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keiffith
Feb 17, 2016Explorer
tatest wrote:
The VersaHaul is not likely to carry on the back of most Class C (or even gas Class A) motorhomes, they have too much rear overhang and rather low limits for weight carried on the hitch.
If you want to carry two motorcycles, what you need to look for would be a toy hauler, either trailer or motorhome. This puts the living space and garage in a single box, the garage also providing cargo space and usually carrying capacity for your stuff.
The problem with these solutions would be your budget, $6000 is not much to cover truck and trailer or a motorhome designed as a toy hauler, the category is fairly recent, so there were not many toy hauler motorhomes built before the late 1990s. Your budget puts you into the 1970s or 1980s for a usable motorhome.
I've seen it done, however, with something less roomy that a modern RV. At my last duty station in 1973, five of the troops I worked with had VW Type 2 vans (second generation). Two of these were camper conversions. This was enough to carry everything they owned, and for the two with campers, they could also live in it, more or less. One of the guys with a Sportmobile camper was able to carry his Triumph TR-6 inside; I don't know if that would have worked in the Westphalia version. Another guy in my office converted a 2nd generation Econoline van into a living space that could carry everything he owned, but that did not include a motorcycle, let alone two.
But that was the early 1970s, we tended to have different lifestyle expectations and carry around a lot less stuff.
I honestly dont have a lot of "stuff". I would use a conversion van if it wasn't for the dillema with 2 motorcycles and a bed.
I am seriously considering doing a toy hauler conversion myself with an older class c. I would use the front where most layouts have a dinet / couch. My father has a welder and a pool barn that I could use to complete it. I think the biggest issue for me is how to get a door large enough fitted right.
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