IggyQuartet wrote:



Correct me if I am wrong, but when one enters the Class B forum, do we not expect to read about members touting the virtues of their Class B? I fully expect when I venture out into other forums I will read why their way is better. For that reason, as a Smart car driver I avoid the Hummer forums. As a Jon Stewart fan I stay off the Fox News site. As a stepmother I don't frequent the divorced mothers message boards. However, if I did happen to wander into the lands where views differ from mine, I do so with the knowledge that I might read something I don't agree with. Is this really any different?

Twomed wrote:

Yeah you probably are wrong...or a least different. I think most folks just click on NEWEST, and scan the whole forum.

Twomed wrote:

Sharing, helping and learning used to be the whole point of the forum, not little cubicles of people that think no one but they should look at their comments.

Twomed wrote:

Most of what we all do crosses over whether it's a tent or a Prevost. Sorry I stepped on your special "B" toes...if I meet you in a campground I will be sure not to speak to you, if that offends you. Talk about class conscious....sheessh!!

Twomed wrote:

PS welcome new member...seven posts and already stirring it up..hmmm!!

jjson775 wrote:

People who RV in a Class A or big trailer may think that Class B travel is pretty much the same as what they do except that we camp in our "little” vans. They are mistaken, ours is a different – and much better - experience. Some reasons:

MOBILITY We can see and do a lot more in our travels than they can and can go a lot of places they can’t, because of the compact size of a B and, more important, because we don’t have to go back to an RV park every night. I’ll give you some examples from our travel this year:

1. After staying in Visalia CA we drove into the south entrance of Sequoia NP and found out the road is limited to 24 ft. vehicles max. Bad news and a long detour for big rigs. No problem for our 20’ PW Excel.
2. We drove scenic Highway 138 thru the Rogue River wilderness in Oregon. You drive this road and stop at a number of places and hike the trails to beautiful waterfalls. It is a long ride. At the end of a long day we camped at a nice public campground at the end of the scenic area. In a toad, you would have to go all the way back to your RV.
3. We drove the high road to Taos NM, went into Chimayo and other places along the way, had lunch at a very good restaurant in Penasco and pulled into a campground in Taos in the afternoon, no doubling back.

I can give many, many, examples where a big RV would really cramp our style.

CONVENIENCE OF ALWAYS HAVING AN RV WITH YOU Yes, in the evening a big RV is a better place to stay, but all day long you are in a car or tow vehicle. We always have food and a kitchen, a bathroom, outside shower, sporting equipment, extra clothes, etc. Visiting a national park, we can stop for lunch at a picnic area and have everything with us. The ladies don’t have to use the pit toilets at the hiking trails. I suppose big rig folks pack lunches and carry a cooler with ice for their daily outings.

ACCESS TO BETTER CAMPSITES. Because we are in one vehicle 20 ft. long, we have been able to stay in tent areas of campgrounds that are more open and attractive. We have done this in Big Bend, Rocky Mountain and Sequoia national parks and in the very nice campground at Disney World in Florida. The big rigs are lined up next to each other like in a mobile home park, we don’t care for this.

If you want to park all winter in the Rio Grande Valley, Florida, Arizona or elsewhere, by all means get a big motor home or 5th wheel. If you want to travel and see the USA and Canada, go for a Class B RV, especially a Roadtrek or Pleasure Way.

Jim

Salianron wrote:

Thanks Atlee for stating my sentiments. My first thought when I read the original post was that I did not want other RVers to think all B owners feel that they are the only ones that have the right vehicle or that we have to justify our choice.
I go to the CVC forum first, then often click on "Active" for the most interesting threads from other forums. My only camping experiences have been tents and Class B vans, but I like the small Class A's like the old GMC and Revcon. My Google search for "small Class A motorhome" led me back to the RV.net forum where I have learned that quite a few members would like to see new motorhomes in the smallest size that would include permanent beds plus sitting area and a good size enclosed shower. Of course there are others that say they would never settle for anything smaller than 40 feet, but most seemed tolerant of others choices.