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2021 Nexus Viper 27V. Class B+
2019 Ford Ranger 4x4
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Joatha wrote:My wife feels the same way and never felt comfortable out west on winding mountain roads. She used to drive the Class A when we first got it back east and on highways, but after two front end failures due to the wrong ball joints being installed she does not want to travel in a large Class A anymore. Started looking at smaller MH's and lack of storage and small FW tanks are the two main drawbacks for me. A short 24ft Class C with a full wall slide and Queen bed provides a lot of interior room. I don't know what the ride quality is like. I started looking into truck campers also but to get any equivalent space you need something like a Mammoth camper with several slides and a DRW truck to haul it and the truck alone will cost as much as the small C or more. Looked at several sprinters and without some slides they are very cramped inside. Every option has trade offs to consider based on how you plan to use it.
My wife is always making noise about down-sizing. She doesn't feel comfortable even attempting to drive a 40 foot 20+ ton Wanderlodge.
The issue is that to get to something she WILL drive, we have to move down to like a class B or super B. And, she is 5' 6" tall. She will fit in those. I'm 6' 4". I don't fit in the showers of those things at all and the beds are usually shorter.
She doesn't drive anywhere we go on vacation anyhow (even when we don't take the motorhome) so I sure don't get why it is an issue.
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โMay-06-2019 04:13 AM
msmith1199 wrote:
I have a 35 Foot National DP with three slides. Had it for almost 15 years now. It's been a good motorhome over the years. But, I was thinking about down sizing. Not because of money, but just because of convenience. We are not the type of RVers that set up in one spot for a week or weeks at a time. We just did a Southern Utah through Northern AZ two week trip and never stayed more than 3 days in one spot. That is how we often RV.
One thing I noticed on this last RV trip was a lot, and I mean a lot, of Class C motorhomes on the Mercedes Sprinter chassis. And not just in RV parks. As we were driving through the national parks in our Jeep, the people with the Sprinters were in their motorhome. They really don't take up a lot more room than a large pickup so they got into parking lots and parking spaces and every place they needed to go.
The 35 foot DP is great when set up in a campsite, but when driving down the road with the Jeep in tow, not so easy to navigate all the time, and you can't just park anyplace or make a U-Turn to go back to see something you just passed. Not to mention the 7 MPG!! I think these Sprinters are getting 12 to 15. Would be nice to take complete cross country trips in a smaller motorhome like that. Anybody done it, or thought about it?
โMay-05-2019 03:09 PM
gemsworld wrote:
From the Winnebago Navion 24V spec sheet:
GCWR(lbs.) 15,250
GVWR(lbs.) 11,030
4,220 difference
2-Door Jeep Wrangler 3,970 lbs
200 lbs below the max GCWR
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msmith1199 wrote:
Thatโs exactly why Iโm looking at it gemsworld. I want to do more coast to coast travel and it just seems like a much easier way to put on lots of miles on the road. I would also like to have the ability to tow the Jeep Wrangler so I donโt know if the Sprinter is capable of that. I did see several of the Sprinters towing wranglers on this last trip. Are they rated to tow that much?
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