Hank85713 wrote:
remember that most of the supers are diesel and they run AIR BRAKE systems and these are not cheap to maintain when needed. Yes many DP's use air brakes and they are probably poorly maintained as well. Minimum costs for a NEW super is around $200K, even used are expensive. Now with all that said they are nice, but its the extra $$ to purchase and maintain that creates questions. Look at a class c like the Melbourne by jayco, they have halway bunks if that is really what ya want. ALso the melborne is setup pretty nice, was looking at them before we got our winnebago aspect.
Hello Hank
I looked at a new Jayco Seneca on the Freightliner M2 Heavy Chassis last week in Indianapolis and the actual asking price was $168,000. Nexus make a nice Super C on the Navistar TeraStar and DuraStar chassis that can be purchased starting around $130,000, Thor is selling a Super C on the Ford F-550 chassis for about $130,000, DynaMax has the new Isata 5 on the Ram 5500 loaded for about $140,000.
So, yes their are Super C units in the much higher price ranges but you can find nice Super C's well under the $200,000 threshold. The nice thing about any Super C is typically they are on a diesel platform which gives you larger everything (brakes, tranny, horsepower, etc) and the tow capacity is typically 10,000# and up.
The older Seneca's built on the Chevy Kodiak platform only had about 7500# tow rating but I believe that was due to the smaller Allison 1000 transmission. Most new Super C's utilizing the Allison trany are moving up to the 2000 or 3000 series transmissions.
The units I mention about have hydo boost brake systems except for the M2 Freightliner (and possibly the Navistar DuraMax) The TeraStar, Ram 5500 and F-550 chassis all utilize hydroboost. I have the 08 version of the F550 and it rides great, lots of horsepower, my chassis has the high turning ration Dana 60 front drive axle (yes, my RV is 4 wheel drive) so my rig is extremely agile and easy to maneuver.
