Pros & Cons of a Diesel Super C
Those of you who have or had a diesel Super C, what are the pros and cons of that class compared to a gas or diesel Class A?
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I have owned 5 gas 3/4 ton and 1/2 ton pickups and 3 diesel 3/4 ton and 1 ton pickups. Now I own an '08 F550 4x4 diesel Super C. Most of the Super C's are geared low because they are focused toward the towing crowd. We tow an enclosed trailer with a full width workbench (empty trailer weighs about 4000#) then I load it up with my 5000# Jeep rock crawler and every tool I can think of plus jacks, jack stands, coolers, extra gear, etc. My trailer weight comes in at about 9000+# loaded. You will have a very difficult time finding any gasser that will tow that type load cross country. We drive from Eastern Missouri to Moab almost annually for the Jeep Safari, we frequent Colorado and go east to where ever we need. Pulling through the Rockies is very hard on a tow rig and the gassers just have a hard time doing this. i'm not sure you can buy a gas powered RV with that high of towing capacity. My mileage is only about 8mpg but I am running a GCWR of about 28,000#'s. My Chassis weighs more that some other Super C units due to the 4 door Lariat Cab and 4x4 drive train and I have 3 slides.
The drive train and under carriage of a Class 5 or above chassis has bigger components than a Typical Class C. Even the gas based Class A chassis's aren't built as heavy as the Class 5.
I run 14 Ply Toyo's on all 4 corners and my rear duals load carrying capacity is higher than the empty curb weight of my RV. My load capacity on just my rears comes in at 15,000#'s.
The drive train and under carriage of a Class 5 or above chassis has bigger components than a Typical Class C. Even the gas based Class A chassis's aren't built as heavy as the Class 5.
I run 14 Ply Toyo's on all 4 corners and my rear duals load carrying capacity is higher than the empty curb weight of my RV. My load capacity on just my rears comes in at 15,000#'s.
