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Originally Posted by WyoFree
I’ve heard that floorplan message all the time. And the reason for it is absolutely right. You want a floorplan that fits you and your family needs.
But it doesn’t come close to ending there does it? I know six different coach builders who build just the plan I want. But then what happens?
This one has a TV where you can’t see it except from the bathroom. And then only if the toilet paper roll is half full. One has enclosed and heated tanks. Another has 80+ CF outside storage the other has 50. Another has a 2 year warranty, the other has 1 year.
Others have slam latch basement doors, some have a full one piece fiberglass roof. While others have a seemliss front cap. Heck one even has a seamless rear cap. What’s that about?
And what about this fit and finish stuff. Pretty solid core cabinet doors attached to some of that half of toilet paper that was missing me thinks. I hope it was unused. And what about that toilet area. It shows you first hand what mummification must have been like. We’ve been talking about toilet paper, yah what a strange group, and I ask you this. What the heck good is toilet paper if when you need it you can’t reach it? And you yell “Hey honey would you bring me some toilet paper”? And your wife sings an old Meatloaf song “I’ll do anything for love (But I won’t do that)”! Great song by the way. That and “Two out of. Three ain’t bad”! Great songs both.
And how does the filly look with her slides in? Can you use 90%+ of the Coach? And can you get to the back without hurting yourself so bad you’d not consider it without a medic on board? And who in the world thought a folding bed is a good idea?
I could go on but there’s only so much we can eat at one sitting. My point is an obvious one... It ain’t just the floorplan!
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In my opinion - since chassis convenience, reliability, and ease of use and self-maintenace, are the highest priorities when traveling and camping away from facilities and services - check these kind of Class C things first before picking any given floorplan:
1. Is the roof all one piece, with rolled over edges?
2. Does the cabover not have a forward facing window?
3. Are the front cab running boards aluminum instead of fiberglass?
4. Are there a bunch of steel walled, carpet lined, outside storage cabinets?
5. Is there a full spare tire, mounted out of the way up high in the rear, just with a pickup?
6. Is there plenty of room in the battery compartment for at least two batteries?
7. Is the coach entrance step an automatic one?
8. Are the rear tire wheel wells steel lined to prevent damage to the coach in case of a blowout?
9. Is the water pump easy to access?
10. Is the sewage hose stored in an outside cabinet instead of in a rear bumper square tube (and hence, is the rear bumper a real one that is rugged steel)?
11. Does the air conditioner vent out a distributed duct system in the coach ceiling instead of one single location?
12. Does the furnace vent out a distributed duct system in the coach instead of one single location?
13. Are the cab mirrors electric and heated
14. Are the grey water and black water tanks heated (or all contained within the coach's interior environment)?
15. Is the fresh water system (including the tank) all contained within the coach's interior environment?
16. Is there a strong, well-mounted, exterior ladder for roof access?
17. Are the roof vents protected with additional covers over them?
18. Does the awning have a mechanism to prevent unfurling when traveling?
19. Is the built-in generator mounted and enclosed well enough so as to be reasonably quiet outside and inside when running?
20. Is there and outside 120V AC outlet?
21. Is there a curtain to block off the cab and overhead bed areas from the rest of the coach interior?
22. Is there a valve for the toilet water line so as to be able to turn off the toilet water supply in case of a leak developing there (...so that the toilet can still continue to be used when on a trip)?
23. Is the furnace control a digital one?
24. Are the coach storage drawers kept in place by gravity locks?
25. Is the kitchen sink's cold water supply filtered (regardless of how pure the water in the fresh water tank might be at any given time)?
26. Is the built-in propane tank large enough so all propane appliances can be used many days (or maybe weeks) without having to hunt for a place that will fill permanently mounted RV propane tanks?
27. Is the built-in generator fueled from the main engine's fuel tank?
Don't be wow'd by glamorous, all-show-no-go floorplans ... that are worthless when other things let you down!