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Travel at ease with Motor Home
By Michael Sanford
Motor homes, also known as recreational vehicles, are an
ideal way to experience travel comfortably and
economically. Popular with road trippers and frequent
domestic travelers, motor homes usually include a
kitchenette, bathroom, sleeping areas, living areas, and
amenities that make the vehicle a complete mini-home.
Designed to be transportable, most motor homes possess
diesel engines for powerful yet affordable capabilities.
Interiors can range from economical to luxury, putting
motor homes well within anyone's reach.
Motor homes make camping hassle-free, with no need to
pitch a tent or walk long distances for a restroom. There
are also motor home sites across the country designed
exclusively for overnighters to rest while refueling and
emptying the sewage tank of their motor homes. While
motor homes may be an entertaining option for some,
others make it more of a way of life, and the huge number
of groups and clubs in existence are an excellent
introduction to becoming a ¡°full-timer¡±.
Different Types of Motor Homes
There are many makers of Motor Homes, with ultimately
three different models to choose from. Class A Motor
Homes are described as a bus-type custom body on a
truck chassis. Class B Motor Homes are normally
conversion vans. Class C Motor Homes contain a custom
body on a van or pickup chassis.
There are three different types of motor home engines to
choose from. These include a front-based gas engine, a
rear-based diesel engine (known as a ¡°Diesel Pusher¡±), or
a ¡°bus conversion.¡± A bus conversion is a special kind of
diesel pusher that comes from a modified greyhound bus.
It is quite expensive and is only necessary if you require
thousands of miles of weekly travel, month after month.
Diesel engines are noisier and more expensive when it
comes to maintenance, but they are also more durable
and have better fuel economy than a gas engine. Although
diesel engines are noticeably slower in terms of passing
acceleration when compared to a well-built gas engine, a
diesel engine will probably be have extra torque,
something that could come in quite handy if you are towing
another vehicle.
Which Motor Home to Choose?
When purchasing or renting a motor home, it is important
to consider the differences between the different class
types. Class B conversion vans are nice because they are
short and can be parked almost anywhere. On the
downside, these conversion vans are usually limited in
terms of comfort and space available. The vehicle may
contain a miniature style toilet, shower, storage facility, and
water container. Because of this, living for long periods of
time in a Class B motor home may prove difficult and
uncomfortable.
Class C Motor Homes are quite well designed for families.
They are basically two bedroom apartments on wheels
with one bedroom in the rear, and the other in the front,
over the van cab. Class C models are the safest because
of their designers (Ford and GM), and they do offer a very
natural, car-like driving position. The biggest complaint
about Class C models is that the two front seats are on a
different floor level than the rest of the unit and they can¡¯t
swivel around. This becomes problematic when the
vehicle is parked.
Class A Motor Homes are like a one bedroom apartment
on wheels, with the bedroom in the rear of the vehicle. The
biggest advantage to a Class A model is the feeling of
openness that it provides. In contrast to Class C models,
the front seats do swivel around. This means that when
parked, the drivers can become part of the living room.
And, because of the height of the driver¡¯s seats, an
excellent view of the road and traffic is available. The
biggest complaint that consumers usually have about
Class A model motor homes is usually related to safety.
Because they are built out of aluminum and fiberglass, the
motor home is less durable in the event of an accident.
Many Class A motor homes also lack air bags, which
increases the chance of injury in an accident.
Roger B. White traces the evolution of motorized houses
on wheels from a farm couple's 1916 wood-and-canvas
sleeping compartment on their automobile chassis to the
Johnson's Wax Cherokee-red housecar featured at the
1940 World's Fair, to today's luxurious interstate cruiser.
White interviewed camping families, historians, camping-
organization spokespeople, RV manufacturers and travel-
club members. The author understands the American lone
affair with the vehicle; he is a land-transportation historian
at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
American History.
There is an entire world out there to be discovered and
what better way to discover it than in the comforts of your
own ¡°hotel on wheels.¡± A Motor Home, or RV (Recreational
Vehicle), is perfect for anyone who enjoys traveling in
comfort and at their own pace. In addition to covering
hundreds of miles in a day, with a Motor Home, you can sit
back and read a book, watch a movie, play with the kids or
pets, sleep, cook dinner, or take a hot shower.
Motor homes are great for camping, road trips, and simply
living in style. If you are interested in buying a motor home,
definitely take the time to do some comparison shopping
and research, as these mobile units can get expensive and
come in a large variety of styles. Following is a list of basic
motor home types with brief descriptions.
"A" Class: This means a complete motor home body
mounted on a chassis provided by a truck manufacturing
company. "A" Class motor homes give true meaning to
living on the road.
"C" Class: A custom motor home body mounted on a
conventional chassis and cab. On top of the cab, there is
usually a bed or storage area.
5th Wheeler: These are towed motor homes that usually
have a section that extends over part of the tow vehicle.
Converted Motor Homes: There are limitless numbers of
motor
About the Author
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