OK to explain what we got and why. Our criteria was 1) it must fit in a normal car size parking space. 2) it had to have twin beds as we both get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and did not want to wake the other one. 3) the bed had to be long enough for me to stretch out, all 72” of me. 4) I had to fit in the bathroom. 5) we wanted better fuel mileage. 6) my wife could drive it, she did not like driving the PC.
So we started. Looking at class B’s. My first choice was the Short Sprinter, of which I could only find Pleasure Ways, the twin bed is way to short and the Roadtrek SS Agile. This was my first choice because of all the driving safety stuff, no propane, no generator and could run the roof a/c on the batteries. The problem was the bed was very tight in length and when I sat on the toilet one should rubbed the wall and the other shoulder was in the hallway. This is not good for odor control. The full size PW and RT are 22’ 9” long, thus they were out. Service on the Mercedes Sprinter can be hard to find, takes a long time to get the work done and cost a lot, so I was told and read. My wife did not cost of these Motorhomes.
We looked at the PC 2100, which was to wide to fit in a parking space, and the Leasure Travel B+ but the same problem. Advanced RV makes a great class be but they cost three times what the others cost.
Next we looked at the Winnebago Travato 59K. It is 21’ long, has twin beds, a somewhat spacious rear bathroom and was half the cost of the Roadtrek I wanted. It is on the Ram 2500 which is a gas engine. The truck part is a working mans truck, no frills but the Winne part is pretty nice. My wife liked driving it. So now coming up on 50 years of marriage, can you guess what I picked?
Last Thursday I dewinterized it and got everything working so we could leave on a trip down to Florida to visit our snowbird friends in their winter roust. Then Friday the Nor-eastern blew thru Maryland knocking out our power. I first night staying in the new RV was in out driveway. Saturday evening the power came back on, so Sunday morning we headed down the road. Have been enjoying a nice trip. The only problem we have encountered was in Charleston, SC we could not find a parking space and I could not get it into the parking garage.
Holly, the dinette in the listing was one of my mods. You push a button on the dash and the sofa flips over and becomes a dinette. HaHa. I was also surprised to see that in the listing. Yes Lunches are still doable.
I hope this explains what we did and why.
Happy trails to all.
