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Even though we have only had our Forest River Cardinal 41' 5th wheel less than a year, we have been thinking of switching to a Class A so today we went out to just look around. On our travels we ran across a 38' Class A Winnebago Adventure (2014)with 4,000 miles that had just been traded in for a smaller 5th wheel and truck. Warranty is transferable...has every upgrade we would want...residential fridge, washer/dryer, built in satallite, Surge protection system, Onan generator, etc.
GCWR 30,000 lbs
GVWR 26,000 lbs
We love the floor plan, but it's gas. I have read on previous posts comparing gas vs diesel that anything over 35' really should be a diesel (which is what we were looking for) because of torque.
Here's what I need clarification on....
The brochure says :
Ford F53 26,000 lb chassis
362 hp 6.8L V10 SEFI Triton engine
Torque Shift 5 speed automatic overdrive transmission with towhaul,
Hydro-Max brakes with ABS, 175 amp alternator
Hydralic leveling jacks with 3 position controls
For those of you more tech sauvy than us, does this seem like it would have enough power ? This stuff makes no sense to me....Might as well be talking a foreign language
I can give you my 2 cents worth of advise. You will be OK with the Ford V-10.
We travel in an older Monaco LaPalma with a V-10 that has 52,000 miles on it. We have traveled from Washington state to the East coast this year and will be back in Washington this late Summer. I think we have traveled on every kind of road available and I am happy with the V-10.
Many of those roads involved 10% grades and 7,000 foot passes. I definitely was not the fastest vehicle on the road but I wasn't the slowest either. A few of those passes had us going 35MPH.
We tow a Honda Fit and it makes very little difference to performance. I don't even know it's there.
If you need to be the fastest, get a diesel. If you can be content with doing the speed limit 98% of the time, a V-10 will serve you well.
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Russ & Terri Ranger
Travel since July 2013
Home base: Buckeye,AZ
Wandering the USA & Canada in our Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40' PDT Motorhome
Travel so far: 49 States - International Travel -19 countries
We had a 2001 Winnebago Adventurer 35' with a V-10. It was one of the best quality rigs we ever had. We took Monarch Pass at about 25 to 30 MPH pulling a jeep. I thought I should have been going faster and I got "diesel fever". Looking back, I traded in the best motor home I ever had.
