Monaco Roadmaster Chassis

Most Roadmaster 4 bag customer were NOT happy with the 4 bag ride comfort. They wished they had the larger 8 bag Roadmaster system. You cannot upgrade a 4 bag to 8 bag. The 4 bag will be better than a standard Gas Class A ride. Doug

We have an 06 Monaco diesel pusher. I am very happy with the ride we get with the R4R chassis. In order to get the 8 bagger the size of the MH jumps to (I believe) 40 feet. It's a way smoother and quieter ride than a gasser of the same size

Yes it will ride better than a leaf spring MH but it will not handle as well as the RR8R Monaco 8 outboard air bag chassis.

I owned a 2005 Holiday Rambler with the 8 bag chassis. It was 36 ft. Road great.

Look at Rvtrader and there are several hundred depending on what you are looking for.

I believe there were a lot of problems with the Roadmaster R4R chassis trailing arms so I suggest you google that chassis so you are very familiar with the necessary safety repairs before buying.

Bill

The rear trailing arm issue IS important, but IS curable. If the rest of the coach is acceptable and the trailing arm issue has not been resolved, just deduct for fixing it:



https://community.fmca.com/topic/569-important-safety-issue-monaco-hr-safari-chassis/

I went the same route. I owned two gas motorhomes and decided to upgrade to a diesel pusher. I bought a new 2009 Monaco Cayman. As mentioned by others, there are problems with the stock trailing arms. It is imperative that you have upgraded to the improved Roadmaster trailing arms or (preferably) the Source Engineering upgrades. I went with Source Engineering and also installed their Ride Enhancement Kit. I'm a full-timer and have over 36,000 miles on mine.

My ride is now very good... much better than my previous gasser's ride. For comparison, I drove my buddie's 2006 40 foot Allegro Bus and while the Allegro better on the bumps... not by a lot. Mine actually makes less noise when it hits a big rut! My RV no longer has any porpoising and handles bumps/ruts well. The big difference I noticed versus the Allegro Bus was how it handles in the wind. I think that may have more to do with it's steering box and chassis.

Don't get me wrong, a four bagger will never be as good as a eight bagger... but I didn't want to shell out the additional dollars for it. I'm sure that a lot of folks with eight baggers would like to have a ten bagger... or a Prevost... but don't have one for the same reason.

Good luck with whatever you decide!

A 2001 Monaco RR4R is not included in the recall that is for 2002-05.

It has the RM4C chassis, not the RR4 problems. Thanks for letting me know your experiences. We aren't interested in driving far so we're limiting our search for rigs in the Phoenix/Tucson area. I think the worst part of this rig will be the 4 speed transmission. Test drive time.