http://www.lazydaze.com/flrplans.htm

My favorite is not the one I have, the Twin King, but rather the 24 foot Front Lounge with the rear bath. That one has no dinette, but rather a flip up table between two armchairs. Both plans allow you to stand up and walk nearly the length of the RV.

Born Free has similar plans. Unfortunately both brands are usually expensive and hard to find used.

Until recently Safari Trek made 24 and 26 foot Class As with a trick bed that lowered from the ceiling into the living room. Here is one, but I’m not sure it’s the 24 footer:

http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/001347.html

I drove a used one in Austin last year. Pretty posh, but a slightly low ceiling in front because of the bed. I had to bend my neck. No sale.

Bob

It had some pictures of how floorspace can be handled. In my Daze, I can walk the entire length of my RV.

Just don’t ever let him shine a black light on those ‘clean’ sheets. It’s amazing what shows up.

Bob

And here I started out by recommending a Casita! )

Though, FYI, here’s a table idea from a Casita group that creates space:

http://www.jeeptrek.com/ForumPix/BedMod/P2250001.jpg

I hope you don’t get “forbidden” on that one. Anyway, that’s a 2 foot round in pine that they got at Lowe’s. I thought about using it in my Daze. But I kind of like the way the table folds up to the cieling and opens ALL of the floorspace in the unit, but still come’s down when you need serious table space. I don’t have a picture of that, but here’s one with half the bed down and half up, you get the idea:

http://i47.tinypic.com/34hx7rs.jpg

I also like head room in the cab, so I cut the mattress I put up there almost in half and put it in a mattress cover. Now when I’m not in it, I fold it forward and then fold the platform forward. Then I can stand up from the driver’s seat and go to the back without going outside. When I want to use the bed, I fold it back down, and the bed stays made. It’s easier to see than to explain:

http://i50.tinypic.com/iqzk9h.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/wrghlx.jpg

Whatever you end up with, you are going to need a backup camera. Don’t worry if the unit doesn’t have it, they are cheap and easy to install. I bought this one at Sam’s Club for around a hundred bucks:

http://i50.tinypic.com/20zrzo5.jpg

Makes backing up a piece of cake, unless you have a toad. And if you hook the power from the parking lights instead of the backup lights, you can use it just to see what’s following you.

Bob

I am reading Crusin Susan’s blog right now: http://crusinsusan.blogspot.com

She full times in a class C, but she has the floorplan that suffocated me.

I need FLOORSPACE when I am awake. If I am running into corners, I go crazy. I do like (actually prefer) sleeping in the bunk up top. I opted for that over the rear bed in my rental. I would probably remove the dinette and have a smaller table to use with the sofa to get extra floorspace.

My husband will probably always prefer to stay in a nice hotel, anyway. (I’ll have to add that to the budget, of course, but he has more money than me…) He is also really tall and feels really cramped in the RVs.

http://www.hrvc.com/rv/gulfstream/classc/69.htm”

I lived full time for 4 years in a 27 foot fifth wheel. I considered it just right, so much so that when I came home for brief periods, I still mostly camped out in the driveway.

I think that is a good length for two people, also, if they get along well. There is room enough to get away from each other a bit.

That same length, 24- 27 feet, is a pretty sweet spot for a motorhome. I bought the 22 foot because it’s just me traveling, and it’s a particularly good plan, with two couches at the airy back that make easily into a king bed, plus a queen bed over the driving area. If you have claustrophobia, the area above the driver may be too close for you. It is certainly too close, IMO, for two people, one of which has to climb over the other and then deal with a ladder. Good way to break a leg in the dark. But it’s plenty good up there for me alone.

There’s a lot to be said for tucking the bed up out of the way over the tow vehicle, too, as in a fifth wheel.

Sleeping on couches can be very easy and comfortable, especially if you use a travasak, or some such sort of double sleeping bag that is easily rolled up and stored in the day time. But it can be miserable on the wrong couch, or if you are oversized like me. This is one of those things you just have to try out for yourself. At 6′ 4″, I found there were very few couches long enough.

But then I found the Lazy Daze. It was cheap, but it’s a little old (1992). Whatever brand you get, I would recommend something newer than 1999. Not only will everything probably still work, but that will let you get the Ford V10, which is just about bulletproof. I’ve got 130K miles on mine in the 2000 F250, and I’ve had no trouble at all other than wear items like brakes and shocks. Runs like new, and it will pull the world at speed. Mileage while towing around 10 mpg. Not bad, considering the weight it is pulling. But in any case, mileage is the least expensive thing about motorhomes. You can always control that expense by pulling over somewhere idyllic and contemplating paradise for a while.

Diesels are much more expensive to work on, and tend to wreck transmissions, at least in the Fords. I can’t comment on the Mercedes models. I’m too damn cheap to buy one of those.

Bob

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I was stuck on a class C for a long time, then went to class A because I was comparing that diesel to a big class C gasser. (As well as some poor quality rentals and family motorhomes that I’ve driven and camped in.) Those smaller ones do have a lot of real appeal to me….

The frustration is good for me, I think! It will make me more confident in my decision when I finally make one. I’ve already realized that there is no perfect decision, just different good ones…

With regard to your last question, if I wanted to look it up, I could see the city where a poster is getting their Internet service. I am not sure how accurate that is, though. Why do you ask?

I have found some 2006s online.

Do you live in it fulltime?

With the slideout (and rear bath floorplan), it really might be enough space for me.

If I stayed in the same price point, I could get something like this:

http://www.hrvc.com/rv/gulfstream/classc/69.htm

I’d probably still get a scooter, though.

I am on the Internet looking at used class Cs right now. I just called my husband and asked him what he thought.

He agreed that I need to sit in and drive a lot more motorhomes.

We both realized that the only class Cs I’ve driven were complete pieces of crap, so I need to test drive a nicer one for a real comparison.

We’re driving to Santa Fe in January, so we were just discussing how we would not drive a class A (we’re staying in a hotel), but would take a diesel class C.