Back into class b rv research with a twist

[Vicky-Rose]

Hi everyone, after a few distraction from life we are back into looking at class B rv. Now that our daughter is getting married we need to think about grandkids. So we are thinking to look into class b+ that can sleep at least 4. Hope the industry have make changes with family in mind on class b.

 

[Tom]

Welcome to The RV Forum.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

Good luck.  Class B and extra sleeping capacity seem almost like an oxymoron to me.  There is only so much you can fit into a standard passenger van body.  A Class B is close quarters for two people.  If you have to expand the body to make room for more beds & people, it's called a Class C. Or even a small Class A (they start at about 26 ft).

 

[Vicky-Rose]

Hi Gary, thanks for your responce. You are absolutely right about close quarter on some of the class b.  We will not be on those long narrow van. We can't even get in the shower comfortably. Now yesterday We saw a few models Unity from Leisure Travel Van that have a Murphy bed and extra lounch seat in the back . This appeal to us. Another one we saw yesterday was Forest River 2401W class b+. It have plenty of room now didn't like the shower wall or the quality of the interior.  I did like the elegance of Leisure a Travel but I have been reading of problems people are having right out of the gate.  I should probably find another product that I can compare with Leisure a Travel van. The grand kids will not be living near us so traveling with them will be once in a while.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

The Unity is NOT a Class B, especially the one with a Murphy bed.  It has a custom widened body with a slide fitted onto a van-cutaway chassis, which makes it a C.  Some manufacturers like to call them B-Cruisers or B-Touring models, but they are just a relatively small Class C.

I hope you won't view this as nit-picking over definitions, but you need the wider body (and probably the slide) plus longer length to get the space you will need. Broaden your Horizons to include all Class C brands. They don't have to be the larger 30-31 ft models - there are various sizes and layouts available.

 

[Isaac-1]

Welcome to the search, I think you need to consider how the coach will be used the majority of the time, and go from there in your shopping.  The more beds one adds to any coach, the less general living space one has.  When looking at smaller coaches one thing many first time buyers fail to consider is the cargo carrying capacity, this can be a major limiting factor on how much stuff you can bring with you, particularly in the Sprinter B+ platform.  I know some people don't like the term B+, but everyone knows what we are talking about described in 2 letters vs 15-20, so there it is.  Some of these units with slides as delivered have under 600 pounds of cargo carrying capacity, this means all your stuff, passengers, pots, pans, clothes, camping chairs, bbq grill, etc. has to weigh under 600 pounds or else you are exceeding the GVWR of the chassis.  (read up on CCC, NCC, and OCCC weight ratings, every few years for the last 20 years they have change dthe way cargo carrying capacity is calculated). 

See this discussion on the 24MB https://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33379

 

[Vicky-Rose]

Thanks so much for the terminology and suggestions. Definitely will do my homework.