RV Height

[jjrowan]

Went through the manual on my Gulf Stream Sun Voyager (1998) Diesel pusher but can't find how tall the unit is including air conditioners. Google wasn't any help with this query either. Anyone know how tall this 31 foot long unit is?

[J-Rooster]

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Don't trust the published height. Measure it yourself!

X-2, measure the air conditioners from the roof up. Then measure your coach roof from the ground up! Add both numbers then write it with a magic marker on the lower drivers corner of your windshield. Whenever, you see a low height just look down in the lower corner of your windshield and you will immediately know if you can clear! Good Question!

[WILDEBILL308]

When measuring your coach with air bag suspension be sure your air bags are up or you might get a surprise. Easy way is do the measurements with the suspension dumped then measure how much the coach rises with them aird up.
I found my listed high in the sales brochure not in the documentation. Yes I did my own measurements.
Bill

[becker]

The height of my coach was not published so I measured it myself which I would have done anyway. That way I am sure of the figure.

I parked the coach on a very level spot at my storage facility. Then I put a 2x4 across the top of the air conditioner (highest point of the coach) and taped my tape measure to the outer edge of the 2x4. I put a level on top of my 2x4 (on top of the air conditioner) to be sure I was getting the same reading at the end of the 2x4. My DW took the reading of the tape measure down on the concrete. I did this on all 3 of my air conditioners. The measurement was 12 ft 5 inches. I taped this to the left side of my dash where I can see it all of the time. I also put the measurement in my coach folder. I won't go under an overpass with less than a 13 foot posting..... and even then I go under slowly and nervously. (You never know when they have put more "blacktop" of top of the road.)

My DW and I love to "run" the backroads to the "old" towns. So far we have been lucky with the overpasses and have found none that presented a problem.

I would strongly suggest that you measure your coach yourself (just to be sure and peace of mind.)

Good luck!

[crasster]

Tape measure to top. Get on top of coach, tape measure top of coach to A/C. Add together.

[dkreuzen]

On my Knight the published height was low by 3". Measure it yourself!

[Pangaea_Ron]

Do what alfred622 says! Measure several points.

Make a label for your visor, and also calculate it in meters if you go to Canada. It's not a calculation you want to do at 60mph (~100kph).

[Alfred622]

It is not easy to measure it yourself, but it is the best way. Have your vehicle lightly loaded and park on a level surface. Get a 8' 2x4 that is pretty straight. Get out a 10' ladder and put it across from the highest part of the RV - probably the A/C unit. Take a tape measure (hint - use a piece of string with a weight on one end) up the ladder. Put a level on top of the 2x4. Rest one end of the 2x4 on top of the A/C (or highest spot) and then lift the other end of the 2x4 until level. Measure the height of the 2x4 from the ground (string can be used as the indicator and later its length can be measured). I add 6" to what I measured as a safety margin. Make two labels with the height you measured. Put one at the top of your windshield (where you'll see it if you look up) and another at the bottom of the windshield.

My actual measured height is 12'. My label reads 12'6". I won't go under anything that is less then 13' (well, maybe once I did go under a 12'6" but did so very slowly.

[korbe]

I would get up on my ladder, set a 2x4 on the AC, put a level on the 2x4, and measure the distance down to the top of my ladder. Then I will measure the distance up to the top of my ladder and write down the height and put that measurement in my visor over the driver side of the rig.

[2oldman]

What he ^^ said. You gonna trust someone else's word for it when you're going through a 13' underpass?

[teddychamp]

Whats wrong with measuring it yourself.???

[Pangaea_Ron]

Don't trust the published height. Measure it yourself!