings.
X2. I agree 110%.
I really hate to see the Ford E350/E450 and Chevy 3500/4500 cutaway chassis fall away in the U.S. Class C world. It's almost as if the change is being kindof forced upon us. I don't buy the "diesel is superior" or "gas mileage reigns supreme" arguments as the reasons/excuses, either. IMHO, it's primarily a profitability issue with manufacturers wanting one "world vehicle" line of trucks to manufacture no matter where they're shipped ... hence diesel engines and generally reduced capacity/smaller cutaway Class C chassis models becoming the norm to build on here in the U.S..
We love the rugged, stable, powerful, and well-behaved handling that the Ford E450 provides under our 24 foot Class C. We've climbed as high as 11,300 feet with it and it's V10 power pulls our weight at speed easily. It's wide rear wheel dully stance holds it rock solid in strong cross-winds and curves. Our particular rig's design even has excellent chassis component and coach structure ground clearance for when we take it off-highway rockhounding.
