My Roadtrek
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Even though Roadtrek's Ideal was not something I would be interested in, I have to give props to companies like Roadtrek, and Great West, who have the guts to think outside the box, and not always play it safe like most of the other Class B companies.
It would be nice to see Class B manufactures start using "Green" materials like Earth Bound is doing. This would significantly increase the CCC's of a "B", but it would also increase the price of an already very expensive RV. I think the future is in these new materials, and I guess we will just have to wait and see what the Class B manufactures come up with.
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lincoln30 wrote:The problem I face is I have a garage that is 20 feet long from wall to the inside of the garage door and we are not allowed to park this type vehicle in the driveway or side of the house. I can raise the garage door but cannot lengthen the garage. Storage takes me out of the market. There would only be my wife and I, and lots of traveling.
The length is going to be a problem with any Class B. It is either going to be just a very tight fit or too long. A Roadtrek 170 is 19 feet long and may just fit, but there is no slide out. Add the spare tire to the back and it gets longer by about a foot. You can have the spare stored under the bed but that takes up most of your storage in the read. Height is 8'9".
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relellin wrote:An RB Sprinter is 19'4" so it would fit in your garage but it would be a tight fit.
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Gee, how did I miss Sportsmobile? This gets to look promising!! My kitchen is right behind the garage. I may be able to extend the wall a foot where the cabinets are and only lose some cabinet space and raise the garage door a little and I'm in.
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Hi we have a 2010 pleasure-way excel it is 20ft 4 inches bumper to bumper. WE build a garage in back of the house. We built it 13x22. It is plenty wide but if I would have had the space I would have liked 24. Although if it is strickly for RV storage I could have gone shorter. Our unit is 9ft high. We put a 10ft overhead door. We are from Eastern Canada and we had one of our record snowfalls this year. It sure felt good having it tucked in the garage. It only as 5,000km. We are planing a trip soon across Canada. There is nothing like having it stored in the back yard (I know it is not always possible or practical). It was a bit tight for bus as we only have a small property. Good Luck
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lincoln30 wrote:The problem I face is I have a garage that is 20 feet long from wall to the inside of the garage door and we are not allowed to park this type vehicle in the driveway or side of the house. I can raise the garage door but cannot lengthen the garage. Storage takes me out of the market. There would only be my wife and I, and lots of traveling.
Humm?
Lets see!
If you are able to drive it into the garage and are willing to raise the garage door, how about doing a front garage extension bringing the garage forward a few feet and match it to the house so no one can complain. You're not lengthening the garage so much as extending the entry onto the driveway, sort of like, a two foot add-on if done right. If you can salvage and use your old garage front facade it should not look out of place. Heck some folks might not even notice.
Just a thought.
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I've seen one with a slideout bed on the street side, but not with a floor-to-ceiling slide.
I'm not sure how the bed slide was supported, didn't get a look at the mechanics. RV slideout rooms are usually supported from the house frame (or the vehicle chassis if those two frames are integrated, as on some diesel pushers) and the frame was engineered to do that job specifically. The vans we convert to B's aren't built that way, so a supporting structure would have to be added, increasing weight and taking up some of the space the slideout might add.
Don't know what storage costs you, but the likely $5000 to $10,000 added cost of a slideout (for another 20-30 sq ft space) would represent 15 to 30 years covered storage, at the rates I'm paying.
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Our great West Classic Supreme has a slide out in back, so you sleep sideways and have much more space in the rest of the cabin. Good idea, I think.
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We find a 10x10 FirstUp quickshelter an invaluable addition for creating extra room. The 70 sq ft living space of our Sprinter expands by 140 sq ft when the awning is mated to the FirstUp. Screensets make it bugproof when needed. An inexpensive "hanging tent" clips to the FirstUp rafters for an extra bedroom.
Many of us prefer outdoor grilling and frying as a way to keep the inside cooler and cleaner. We do have a microwave and induction burner for road meals and to supplement the big propane outside cookery.
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