Ford Gas Chassis for 38 footers ?
Looking again at a switch from fifth wheel to motor home again, looked around last year and was very disappointed with quality. My current question is for those that have larger gas motor homes on the...
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usersmanual wrote:427435 wrote:usersmanual wrote:
OK back to reality!
anyone that thinks their 3 slide 38 foot ford 460 lb torque class A MH
loaded and towing is in any way comparable to a mid to upper end 40Ft 4 slide 450HP 1250 lb torque Diesel pusher are living in a fantasy world
IT will and can out power you on hills hands down, Out brake you coming down hands down, out GVW you hands down, never mind a much quiter ride, never mind far far superior suspension's, never mind better and more options, never mind more storage, never mind a superior build and quality all around
but you beat the hell out of us on Price
But we see the same scenery!!!! :)
As for a quieter ride, the one DP I drove (a Monaco of about the same vintage as my gasser) wasn't any quieter. Of course the $150 worth of Dynamat helps a bunch.
We agree on the scenery for sure. Dynamat or not your V10 at 5000 rpm pulling mamouth mountain ca will out scream my ISL at 2100 RPM all day long my friend mark my words on that
Typical proud DP owner trying to justify the $$$$ he's spent. I've never needed to run at 5000 rpm. And for every hour of climbing a long grade, I've spent hours and hours at 3500 rpm or less. At those rpms, the major noise is wind-------------which was the same in the DP I drove.
My MH, likes yours, is a depreciating asset. What I didn't spend to buy a DP, 10 years, ago is now worth more than what I paid for my MH in the first place. :C
