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30 foot Class C or shorter Class A
I'm coming out of a B van looking at upgrading my family of 4 (2 young kids) to a larger coach. I've always wanted to be as small as possible in my RV for a multitude of reasons… chief among them is my thinking that a bigger RV will be used less often. Our style of travel has been day trips and touring, which this B van is great for. However, for further away trips (2-4 days) and weekend camping, both of which we want to get more into, it’s obvious this rig needs to grow. How much to grow is the question. Staying with my “less is more” motto, I started looking at low profile C’s and B pluses, ala Lazy Daze and Phoenix Cruiser. To make this upgrade/expense be worth the effort, however, I find myself gravitating toward the 30 foot versions. At 30 ft, I’m already throwing away the ease of 25-27 footers and I’m almost limiting myself to only going where Class A’s can go. Which leads me to my dilemma. My specific question is: if I’m going all the way to 30 feet on a van chassis (which is arguably close to max capacity), would we be better off just getting a short (30-33ft) Class A on the F53 chassis? I hope not to start a Class argument. I’m just looking for useful insight on when the difference between the two becomes so narrow that a jump up to a Class A makes sense. My assumption is that Class C’s perform best under 28ft in terms of overhang/tail swing and weight limit.4.9KViews0likes11CommentsRe: Do I need generator?
Sounds like my question has the potential to be a heated debate. These are all good insights guys - much appreciate the time you took to reply. It seems like all I would need the Genset for is the roof AC and possibly the Microwave. The cabin part of the Navion seems small enough to be cooled by the chassis while underway. While stopped, that's a different story. However, I think much of my camping will be done in Autumn so I'm not sure how much use the AC would be. It will certainly be nice to have over summer. I think I'll have to put some serious consideration to how much summer camping I foresee. As some of you have pointed out, its better to already be prepared for the unforeseen than to be stuck without. *On a side note* As far as Microwave, it looks like this appliance uses about 1000W of power. Would I be able to use a beefed up house battery pack to power that? The Navion comes with two batteries. If I beefed it up to 4 and got an suitable inverter, would this suffice Microwave usage?367Views0likes0CommentsDo I need generator?
I am about to start the process of purchasing my 1st RV. I'm looking at getting a small 24ft Class C. My top contender is the Navion and I'm wondering if I need a generator put on there at all. I know the answer depends on my usage. This RV is going to serve multiple purposes: act as a homebase while I'm on photography day trips, act as a camper when my family wants to go camping, and act as a family car for road trips. When camping, we'll probably do a mix of dry camping and hotel camping. I was hoping to get away with running all the RV appliances through the batteries, with the exception of the Microwave. I'm assuming all other accessories could be run using the house batteries alone, am I correct? If so, then the weight savings would come in handy since the Navion seems short on OCCC. Is there anything I'm not considering by eliminating the genset? Thanks for the insight!5.2KViews0likes27Comments
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