I think I've decided to buy a used motor home as a tow vehicle rather than a pickup truck. Most likely it will be an early-mid '80's bigblock powered something or other. For you guys that have them do any of you run them on propane? How much can they tow? Which is better Class A or Class C?

look for a solid axel front end.

that way it will be easyer to add the

dana 60 front then use a devorced 205 case.

you did want 4x4 didnt you ?

Originally posted by Land Crusher
look for a solid axel front end.

that way it will be easyer to add the

dana 60 front then use a devorced 205 case.

you did want 4x4 didnt you ?

I never really thought about 4wd but since you mentioned it, it seems like a very interesting idea.

60 is too small, get a D70 or d80, they will cost ya less too

i have a 27 ft. pace arrow that i haul a 24ft. wells cargo trailer behind. it works ok but i am selling it to get a truck back with a cab over. the best part about the motor home is cheap insurance. like 200.00 bucks for a whole year. if you do mostly short as in 4 to 8 hrs on the road they are great. we took it to colorado and utah this year. it pulled the trailer with a 88 land cruiser and a suzuki samuria in it over two 10k+ passes and over one at 11,300 ft. it just barley made it, but it did. the miliage was in the 4 to 5 mpg range. i have decided to go back to a dodge diesel for my needs. not as roomy but way better milage and way better on the hills. to each his own. but i have to admit it sure is nice in camp with the motor home. mike
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o yea i almost forgot if you buy one that has been set up a while, just plan on buying new rubber. i thought i could get away with it because the tires on mine were all but new as far as tread wear. but they had some cracking because of there age. we ended up blowing five of them on the way to colorado. so just plan on new tires. and check the frame extensions on the m/h you are looking at some are real flimsy. they need to be boxed to pull anything that weighs more than a couple of ks. the m/h i have has nice heavy c channel frame extensions. i am not sure if all pace arrows are that way. mike

I bought the shortest Class C I could find with the big block 454 in it. Got a 24' one, gets 8-10 mpg if I'm pulling the Jeep or not. I'll pass just about any other RV on the road going up a hill too. I had a custom rear hitch put in, tied in to the front part of the frame with some 1/4" thick 2x2 for extra support when towing. Got some pics of the RV at http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/ratherbejeeping/lst?.dir=/RV&.view=t

I run a Class A 24ft with a 454 big block. If I am hitting the rubicon then I tow with my other vehicle. The GVWR on the RV is 11,500 and the GCVWR is about 18,000. Towing with the 454 up steep grades sucks. When I am level I can hit 65mph easy and get about 6mpg.. :crybaby2: Without towing about 10 - 12mpg. Class A's are better in my opinion because you get a really nice feeling driving with the big windows in front.

Most Class "C's" are only rated to tow 3500 lbs. I was interested in a 27' Class "C" with a 7.3 PowerStroke (Yes, diesel) but that has gone by the wayside for now. Class "A" is probably your only choice for the weight you'll need to tow.

I tow a 16 ft trailer, and scoutII behind a 2000 27' class c with a Triton v10 and i can fly down the road at 70 easy. Dont forget that when they rate them they always rate them LOW. Course that Allison tranny helps two.

I used to have a '72, 22', Class A Winnie with a 413 Dodge motor and damn, could that thing pull a grade! I had an M38A1 at the time and you couldn't even tell it was back there. Oh yeah- she only got about 4 mpg pullin a load:eek: