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| If you take a stripped truck chassis, put a trailer on it,
and fix the front so you can drive it down the road, you'll have
a crude class A motor home. Another way of describing a class
A motor home is as a bus with living accommodations. Most manufacturers
of class A motor homes buy chassis with drive trains from an
automobile manufacturer then build the structure according to
their design.
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The idea of a van camper was conceived in the early 1960s when
a regular van was converted into a camper van. This worked because
vans were versatile, compact, economical to drive, and easy to
convert. In the 1970s, van campers were classified by the RV
industry as Class B motor homes.
Class B motor homes have sleeping space for two, though some
can accommodate up to four people. They are best suited for
short trips and do not work well for snowbirding or fulltiming.
Much of its appeal is economy, maneuverability, and safety
- driving more like the family car than a truck. Over the years
the Class B motor home has evolved from a rough, homemade look
to a polished, sophisticated design, giving the consumer a
highly improved product.
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| The class C or mini motor home has been very popular since
the early '70s. It started out as a favorite for families and
slowly evolved into a snowbirding-class RV in the '90s. We at
RVCG generally consider the class C a safer motor home than the
class A for a number of reasons — but primarily for the
cockpit construction.
The class C is actually built on what is known as a cutaway
van chassis. This means the entire front of the vehicle — which
includes the engine, doors, dash, and cockpit area is of the
general construction as it is in vans and pickup trucks. Because
the class C chassis has evolved from a standard road vehicle
designed for family and commercial use, it has many of the
safety features normally associated with those types of vehicles.
Beecause cockpit design is one of the big failures of class
A motor homes, more RVers are considering the class C for the
safety features built into a cutaway chassis.
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| The fifth wheel type of trailer has been used in the trucking
industry for almost 100 years because it is a safe way of carrying
heavy loads. It's safe because the hitch configuration allows
approximately 20 to 30 percent of its hitch weight to be exerted
on the front suspension of the towing vehicle. Because of its
forgiving nature to road and driving conditions, commercial truckers
use the fifth wheel hitch configuration to carry extremely heavy
loads. A fifth wheel trailer will stick to the tow vehicle through
thick and thin. In many adverse handling situations, a fifth
wheel trailer will actually enhance the ability of the tow vehicle
to stick to the road. Whether in tractor-trailer rigs or in travel
trailers, the fifth wheel configuration is popular because of
its safety and handling capabilities.
A fifth wheel trailer is particularly popular with RVers who
are fulltiming because most of these RVers want to go as big
as the towing vehicle will allow. The fifth wheel is easy to
connect and disconnect from the truck. It's relatively easy
to back up. Its tendency to sway is much less than that of
a trailer coach. Because it can easily carry more height, it
allows for more storage space - something every fulltimer wants.
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| The trailer coach has been around since the thirties. Coach
is an old term used to describe a vehicle for carrying people
and supplying limited accommodations. The conventional travel
trailer and a class A motor home is often referred to as a coach.
The trailer coach is also called travel trailer or tagalong.
We prefer trailer coach.
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