Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: Class C Motorhomes: B+ motorhomes

Print | Close

Topic: B+ motorhomes

Posted By: WilleyB on 09/04/10 07:33pm

John & Angela wrote:

We have acheived as high as 14 on Mexican Interstates at 88 KMH and as low as 7 in the mountains of Oaxaca. Of course it gets unlimited mileage when we are towing it behind our A class. [emoticon]

Hi Folks
Cheers from above the line, well I guess it's safe to post my mileage on this thread, did it once before and swore not to do it again [emoticon]

1483 miles 407.329Lt = 3.641 miles/liter = 17.0659487 liters/100 km
Miles per Gal US 3.641 miles/liter = 13.7826843

3107 miles 876.6Lt. = 3.54437 miles/liter = 17.5312169 liters/100 km
Miles per Gal US 3.54437 miles/liter = 13.4169

My question now is how do I get it up to 14 like you folks? [emoticon]

John & Angela, How yuh doin? Been awhile since we jawed a bit. We'll be on the road for a short one next week if all goes well. The tropical storm passed through today and hopefully that's the end to those high temps 106F was the top for 3 days then it cooled to 102. That's not NS type weather and no way we want to be dry camping in it.
Haven't been out this year other than one day at Lansdowne park (L.O.R.D.A), was going to put in a week camping there but it got too hot.
Tossed out the JK couch and built a replacement couch/bed in it's place that's wide enough to sleep on. If you're interested
Looking to the front
Click--> [image]

Looking to the rear
Click--> [image]

For bed time
Click--> [image]

The upholsterer didn't have any green so brown had to do. No matter, can't see it unless it's setup sleeping.

Cheers
Willey
ex. RCAF tech also [emoticon]

Vanguard VXL2000
2000 Ford V10 Triton, E350 Super Duty
Just for me,the Mrs and Gabby

Posted By: John / Angela on 09/04/10 07:42pm

HI Wiley and nice to hear from you. Holy cow. That is a nice piece of work yoou have done there. Did you do it all yourself. As you know we love our Vanguard but have always been so so on the sleeping arrangement. What is the width of the sleeping area when deployed.

Hope you are having a great season. Stay safe during the storm.

J and A

2003 Revolution 40C Class A. Electric smart car as a Toad on a smart car trailer
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but rather by the moments that take our breath away.

Posted By: WilleyB on 09/04/10 08:27pm

J&A wrote:

Hope you are having a great season.

It's been a good year, but there wasn't enough time for enjoying the RV.
It took a lot of time to do the couch and there were times I thought I really goofed, believe me there were many corrections to the frame work before I was on the road to finishing it. Yep did it all myself (except for the brown covering) between the shopping, preparing meals and walking the dog etc. Probably average about 2 hours per day so it took most of my summer, but a promise is a promise and I'm glad it's done.

Quote:

Stay safe during the storm.

it wasn't much of a storm where we live, it rarely is. Hopefully the heat and humidity is past it was much too hot for NS weather this year.

Quote:

What is the width of the sleeping area when deployed.

It's a little over 26 inches wide verses the 19" width of the JK, so DW is very happy.(she would have been happy with a 23" width, She doesn't flop around like I do when sleeping.
I have more photos of during the build, truly it's a compromise from beginning to end because of the inward slope of the walls, the higher you go the less sleeping width you'll have. Also the depth of the drawers will be shorter the wider the sleeping area is. DW wanted her night table kept, so the (bed) aisle width and couch height were fixed to be the same as the JK couch.

Now! if you're crazy enough to try this I'll pass on the info and what to do to stay away from some of the design problems. Anyway I can take measurements off mine, so the worst part is over. [emoticon]

Cheers
Willey

must have been sleepy last night "bed" changed to "aisle"

* This post was edited 09/05/10 08:56am by WilleyB *

Posted By: Orion_42 on 09/04/10 09:32pm

Excellent modification WilleyB! That looks better than original!

----------------------
2001 Trail Lite B+ 211

Posted By: WilleyB on 09/05/10 01:29pm

Thanks Orion, and yes I agree, it's much better looking and fitting. By trying to get the most aisle room with the JK couch the back always interfered with the day/night shades now there's room for the shades to be lowered all the way. there's less storage room beneath but it's certainly more orderly. DW has MS so it's been getting more difficult for her to store her clothes. Previously she used the cabinets above the couch now she can use the drawers. Haven't thought about what the cabinets will be used for as yet
Cheers
Willey

Cabinets above couch
Click--> [image]

Posted By: Reno3 on 09/05/10 03:23pm

Just for the record on the gas mileage thing. Our Trail Lite 211 S avg. approx 12 mpg running solo at speed limits. and about 10 mpg when towing our Saturn Vue. ( not much less than the Conversion Vans we used to have did on mileage

Dick & Judy
'05 Montana Mountaneer TT 35'
'03 Trail Lite 211 S
'05 Saturn Vue Toad
1 Bassett Hound - Beauregard

Posted By: Eastwacamper on 09/07/10 05:18pm

Regarding towing, we have a 1985 Eldorado class B+ I guess though we refer to it as a class C. We bought it cheap from a guy on a dirt road on a mountain. No records or books on any part. So we were headed to the National Folk Festival in Butte, MT, at 2 pm on a hot day in July. Smoke and steam started pouring from the hood area. We pulled off the Interstate and called AAA. They called me back to let me know how they were doing finding anyone to tow any motor home. It took two hours but someone finally came in a junky tow truck. I started calling everyone I knew in Missoula asking for names of diesel mechanics. We assumed we blew the engine and were trying to figure out how to junk the rig and get home and all that. Finally we had to accempt the fact the only place to say yes to do the work, whatever that might turn out to be was the Ford dealership.

So we did get towed after a two hour wait sitting in our lawn chairs by the side of the hiway. The motor home sat for two days till it could be put into the schedule. In the end for $800+ the water pump was replaced and the thermostat. The guy called said it's ready to go. Where I thought. No, it works fine now. So off we went on our drive to Butte for the Samboree and the festival. We have been on several trips since and it still works fine.

So with the extra we pay to AAA we did get towed 60 miles or so. Oh, and we seem to be getting 10 to 12 mpg though the rig is slow up high hills.

Posted By: happyjack2 on 09/12/10 12:16pm

Posted a few weeks ago about a check engine light. Gene suggested a SCAN Gauge OBD II tester which I had read about. Finally scored a used one on EBAY for less than $100 and read it today. It was a PO442 code which concerns the evap system. May be difficult to locate but at least I know it is a fairly common problem with lots of internet assistance and not an expensive engine fix.

The gauge also lets you monitor four engine readouts in the gauge mode in addition to being an OBD II tester.

Bill & Maggie
LT USNR Ret.
2003 Trail Lite 211 B+
Chevy 6.0L

Posted By: Gene in NE on 09/12/10 08:13pm

happyjack2 - I know what you mean about the code readout. A problem with the "evap system" can be as simple as a loose gasoline fill cap. Clear the code and see if it returns. I have experienced this one. It never came back.

2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene

Posted By: burlmart on 09/13/10 05:34am

ours came on once and the gas cap was the fix.

2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy

Print | Close