Recent content by BB

Hfx_Cdn,  I think you are correct however with regard to off shore rv production this may be changing very, very quickly.  Someone has inked a deal with a Chinese bus manufacturer which has a capacity of producing 2,000 buses (two thousand) per day and you know what, I hope they take the US...

John-et al: the sad truth, as shown by this thread, is that people will post if they are satisfied with their coach and they will post if they are not satisfied. In fairness to the manufacturer relative to this thread they, are the largest and would  have the largest number of complaints BUT I...

Again I thank you Gary for pointing out an error, the occc value I included is for the 2011 version of this rv with he with the ccc rating being for the '06 my. However, does not the tongue weight have to be deducted from the capacity, it sounds as though you are towing four down so you have...

Gary, you are correct and I thank you for that info. I was able to reach someone at BB rv, remember their motto:  we screw the coach not the customer (did I say I really, really like that?) and here is what I learned: the coach in question WAS weighted with all options, wet, but included but...

Sarge, perhaps the language is strong however I feel that the subject is a matter of life and death, literally. John,  we are both incorrect; Winnebago introduced the View in '05 as an '06 model. There may be a less confrontational manner in which I can get my curiosity satisfied and I will...

http://www.select-hinges.com/ works of art but, as with most things, you get what you pay for.

John, if the ccc is under 400 lbs on a coach how would it be possible NOT to be over. Tom, I think water is 8.75 lbs / gallon.  Is it an issue probably not unless you decide to water up and also decide NOT to dump until you get to the next site-maybe the line is long at the station, maybe there...

Tom, good link.  I see two problems, the author is presuming empty holding tanks and I didn't see the tongue hitch weight factored in, or did I miss it. John, regardless of the physical set up of the coach the fact remains that if it is loaded for the intended purpose the owner/operator IS...

Bob.n.Sue,  this is what I would have expected-your coach can be used as anyone would expect, plenty of ccc as it should be. John, at the risk of stirring up the ant hill, as recently as '05 Winnebago was marketing the View/Navion that had a ccc of significantly UNDER 400 lbs-four hundred...

Gary, you make good points; Russian/Baltic/Artic birch is NOT guaranteed to have no voids and the only way to get this assurance is to go with marine plywood, but this is fairly big bucks. Your comment on wood core plywood is timely as I did ask the yard in NH about the availability and here is...

BernieD, I have known that ccc is, and has been, an issue with the industry for many years but I have also been under the impression that the larger coaches, specifically the -A- class and the truck conversions were exempt from this problem-Sarge has posted that - perhaps- this may not be the...

gary great link thanks.  I did stop by here yesterday and the place is amazing;  http://www.highlandhardwoods.com/ and I also found this site,  http://www.cwghardwoodoutlet.com/. Between these two and Garys site you will learn more than you need to about wood in general and Russian/Baltic birch...

Bernie I suspect that virtually all of  your class of coach will be 100% legal when used for its intended purpose but as sarge posts even those buying this class have to be careful. My position is that this should not be, manufacturers should be accountable for substandard workmanship...

John,  an accident caused by debris from your coach is going to be quite expensive, a serious accident caused by debris from your coach that YOU fixed will in all probability be your ruin.  The only factor that would be in your favor would be if you were a certified rv tech, and even then you...

sargew,  perhaps people can post the ccc of their rigs and we can get a good feel for just how bad the situation is, my figure could certainly be off but as BernieD states whatever the true number its awful high. One very high end B+ I looked at had roughly 600lbs of ccc, so you stock it up and...