Greetings to you all!! Just found this site while looking for a used RV. We sold our home in Colorado in a very short amount of time. We aren't ready to buy anyplace else, yet, so we a where we want to end up. We both love to live on lakes and fish, so we will probably look for that place. Feel free to give us any pros and cons to stepping into a Class C instead of something else. We don't want to make a huge investment to start out.re thinking to sell our Honda Pilot and buy a used Jayco 3240 FL Designer Class C and spend some time visiting friends and family across the country until we decide where to "land". We nearly did this 7 years ago, but we were still need to earn a living. I am now 62 and my husband is 66 in April and hopes to retire. We have a little savings and SS and just aren't sure what the Lord has planned for us. I have lived in 29 homes across the world (hubby was USAF for 11 years), so I'm used to packing up and moving. Hoping that an RV will give us some time to decide.
PIEERE said
07:45 PM Mar 22, 2013
Welcome Missy: Class C: Pro's 1) Bathroom; food or a nap is readily available. 2) Ease of parking for overnight sleeping. A toad (Towed vehicle) easy on fuel for grocery runs or the occasional sight-seeing trips. May not think you need it; you will! The Class C is great if you are going to be traveling alot; and if you decide later you want to stay longer; most will say the 5th wheel Camper is better; you can always use the C for a trade-up later.
Watch out for the long overhang past the rear wheels; mine is about 8 feet long and over 62 MPH it loves to sway from side winds and large trucks passing. My C is only 28 ft. long; but the manufacturer used the shorter wheel based van frame so they had to do an extention frame to support the rear bedroom. If I added a steering stabilizer it would help; so I have been told.
GENECOP said
10:20 PM Mar 22, 2013
Welcome Missy, one door closes another opens...a class C is good choice, take your time, a lot of good deals out there....
Lucky Mike said
10:29 PM Mar 22, 2013
Well Welcome to the world of RVing!!!!!!
K & E said
12:39 AM Mar 23, 2013
The hardest part is over, selling the house. We have owned Jaycos since 1981 and have been very happy with the brand. We have not had a Class C, but if you want to travel a lot to being with, it is probably a good option. Good luck on your journey!
Clay L said
12:05 PM Mar 23, 2013
I wouldn't discount the idea of looking at some Class As.
In general they have more storage and CCC (cargo carrying capacity). Many of us full timers find that we need at least 1500 pounds of CCC per person.
The CCC or the newer designation OCCC will be on a sticker somewhere in the motor home - usually in a cabinet or closet.
You can see the definition of CCC HERE, and OCCC HERE. Scroll down to "2009 New weight label" and download the pdf file.
To get CCC subtract the weight of water you will carry and the weight of the people you will carry from the OCCC.
It is common to see CCC numbers as low as a few hundred pounds (even on diesel pushers) which means it would be overloaded for weekend trips and unusable for full timing.
We have 2800 pounds of CCC and would like to have 3500. We started with a 30 footer with no slides and after a year traded it in on a new 35 footer with two slides.
Missy said
01:59 PM Mar 23, 2013
Thanks for the info..... any recommendations for a good Tow vehicle. We are going to sell our Honda Pilot because it's more than we need with this setup on a C.
-- Edited by Missy on Saturday 23rd of March 2013 02:02:57 PM
Missy said
09:04 AM Mar 25, 2013
Thanks!! Great advice. We have sold our home and need to be out on Apr 26th. We won't have to leave the area right away, but plan on traveling and visiting for about 6,000 miles and look for a lake home along the way. Our Pilot is a 2008 with low milage and just too nice of a car to tow. We can use the funds from the sale to buy a lower cost dingy and most of the Motorhome. We have a little over 4 weeks now to pull all of this off, but we are confident that the Lord has lead us these past 35 years and won't forsake us now. We do so appreciate this site and great advice.
We are looking at a
Jayco 3240 FL Designer Class C and we'll need to be a bit careful about weight on the dingy.
-- Edited by Missy on Monday 25th of March 2013 09:06:08 AM
WestWardHo said
03:26 PM Mar 25, 2013
Missy,
Greetings from another Collins!
You might want to hold off on selling your Pilot until you have finalized your other plans for your new camper. You can pack a lot of "stuff" in that pilot and drive separately if you don't plan long driving trips each day. Howard & Linda really regretted selling her wheels before they left and ended up buying a jeep; they found driving it to explore areas where they parked saved on diesel fuel for the truck so net, net didn't cost that much more than not having a second vehicle and it gave them each some time alone as they traveled from site to site.
Greetings to you all!! Just found this site while looking for a used RV. We sold our home in Colorado in a very short amount of time. We aren't ready to buy anyplace else, yet, so we a where we want to end up. We both love to live on lakes and fish, so we will probably look for that place. Feel free to give us any pros and cons to stepping into a Class C instead of something else. We don't want to make a huge investment to start out.re thinking to sell our Honda Pilot and buy a used Jayco 3240 FL Designer Class C and spend some time visiting friends and family across the country until we decide where to "land". We nearly did this 7 years ago, but we were still need to earn a living. I am now 62 and my husband is 66 in April and hopes to retire. We have a little savings and SS and just aren't sure what the Lord has planned for us. I have lived in 29 homes across the world (hubby was USAF for 11 years), so I'm used to packing up and moving. Hoping that an RV will give us some time to decide.
2) Ease of parking for overnight sleeping.
A toad (Towed vehicle) easy on fuel for grocery runs or the occasional sight-seeing trips. May not think you need it; you will!
The Class C is great if you are going to be traveling alot; and if you decide later you want to stay longer; most will say the 5th wheel Camper is better; you can always use the C for a trade-up later.
Watch out for the long overhang past the rear wheels; mine is about 8 feet long and over 62 MPH it loves to sway from side winds and large trucks passing. My C is only 28 ft. long; but the manufacturer used the shorter wheel based van frame so they had to do an extention frame to support the rear bedroom. If I added a steering stabilizer it would help; so I have been told.
In general they have more storage and CCC (cargo carrying capacity). Many of us full timers find that we need at least 1500 pounds of CCC per person.
The CCC or the newer designation OCCC will be on a sticker somewhere in the motor home - usually in a cabinet or closet.
You can see the definition of CCC HERE, and OCCC HERE.
Scroll down to "2009 New weight label" and download the pdf file.
To get CCC subtract the weight of water you will carry and the weight of the people you will carry from the OCCC.
It is common to see CCC numbers as low as a few hundred pounds (even on diesel pushers) which means it would be overloaded for weekend trips and unusable for full timing.
We have 2800 pounds of CCC and would like to have 3500. We started with a 30 footer with no slides and after a year traded it in on a new 35 footer with two slides.
Thanks for the info..... any recommendations for a good Tow vehicle. We are going to sell our Honda Pilot because it's more than we need with this setup on a C.
-- Edited by Missy on Saturday 23rd of March 2013 02:02:57 PM
Thanks!! Great advice. We have sold our home and need to be out on Apr 26th. We won't have to leave the area right away, but plan on traveling and visiting for about 6,000 miles and look for a lake home along the way. Our Pilot is a 2008 with low milage and just too nice of a car to tow. We can use the funds from the sale to buy a lower cost dingy and most of the Motorhome. We have a little over 4 weeks now to pull all of this off, but we are confident that the Lord has lead us these past 35 years and won't forsake us now. We do so appreciate this site and great advice.
We are looking at a
Jayco 3240 FL Designer Class C and we'll need to be a bit careful about weight on the dingy.
-- Edited by Missy on Monday 25th of March 2013 09:06:08 AM
Greetings from another Collins!
You might want to hold off on selling your Pilot until you have finalized your other plans for your new camper. You can pack a lot of "stuff" in that pilot and drive separately if you don't plan long driving trips each day. Howard & Linda really regretted selling her wheels before they left and ended up buying a jeep; they found driving it to explore areas where they parked saved on diesel fuel for the truck so net, net didn't cost that much more than not having a second vehicle and it gave them each some time alone as they traveled from site to site.
Sherry