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Just cruising


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Hi, I'm mitch and new to the forum.

I have a plan to be fulltime in two years or so,  I've been looking online for used rv's obsessively like I'm going to buy one soon,  I've always been impatient when I want something, lol.

I want  an exercise area with a small home gym, after looking at many floorplans I've determined the only place I can put it is between the passenger seat and a mid rig door, there is usually a couch or recliner in that area.  And the interior height has to be 84 inches. I've been looking at every floorplan and spec I can find here,

http://www.rvweb.com/guides/manufacturers

and have found five 2006-08 newmars, two 06 holiday rambler's and monarch 37pbd's, three 07 gulf streams, and three fleetwood pace arrow 37a's 2004-06.

I like the pace arrow and 37 pbd's.

All of these seem to be a little harder to find at a good price, due to the year, make and floorplan, I'v been looking mostly for the 2004 fleetwood just cause it's the oldest. But when I'm ready in a few years they will be a little cheaper, but also older, so I may have to look at 06-07's

So here's my question.

I don't see much in the way of specs for the older diesels and would like to find out what the Interior heights are,  or if anyone knows what years to start looking at for the tall ceilings.  I've seen some nice diesels in the 2000-2003 year range that will fit my budget but haven't gone out to measure any    Yet....     

Maybe if anyone has a diesel and a tape measure and a few minutes you can tell me if your model has 84 inch or bigger heights with the year make and model.

Thanks in advance for any help.  Mitch



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IIRC, when we were shopping the Monaco salesman told me that I should be looking at rigs newer than 2004 if I wanted the tall ceiling. I don't know if my rigs ceiling is 84", but I'm 77" and have enough head room.

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Look into Toy Haulers, great garage space that will easily convert to a gym, plenty of head room.....

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I second toy haulers and the fact that many RVs built before 2000 will have ceilings less than 7 feet.

Here's something for you to consider. I don't know what type of RV parks you plan to stay in but most private RV Parks and especially the one's with RV Resort in the name will have some type of gym you can use for free or a nominal fee. In the past 5 years we've only been to one park that didn't have a gym. It was under new ownership and their plans included adding a gym.

Or use common items as gym equipment. I did a quick Google search and here's one of the sites that came up http://www.maninprogress.com/use-common-household-items-as-exercise-equipment/

My Brother travels a lot and he has a low cost membership in the 24 hour Fitness gyms. He looks up their locations near where he is travelling and uses their facilities.

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Fifth Wheel toy hauler if the home gym is key.

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Thanks for the input, I didn't mention that I plan to boondock most of the time, I also want to go with a class A since I'd be using a toad alot to get to mountain bike trails and other places.
The class A toy hauler would be great if the prices come down a little in the next year or so.
But since I'll be alone I don't have an issue using my living room for a garage haha.
A few years back I had three dirt bikes and a street bike in my stick and brick front room.

I do hope I can purchase something before prices go back up, there are so many rv's with no reserve on e-bay right now. Alot of early 2000 diesels, so it made me curious about going with a pusher.


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Something else very important to consider, especially with older units.  Be sure and spend the money necessary to have a qualified RV tech look the RV over closely.  If it has set for some time, there may be a lot of "unthought of" issues.  Dealing with buying on E-bay could be a problem with that unless they will let you "get the bid" and then have the option to decline should there be mechanical issues you don't want to deal with.

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Hello all.  I'm new to this forum too.  This is an interesting topic and height is not a consideration that I had on my list of concerns (silly me, my husband is 6'2").  My husband and I hope to be able to begin full-timing within the next year or so and I've been doing as much research as possible on the various forums, blogs, etc.  (We're currently in Costa Rica and our internet service is intermittent.)  We're thinking that we want a class A diesel pusher and we've been looking online at those that are at least 10 years old.  However, after reading some of these posts, I'm not sure a 10 year old motor home would meet our height requirements.  Is there a "standard" inside height for motor homes?  NorCal Dan, what year motor home did you eventually purchase?  Thank you for the insight.




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We bought an 2008 Monaco Diplomat. IIRC, the salesman said in 2004 Monaco models went to the taller ceilings. I don't know about other makes as we had settled on Monaco/Holiday Rambler for our new home.

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Just cruising wrote:

Thanks for the input, I didn't mention that I plan to boondock most of the time, I also want to go with a class A since I'd be using a toad alot to get to mountain bike trails and other places.
The class A toy hauler would be great if the prices come down a little in the next year or so.
But since I'll be alone I don't have an issue using my living room for a garage haha.
A few years back I had three dirt bikes and a street bike in my stick and brick front room.

I do hope I can purchase something before prices go back up, there are so many rv's with no reserve on e-bay right now. Alot of early 2000 diesels, so it made me curious about going with a pusher.

Only Travel Supreme made a class A mid engine Toyhauler, look into them, Truck Conversions Toy Hauler would also work well....G

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Actually Newmar also made a mid engine called the AllStar. It came in toyhauler, bunk bed, motorcycle carrier (toyhauler variant with two ramps) and a tail-gater special with a second outside kitchen.

Floorplans in 2009 - http://www.newmarcorp.com/models/motorhomes/All%20Star/86 .

About 2004 Newmar made its ceilings a bit higher and raised them even more a couple years later.  I think most of the manufacturers did this to counter the best selling Alfa See Ya models which all had high ceilings.  Newmar's Northern Star was a direct response to the Alfa. 

 



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NINK wrote:

Hello all.  I'm new to this forum too.  This is an interesting topic and height is not a consideration that I had on my list of concerns (silly me, my husband is 6'2").  My husband and I hope to be able to begin full-timing within the next year or so and I've been doing as much research as possible on the various forums, blogs, etc.  (We're currently in Costa Rica and our internet service is intermittent.)  We're thinking that we want a class A diesel pusher and we've been looking online at those that are at least 10 years old.  However, after reading some of these posts, I'm not sure a 10 year old motor home would meet our height requirements.  Is there a "standard" inside height for motor homes?  NorCal Dan, what year motor home did you eventually purchase?  Thank you for the insight.

 

Unfortunately there are so many different interior heights, even the same manufacturer has different heights for the same year but on seperate models.  I don't find too many models less than 6'6'' and plenty with 6'8''. In 2004 some fleetwoods had 7' and 2006 other brands had some models with 7'. Starting in 2005 some winnebago's and Itasca's are actually 7'2''-7'2.5''.  As far as diesels, the alfa's are 7'6'' as early as 2002, but i believe they stopped making alfa's in 2008 due to the economy.   Alot of manufacturers have archived brochures on their websites with spec's.  I also used this site for research, they don't have all years of all models but enough for me to get started.

http://www.rvweb.com/guides/manufacturers

So at 6'2'' you'll have no problem even with the older one's but it is something you'll have to be aware of when looking.






 



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bjoyce, the newmar allstars are nice but too new for my budget. The damon won't work either cause the bed is over the garage so the interior height of the garage isn't that great. I went window shopping at a rv dealer who had a 2002 alfa and the thing is gigantic inside. I'm sure getting the fever lol. I need to start playing the lottery. Well at least I have time to decide, ah the agony of waiting.


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