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Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  >  All  > Why a class A gas over class C? Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 6   Prev  |  Next big jim 2 • View posts Lk. Tomahawk Full Member Joined: 08/22/2013 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 04:27pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Yea, you are there except you are about three above the crash. pianotuna • View posts Regina, SK, Canada Senior Member Joined: 12/18/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 12/02/17 05:05pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Likely better fuel economy with a class A vs class C with the same engine. Regards, Don My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start. Txsurfer • View posts Texas Senior Member Joined: 10/14/2015 View Profile Posted: 12/02/17 05:17pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator On avg what kind of mileage should you expect with a 35 Class A with a V10. Flat ground no wind 2017 F250 PSD 4X4 2015 Livin Lite Axxcess 24FBA 2016 Honda Pioneer 1000-5 Deluxe Dale.Traveling • View posts Newport News, VA Senior Member Joined: 12/16/2010 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 12/02/17 05:18pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator A class C will have more sq ft of mattress then a class A. But with builders adding a drop down front overhead bunk on class A's this advantage can be a wash. Below floor storage of a class A will also be greater. Axle weight capacities will also be greater but the builder seem to want to use as much of it as they can. Larger waste and potable water tanks of a class A will support a large group longer. If you plan for desert outings two roof A/Cs and a 5000+ watt generators are common on class A's. Class A will have a 80 gallon fuel capacity if you want to siphon off a some for the camping toys. Just ensure to leave enough to get back to civilization. Regarding supplemental air bags, in a class A you're sitting above the potential impact zone from other vehicles, about the same height as an over the road trucker. But there's a phrase that describes a class A pretty closely. Cocktails for six, dining for four and sleeping for two. Great for empty nesters but not as family friendly as a C. Whatever coach catches your eye run the chassis weight numbers very carefully. If your outings include a large group the potential for packing the coach to maximum capacity on the axles can be high. Do so in a coach with a 22K Lbs axle limit (GVWR) and has a combined limit of 26K Lbs. (GCWR) and you'll be limited to towing 4K Lbs. Pushing the weight limits is best avoided. Lots of potentially bad things can happen, or maybe nothing. There should be a builder's weight sheet somewhere in the coach. Usually a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet glued to the back wall of a cabinet. Usually in the bedroom but could be in the bath or kitchen. Find it for the factory numbers which should include empty weight as built and available capacity for the owner to pack in stuff. Good luck with your search. 2006 Hurricane 31D built on a 2006 Ford F53 WAFlowers • View posts Clearwater, FL Full Member Joined: 05/11/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 05:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator For the price of a new gas Class C we bought a used Class A diesel pusher that looks like new. More room, more storage, a washer and dryer, more fuel (100g), more fresh water (90g), more tow capacity (10,000lbs). Better in every way! Bill and Willemina Flowers George, Sammy and Teddy (the dogpack) 2008 Tiffin Phaeton 40QSH 2005 Keystone Monata 3400rl (5/21/11 to 9/9/17) (Was in a 2000 Coachmen Catalina Sport 220RK) Johno02 • View posts Lexington, TN USA Senior Member Joined: 10/15/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 05:59pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator More fun to drive from higher up, and closer to the centerline of ther road. Also a lot closer to the truck coming toward you on a narrow road. Noel and Betty Johnson (and Harry) 2005 GulfStream Ultra Supreme, 1 Old grouch, 1 wonderful wife, and two silly poodles. garyemunson • View posts Reno, Nevada Senior Member Joined: 09/27/2015 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 06:46pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Class As seem to get a bad rap because of no airbags. There was just a post by someone who was in a serious accident. He and his wife were not injured although the poor guy who pulled out in front of their class A died. In a Class A, you are generally above the point of impact and between the front chassis cross member and the very large engine, you are riding atop a serious battering ram that is unlikely to crush much. If you turn one over, I don't think it matters what type of RV you are in, the outcome is going to be bad. If you are a do-it-yourselfer, changing oil in a Class A is a piece of cake...no jacks needed. K Charles • View posts Connecticut Senior Member Joined: 03/06/2010 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 06:53pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Every C we looked at it was too hard to get from the front sheets to the house. We had to get out and walk around to the door on the side to get in. Maybe 30 years ago it could have been done. We got a used A, you just turn the sweet and you are in the house. T bone • View posts Amarillo Senior Member Joined: 02/04/2001 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 06:56pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The storage compartments on a class C are SOOO close to the ground.Difficult to get to especially if under a slide when it is extended. 2017 Georgetown 329S 2015 Toyota Tacoma toad D.E.Bishop • View posts Eagle Rock, CA Senior Member Joined: 08/09/2001 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 12/02/17 07:06pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator For us(me) the big deal was sq ft of floor space. I,m up at 5:00/5:30 and I close the bedroom door and the DW sleep. If the DGKs are with us there is space for them. We have the Ford V10 with a Banks PpowerSystem and Trans Control. Our last trip averaged out about 8 mpg, 8.5 was the best tank(S) was 8.5 mpg. Lowest was one streach at 6.5mpg. The V10 as equipted is a joy after a 454 Chevy. "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to go". R. L. Stevenson David Bishop 2002 Winnebago Adventurer 32V 2009 GMC Canyon Roadmaster 5000 BrakeBuddy Classic II Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 6   Prev  |  Next Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  >  All  > Why a class A gas over class C?

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