Never owned a MH with Slide outs. This one the horse shoe dinette is one slide and the bed in the rear is the other slide out.
We like the set up with the fridge , stove and sink stationary and not in one of the slides.
Test drove it tonight and was quite impressed with the ride.
I've always been a GM person and this E450 chasis road smooth and even going over the cracks in the payment didn't get the slam like a few other ones we drove.
Being as its 29.7 feet long , 5 ft longer then the one we just sold , you could definitely tell there was a weight difference.
I know you seem to can't have your cake and eat it , meaning there's no perfect MH there is always a give and take it seems.
Last two HMs we've had there was just the small storage outside. just enough to get a tub of misc stuff and a small weber BBQ and blocks to level the RV.
This 28B has what we like on the inside , but just has small cubby holes for storage compartments.
Any known problems , things to look for ?
Thanks for any input good or bad...
Janet & Ralph
2008 Winnebago Aspect 26A
2008 Ford Escape Hybrid
Since you are not a ford guy I would encourage you to look at the 5star tuner for it. makes shifting better and gives the engine better manners with less downshifting and going to 5K rpms. Presently have a leak from the shower area that I need to get to prior to next months trip.
I am NOT a mechanic although I do play one in my garage!
2017 Winnebago Aspect 27K
As noted, it lacks outside storage and on ours, there is no good place for the sewage hose and most BBQ's are too tall to fit in a compartment. It also seems built lower to the ground, so you need to be careful entering and exiting driveways. For us, this was a mixed blessing because it allowed the coach to be shorter and therefore fit under the eave of our house.
We like the quality of the hardware and there are little features we appreciate. Slide out pantry, all the doors, coach and cab lock with a single fob, closet light. The kitchen drawers are on full extension glides and have nice latches. One that would get us on previous RV's was the exterior porch light, one would forget it was on and run the battery down. Our Aspect, when that light is on, there is also an interior light that also goes on to remind you to turn it off. The factory supplied radio is feature loaded, but totally untuitive in operation. One of these days I'll replace it.
The Ford components have been reliable and work well. Having a Ford vans for many years, I got used to the handling quirks and my wife doesn't mind the slightly cramped passenger seat. Not much choice in this department.
My 2 cents +
Norm
F1BNorm
This one has the option 15T Air Spring Rears. Without physically crawling underneath and looking , looks like it has those Firestone two fat donuts stacked on each other air bags each side located on the inside of the leaf springs , but can't see any hoses etc nor did I see a valve stem/gauge anywhere to adjust them ?
The owner didn't know anything about it...
Wife loves the big horse shoe dinette , can't stand the standard small dinettes most are set up with. So that's a plus there.
Like most have said the more storage you have the stuff you'll load up.
When we emptied out the MH Monday night , I couldn't believe all the stuff we had crammed into nooks and crannies that we never even used.
Need to do some measuring of the storage compartments openings and just see exactly what will fit and won't.
Thanks for the replies !
Norm
2012 Itasca Cambria 28T
According to that the valves are located in the same compartment as the outside shower is...
If God's Your Co-Pilot Move Over, jd
2003 Jayco Escapade 31A on 2002 Ford E450 V10 4R100 218" WB
www.putt10.net
j-d wrote:
Sent you an email. Call if I can help you.
Sent you an email. Call if I can help you.
Got it and replied back ...
Kinda filled ya in on it
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I know the two older C's we had 2000 23ft saw best of 10.2 with the Chevy 7.4 with a tail wind going through Texas , then with the 2005 FW 5000 25ft with the Chevy 6.0 best got 13.2 same thing tail wind CC set at 62 mph. Worst was 6.8 heavy front/side cross winds.
So basically both averaged out overall about 9 mpg.
Thinking maybe a little more aerodynamic without the big overcab sleeper on the C's ?
OFDPOS wrote:
Thinking maybe a little more aerodynamic without the big overcab sleeper on the C's?
Thinking maybe a little more aerodynamic without the big overcab sleeper on the C's?
The bigger C's on Ford, seem to get 7.5 to 8.5 maybe 9. That Aspect is lower and narrower, as well as smoother with a fairing instead of a cabover.
It's also new enough to have a TorqShift, at least a 5-speed. I don't know when they went 6-speed. But with Tow/Haul, you don't have to go "OD Off" like we do with the 4-speeds when the going gets hilly.
I've driven Tow/Haul Fords and it was nice. I think my term was "Smarter than a Trick Pony" but it seems from other comments here that the Ford Cruise Control is still finicky with TorqShift, just a little less than the Very Finicky it is with 4-speed 4R100. To me, using my own foot, letting speed pick up on down grades and dropping on climbs, plus avoiding SO many downshifts on Cruise, is good for at least 0.5 MPG better.
So my projection is 9-to-11 at reasonable speed, mixed but not mountainous terrain. Hopefully real owners will chime in, and the news will be better than my guess.
We've now test drove a Winnie, Coachmen, Forester C's and a few more can't recall the brands, but every single one had that over head creak, rattle kinda like plastic on plastic etching noise.
Just test drove 2017 Nexus Viper 27 B+ 4K miles on it,,,yep same thing creak , screatch, rattles.
Both our 2000 FW and 2005 5000 C's neither one had that noise.
Yes initial creak pulling out of a driveway/parking lot.
But not while just driving down the road on smooth pavement...
Is this a common thing or ?