Yonder
Well-known member
Greetings All
This is my first post ... just joined the forum.
With grandkids on each coast, we're pretty experienced, over-the-road RVers but have decided to change over to a diesel pusher (used - probably 2004 - 2009 vintage) so my wife can work going down the road and we can have a better ride. Gonna miss our great 5'er but it's time. So the rig is for sale.
So I have been drinking from the class A fire-hose trying to get enough education to shop intelligently. The current question for which I cannot find an explanation, is 'how much horsepower is enough'. I did read somewhere that a rule of thumb is 1 horsepower for each 1000 of GVWR ... but then what about the dinghy and such as that? Hard to think that in this day and age any reputable manufacturer would under power a coach but ... why such variation? And. a parallel question, does more horsepower equal greater efficiency and better mileage or is that a pipe dream?
I apologize if this has already been addressed elsewhere but I've tried to search and cannot find my way around very well yet. Thanks for whatever education comes my way.
This is my first post ... just joined the forum.
With grandkids on each coast, we're pretty experienced, over-the-road RVers but have decided to change over to a diesel pusher (used - probably 2004 - 2009 vintage) so my wife can work going down the road and we can have a better ride. Gonna miss our great 5'er but it's time. So the rig is for sale.
So I have been drinking from the class A fire-hose trying to get enough education to shop intelligently. The current question for which I cannot find an explanation, is 'how much horsepower is enough'. I did read somewhere that a rule of thumb is 1 horsepower for each 1000 of GVWR ... but then what about the dinghy and such as that? Hard to think that in this day and age any reputable manufacturer would under power a coach but ... why such variation? And. a parallel question, does more horsepower equal greater efficiency and better mileage or is that a pipe dream?
I apologize if this has already been addressed elsewhere but I've tried to search and cannot find my way around very well yet. Thanks for whatever education comes my way.