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01-06-2012, 10:37 AM
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Re: California Room
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01-06-2012, 11:18 AM
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Location: Bend, OR
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Re: California Room
As a fellow owner of an 80's era Ford van, I'm guessing that the OP and I both are not in the financial league to be thinking about Earthromers! ( I dig your rig btw!)
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01-06-2012, 06:09 PM
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Senior Member
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Re: California Room
Tap, thanks for keeping me in line. Guilty as charged, but if I may add in my defense I only replied to the (interesting to me at least) thread jack.
Now, how about those prices?!? Mods, can you move the TomH post and replies to a fresh topic?
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01-07-2012, 10:38 AM
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Location: Parker, CO
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Re: California Room
You forgot OutsideVan.com for sprinters.
Also, someone remind me to put "Kick TomH off the forum" on my todo list.
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01-23-2012, 10:34 AM
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Re: California Room
or do you have some vehicle other than the van that is a Class A?
Yes I have another whos pic wasnt posted. Now it is 1/22/12
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Originally Posted by TomH
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Originally Posted by TimbuctooSoCal
Im trying to coax my wife out of the class A and into this camper.
So far its a big NO! She loves camping out in the boonies(in our class A). Shes just convinced she needs more room.....
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O.K., I'm a bit confused, and I'm confused because, and I truly do not mean this unkindly, I think you may be a bit confused. The opening post in this thread is your second post on the forum, but when I looked up your other posts, I found this one was your first:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8153
The rig in the photos that you identify as already belonging to you is not a Class A. It is a Class B, built on a Ford E250 regular bed with a raised roof. That platform is the same size as a small SMB, but a little less "beefy". A SMB built on an extended bed is actually larger than your present vehicle. I wonder if you could clarify, is the vehicle in the photos the one you referred to above as a "Class A" or do you have some vehicle other than the van that is a Class A?
Just for FYI, here are the main classes of motorhomes (BTW, not all RVs are motorhomes, e.g. a trailer, 5th wheel, truck camper, etc. does not have its own motor. A motorhome does have its own motor.):
Class A: The original equipment manufacturer provides just the chassis. The upfitter (motorhome builder in this case) builds the entire cab, cabin, and everything inside (except steering column). Not all, but most Class A rigs are the size of a full sized bus.
Class B: The upfitter takes a completed full sized, fully enclosed vehicle from the OEM (usually a van) and modifies it to create the motorhome. Sportsmobiles as well as the vehicle in your photos are Class B.
Class C: The OEM provides the chassis with a cab that is complete with instruments, seats, air system, etc., but the roof covers only the front row of seats; the exterior includes hood, windshield, front doors, roof over front seats, but stops at the end of that first row of seats. From there back is only uncovered frame. The upfitter constructs the remainder of the enclosure (the cabin) and everything inside. A Class C is usually built on a van chassis/cab, however a few Class C vehicles start on a pickup purchased with no bed; the upfitter cuts out part or all of the rear bulkhead, builds the cabin, then attaches the cab and cabin by either fusing them or creating a bellows-like flexible connection.
There are a few other more esoteric classes such as the "toterhome' which starts with a semi truck tractor. The upfitter extends the frame and puts the 8 rear drive wheels much farther back and builds a Class A sized cabin on the extended frame, integrating it with the cab. A number of these tow a second section in the form of a tandem trailer which might be detachable or may be articulated with a bellows walk-through. If detachable, the second section might be additional RV living space, or could be toy-hauler, cargo hauler, or livestock hauler. Some toterhomes drop the frame behind the cab, then raise the frame again just as it reaches the rear transaxle and wheels; atop this lowered frame the upfitter builds a two story tall main coach-similar to those London busses.
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01-23-2012, 10:45 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Re: California Room
My reply to TomH post
Boonies is just a "relative term. (Boonies for a class A to be.) In MY MIND its going where my wife freaks out and I blow tires,get stuck,rip the back end up from large dips. I no longer do the last,but I get very close!
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In my own mind, most of the places I think of as boonies are places a Class A just couldn't get to. As far as RVs that can reach real "boonies", a 4x4 SMB with every possible off-road mod that Alan can put on will outdo every other such RV except one, the EarthRoamer XV-JP, a Jeep Rubicon with a RTT.
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01-23-2012, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 233
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Re: California Room
So, how about that California Room?
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01-24-2012, 09:18 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Turlock Ca
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Re: California Room
Myself, I don't want anything like the California Room attached to my van...I'd rather come and go as I please even if it’s easy to hook back up to which a California or Florida rooms don’t appear to be anyway. The Oz tent looks like a better choice but trying to convince someone to go from an RV environment to a tent atmosphere? Good luck. Tent type camping is OK and something like the California Room is fine as a sanctuary from insects but it’s not like being inside an RV. It would be useless in heavy weather and you never know when high winds will hit. I have a hard time sleeping with my awning deployed because of that and crank it closed before bed time. Something like the Coleman E3 would be better but its still tent-like. I would feel the same in the Oz Tent.
Although pulling a small trailer like a Bobcat might provide a larger home like atmosphere, it would hinder me on where I travel but so would an ER. Hopefully in the near future SMB will come up with a design somewhere in between a Sprinter and E-350 that will tackle the room issue while keeping the off road capabilities of an EB 4x4 van.
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01-25-2012, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 752
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Re: California Room
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimbuctooSoCal
Boonies is just a "relative term. (Boonies for a class A to be.) In MY MIND its going where my wife freaks out and I blow tires,get stuck,rip the back end up from large dips. I no longer do the last,but I get very close!
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In other words, when you pull the Class A off the pavement and get stuck in the mud on the side of the road! Sorry, I just couldn't resist as this is a site about vehicles that can climb wilderness rock outcropings where no semblance of a trail even exists. In all seriousness though, as long as you and your wife are having a great time together in the motorhome, that's what really matters and I salute you.
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01-25-2012, 12:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Washington - Ridgefield
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Re: California Room
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Originally Posted by TomH
Sorry, I just couldn't resist as this is a site about vehicles that can climb wilderness rock outcropings where no semblance of a trail even exists.
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I have to take exception with that statement.
This site is about Sportsmobiles and people who like Sportsmobiles. While many of the vans are 4wd, many, many of the Sportsmobiles never go off the road, nor do many owners want to go off road. I'd even bet that a majority of site users don't have 4wd.
Mike
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