campkodiak23 wrote:
Hi Mike thanks for all that info! Congrats on the Navion ! sounds like the length we want. What is OCCC ? Opinions are valuable in my "opinion" ! Will check it out ... I think we did look at one today at a camping show in Boston. When you say you tried the slightly larger version of the ford chassis... what do you mean ..test drive ??
Thanks. Our Navion is the low profile version. We didn't want the cab over bunk, and it reduces the coach weight by 120 lbs according to Winnebago engineering. We also opted for tankless water heater, aluminum wheels, to reduce our UVW (unladen vehicle weight).
OCCC = Occupant and Cargo Carrying Capacity. The MB Sprinter chassis is often upfitted almost to the GVWR set by MB of 11,030 lbs max, so there's not much "OCCC" left before you exceed that maximum gross vehicle weight rating. I think the current Winnebago View/Navion models have a range of between 1,200 and 1,500 lbs of available OCCC, depending on the model. In simple terms, it's the maximum amount of weight, including people and personal "stuff", as well as water, propane, that can be added to your total without exceeding the GVWR, and being unsafe. It's not really a lot once you start adding things up, but it's doable.
Here's a link to a better explanation than mine of what CCC was, and what OCCC is defined as now.
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php/topic,26115.0.html
We used to have a class B Roadtrek, and then tried a class A Sunstar 26HE for a year, and that's when we realized the 6.8L V10 Ford chassis wasn't the best choice for us.