I read where the 2016 Ford F53 chassis changed to a 6 speed transmission, but for emissions regs. dropped the horsepower rating down to 320 from 362 on the 2015 chassis. So if you were buying a gas class A today would you rather have the 5 speed with...
We have a 24ft class c, a 2005 Fleetwood Tioga 23e, on the Ford E 450 chassis. We are thinking of getting a 4wd conversion done by Advanced Four Drive in Salt Lake City. It would make driving on some of the dirt Forest Service and BLM roads near us...
Last summer I had a 240 watt kit(from Solar Blvd.) Installed on our MH. It has two 120 watt panels feeding a 20 amp charge controller. I recently had the two stock 12 volt marine house batteries replaced with four Trojan T-105s since we almost alwa...
We also had a tough time finding what we were looking for--a short class C. This was about four years ago, but sounds similar to your current situation. Lots of longer class Cs, but very few short ones. We also made our search harder because our budg...
Our conversion cost about $12K at Advanced Four Wheel Drive in SLC. It also has the advantage that I t gives you extra ground clearance which helps on rougher Forest Service roads. Our Class C is a 2005 Fleetwood Tioga 23e which seems pretty well bui...
I agree with several others that a full size 4x4 truck with a pop up camper would do what you want really well and would fit in your budget if you bought used. We had that combo for two years and loved it, although for the two of us and two dogs it w...
We have a 2005 24ft class c that we had converted to 4wd last year at Advanced Four Wheel Drive in Salt Lake City. Like Gary's it has manual locking front hubs and a manual 2 speed transfer case and a solid front axle. The conversion requires a 4 inc...
