JohninSD
San Diego Ca USA
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Have you weighed the Jeep?
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speediq99
Arizona
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Yes, it sits at 4300lbs.
Perhaps I should add more context.
We now own a RAM 3500 and a 43ft 5'er. Because of the camping explosion over the last few years, it has become nearly impossible to find sites to camp. We love the space but we just can't fit in many places and there aren't many places available anyways. We actually just use it for 3 months out of the yearly mainly summer to escape the Arizona heat. This takes weeks to plan even a year ahead of time.
We are looking for a small motorhome that we can use year around, that gives us more site availability and can tow outr 4300lbs Jeep. It will be in addition to the 5'er to start and perhaps the only thing we keep after one season.
The requirements are;
- Under 26ft
- Towing 5k or more
- 15k AC
- Queen bed with easy access, preferably permanent (no flip or disassemble)
- Pantry and Ward
- Some outside storage for chairs, bbq etc
- Smallish with decent mpg (not 6-8)
- Preferably usable bed, bathroom and kitchen while on the road or parked with slides in.
- Ford chassis for ease of maintenance
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Grit dog
Black Diamond, WA
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The Sprinter based RVs are anemic AF in the power department, even past models with the highly revered yet detuned 3.0 diesel.
New models are even lower power. Probably theoretically made up somewhere else in the drivetrain.
But for anemic milquetoast performance, you also get really high priced and harder to find maint and repairs, if that’s your thing.
Alas, they’ll tug about any TJ/JK/JL per specs. Just slowly up hills.
If you must go with the “euro look”, at least find a Transit based rig with the detuned Ecoboost. 300hp/400ft-lbs will absolutely walk any Sprinter up a hill with a load (the only part that matters if it’s towing you’re concerned about).
But why not to get a good old venerable Chevy/Ford chassis with a bulletproof drivetrain and real truck power without all the fanfare?
Cheaper, lower tech, less $ to maint/repair, easier to get serviced if you’re a non diy, proven reliability etc etc.
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5” turbo back, 6" lift on 37s
2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold
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theoldwizard1
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pianotuna wrote:Probably all the class c's can tow a Jeep.
Sprinters and Ford Transits are Class C, but I would not use them for towing ANYTHING!
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Deb and Ed M
SW MI & Space Coast, FL USA
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I have a Thor 2023 Chateau 22E with the E350 7.3 Godzilla motor. Overall length is 24'. It is a BEAST and it hauled our '20 Wrangler JLU up and down the mountains easily.
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way2roll
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theoldwizard1 wrote:pianotuna wrote:Probably all the class c's can tow a Jeep.
Sprinters and Ford Transits are Class C, but I would not use them for towing ANYTHING!
Why is that? ours tows our CRV just fine. Admittedly they do lack torque at higher speeds, but they tow fantastic. More comfortable and nimble to drive than any gasser we had.
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RobertRyan
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pianotuna wrote:Don't get a B+.
No big deal in this part of the world. Even rhe Europeans tow a car behind their Motorhomes
![[image]](https://i.postimg.cc/R01FkBrk/3am7gk57skcvfcyujwf68v1ly.jpg)
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pianotuna
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RobertRyan wrote:pianotuna wrote:Don't get a B+.
No big deal in this part of the world. Even rhe Europeans tow a car behind their Motorhomes
A B+ is much more expensive to buy. A classic case of More for Less.
Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.
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RobertRyan
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pianotuna wrote:RobertRyan wrote:pianotuna wrote:Don't get a B+.
No big deal in this part of the world. Even rhe Europeans tow a car behind their Motorhomes
A B+ is much more expensive to buy. A classic case of More for Less.
Agree but the Motorhome in the photo is a Class C
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