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Originally Posted by GFED
Thanks for the replies. Yes, I'm more leaning towards the fuel economy of a smaller RV. I do plan on installing solar panels and extra batteries. It will be something to stay in long term.
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This is what I can tell you of my experience, all trolling dyna aside.. I've been on a semi permanent road trip going on two years this coming March. I started in a class b, used a slide in on a Tacoma for a bit then switched to a Westy that I just used over the last 8 months. All together I've traveled about 20 thousand miles the last 2 years.
What you need to do is understand how you intend to use your camper. Do you intend to stay in one place and drive something else daily? Do you plan to travel a lot and depend on the RV as your daily driver?
Have you driven anything that size before? If not go rent a Uhaul truck for a day and see how much you e joy driving it around. Again if you are just parking it somewhere and driving a second car then nonbiggie, but daily driving a RV gets old real quick. Hence the reason I've opted for a smaller and practicable driver vs big.
Also on solar.. understand that those types of RV s are not designed to actually boondock or stealth camp. They are designed to be hooked up to shore power at a campground. Added to this, I've yet to ever see a competent solar install by an RV dealer.. (just throwing that out there)
They usually oversell you on hardware that is over priced and under installed.. added to this things like the fridge which comes with any RV (the 3 ways) are worthless on solar. Meaning if you expect to fully power your rig off grid on solar, you really need to buy a quality 12v fridge and and in best case scenario have a completely isolated wiring system for anything you intend to run off solar.