MH Magazine review Winnebago Era 70 C

[stan909]

MH Review Era 70C

[ryegatevt]

Harlan$48 wrote:
New here, I have a 2014 Winnebago ERA 70a and I'd like to know if anyone has experience on towing a small vehicle? I have. Kar Kaddy and plan to tow my 3000 Plus pound Mazda 6. Has your experience towing a vehicle been a positive one?

Thank you.

I think you'd get more responses if you started a new thread with a title that references your question.

[Fastpaddler]

stan909 wrote:
MH Review Era 70C

Very nice package but it IS just about 24 ft whereas the Leisure Travel Van Free Spirit SS, which also has a slide out and very similar interior, is only 22.9 ft or 23.4 with spare tire added. The Winnebago is NOT the first unit with a slide out as the LTV had one in 2013!!

It would be interesting to compare the two, feature for feature re quality and/and price of the unit with the same options. Any idea?

[Harlan_48]

New here, I have a 2014 Winnebago ERA 70a and I'd like to know if anyone has experience on towing a small vehicle? I have. Kar Kaddy and plan to tow my 3000 Plus pound Mazda 6. Has your experience towing a vehicle been a positive one?

Thank you.

[ClearCreekRanch]

I just purchased a 2015 ERA 70A and love it. The quality is there. Drive-ability and maneuverability is great.

[bobojay5]

The '09 & '10 ERA's were pitiful examples of the bad construction available in the RV industry. Winnebago had farmed out the making of those 2 model years.
They skipped the '11 model year, switched from the 2500 to the 3500 chassis for 2012, brought the work back in house and raised the bar considerably on the assembly quality.
On ours, if it wasn't for the continuing Sprinter issues, after 23k miles we'd have a completely trouble free unit

[mkguitar]

when we were shopping B's a few months ago I found a great deal on an 09 Era...but it was far away.

So I found a local 10 Era on a dealer lot and was knocked out by the sprinter- drove great...just awesome.


however the conversion had some real low points...many if not most of the plastic clips and panel trim was failing due to desert heat/ environment- try to move the curtains and the plastic all broke.

lifting the cushions showed shockingly bad wood work..panel screws "blind", missing the wood support behind.

Poor finish of the flooring and carpet.

In short for any buyers, lift the cushions, look at the quality of the woodwork, wiring and plumbing...what you can see should be an indication of what is hidden...

sure drove nice though!

mike

[mumkin]

Pretty much a straight rip-off of the LTV Free Spirit SS... the first to use the slide option on the Sprinter in North America.

LTV has so many orders for its small Class C vehicles that they have suspended production of their Sprinter Class B units for the foreseeable future. So, Winnebago will get their copy out at the right time.

[RoadAbode]

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Like the "three in a row" burner setup. Don't like that the cabinet is not finished behind (per the article)