Recommendation on new motor home

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

We have talked about I buying a new motor home for about two years and time to turn a thought into reality. I thought i had what was perfect for us picked out A Fleetwood and after what i saw for troubles people have had with theirs time to rethink. Here is what me and the wife are looking for and we want as large of water capacity preferably at least 100 gallon tank and a towing capacity of 8,000 pounds we will be towing a or truck on a trailer. The tow trailer weighs about 2,500 pounds and most cars and trucks over 4,000 pounds . What i am looking for is good recommendation with a motor home of lest 8,000 pounds. Price does not matter $175,000 to $350,000 will be a good guide, What makes a motor home with at least 36 to 45 foot+100 gallons of water capacity and 8,000 towing capacity. if my thinking is wrong about the towing capacity please share your opinion. Water speaks for itself. i have no problem flying 1,000 miles plus to purchase. if the motor home gets good recommendations. The wife says new only, me i would prefer used, I keep telling here she is a high maintenance woman, but she does not see i that way. First we started looking at a diesel powered and felt like the difference would be worth the added cost. On the if my understanding is with diesel costing more per gallons than gas, the gas is .disel is more powerful but needs an additive that cost about $13 per 15 gallons of diesel. We currently live in Corpus Christi and have committed to relocating to Costa Rica. Please no remarks Costa Rica or countries i have to cross to get there. Yes some parts are dangerous. I am a big boy and can think on my own. I mention Costa Rica some people go berserk offering their unsolicited advice when they have never made the trip. I am in contact with people that have just made the trip, and one man for the third time. They tell me they had no problems. Neither of us speak Spanish but we both have portable translator boxes Almost all the countries are on the us state department's list of do not travel, but so is England, France, Costa Rica, most European and African countries and the reason most are there is over petty crime. I plan to make Costa Rica my home. Thanks to fact the government has borrowed so much money, the us will not be as good as it once was. We all have our opinions, but looking how the national debt has grown and continues to grow, the good country we have loved to live in in my opinion will not be a safe country in a few years. we do not plan to live in the motor home, will use it for recreation thru all the Americas. Like any new vehicle a motor home will have problems but i have always made my own repairs. and if you have recommendations on a particular dealer I am all ears.
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[Jim]

I plan to make Costa Rica my home.

I'm wondering how hard it will be to find parts for a Class A in Costa Rica? I'm in Franklin NC, and can't find most of what I need. CR is going to really be a challenge! Basic stuff (tires, batteries, plumbing fittings, generic electrical) will probably be fairly easy, but anything specialized, slide-out mechanisms, leveling jacks, proprietary electronics, I'm guessing will be hard to source locally. (if not impossible) So that's a consideration when choosing the perfect RV.

 

[redbaron]

I recommend you look at a late model ventana from Newmar or Dutch star.

Stick with a freightliner chassis. San Jose has a freightliner distribution center and many of their trucks are Freightliner.

Don’t buy a Spartan chassis.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

We have talked about I buying a new motor home for about two years and time to turn a thought into reality. I thought i had what was perfect for us picked out A Fleetwood and after what i saw for troubles people have had with theirs time to rethink. Here is what me and the wife are looking for and we want as large of water capacity preferably at least 100 gallon tank and a towing capacity of 8,000 pounds we will be towing a or truck on a trailer. The tow trailer weighs about 2,500 pounds and most cars and trucks over 4,000 pounds . What i am looking for is good recommendation with a motor home of lest 8,000 pounds. Price does not matter $175,000 to $350,000 will be a good guide, What makes a motor home with at least 36 to 45 foot+100 gallons of water capacity and 8,000 towing capacity. if my thinking is wrong about the towing capacity please share your opinion. Water speaks for itself. i have no problem flying 1,000 miles plus to purchase. if the motor home gets good recommendations. The wife says new only, me i would prefer used, I keep telling here she is a high maintenance woman, but she does not see i that way. First we started looking at a diesel powered and felt like the difference would be worth the added cost. On the if my understanding is with diesel costing more per gallons than gas, the gas is .disel is more powerful but needs an additive that cost about $13 per 15 gallons of diesel. We currently live in Corpus Christi and have committed to relocating to Costa Rica. Please no remarks Costa Rica or countries i have to cross to get there. Yes some parts are dangerous. I am a big boy and can think on my own. I mention Costa Rica some people go berserk offering their unsolicited advice when they have never made the trip. I am in contact with people that have just made the trip, and one man for the third time. They tell me they had no problems. Neither of us speak Spanish but we both have portable translator boxes Almost all the countries are on the us state department's list of do not travel, but so is England, France, Costa Rica, most European and African countries and the reason most are there is over petty crime. I plan to make Costa Rica my home. Thanks to fact the government has borrowed so much money, the us will not be as good as it once was. We all have our opinions, but looking how the national debt has grown and continues to grow, the good country we have loved to live in in my opinion will not be a safe country in a few years. we do not plan to live in the motor home, will use it for recreation thru all the Americas. Like any new vehicle a motor home will have problems but i have always made my own repairs. and if you have recommendations on a particular dealer I am all ears.
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Buying new or used, I would still recommend an inspection by a professional. You certainly don't want to have troubles during your travel down the CR if they can be avoided. You can read about RV horror stories all over the internet about just about every make or model. I recommend that you pick and choose a unit with a floor plan that will be comfortable for you as long as your water and towing and chassis requirements are met. If that works out to be Fleetwood, so be it. I would go with it.

 

[JBright11]

Simple, reliable, with as few doo-dads as you can get away with and that provides the level of comfort you desire would be my recommendation.

Good luck.

 

[osuallen]

with that budget, you are definitely in the used category. You cannot touch a new quality Class A with those features for that amount. I would have the same recommendation as @redbaron.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

Buying new or used, I would still recommend an inspection by a professional. You certainly don't want to have troubles during your travel down the CR if they can be avoided. You can read about RV horror stories all over the internet about just about every make or model. I recommend that you pick and choose a unit with a floor plan that will be comfortable for you as long as your water and towing and chassis requirements are met. If that works out to be Fleetwood, so be it. I would go with it.

we like the appearance that Fleetwood radiates year after year and was surprised to see so many negative remarks. i like the inspection by a professional $700 might save $10,000 in head aches darn good suggestion one of the biggest complains stripped out screw holes easy correction on most. agree you can give somepeople anything and they are going to complain. I feel confident i can fix 90% of anything that goes wrong dealer says we will fix you up so all you have to set you up with a road service for flats. Temu has some screws you just screw in. works good you don't even have to take the wheel of just find the hole a screw the plug in. I have used them for two years and the only problem i had was when i used too small of a screw. They are dirt cheap. those need to be in everyone's emergency too kit
good post i enjoyed and learned from it.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

I recommend you look at a late model ventana from Newmar or Dutch star.

Stick with a freightliner chassis. San Jose has a freightliner distribution center and many of their trucks are Freightliner.

Don’t buy a Spartan chassis.

this is good advice-what i was looking for. thank you

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

with that budget, you are definitely in the used category. You cannot touch a new quality Class A with those features for that amount. I would have the same recommendation as @redbaron.

Hmm Even though i said budget was not a problem i will be nice to your post here are the prices where I want to business with Dealer is 50 years old so they have celebrated the good times and weather the bad times your knowledge is not in line with reality here is one dealer's open advertising


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[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

I'm wondering how hard it will be to find parts for a Class A in Costa Rica? I'm in Franklin NC, and can't find most of what I need. CR is going to really be a challenge! Basic stuff (tires, batteries, plumbing fittings, generic electrical) will probably be fairly easy, but anything specialized, slide-out mechanisms, leveling jacks, proprietary electronics, I'm guessing will be hard to source locally. (if not impossible) So that's a consideration when choosing the perfect RV.

i live in a town of 300,000 and have San Antonio, Austin, and Houston with 200 miles and something just have to be ordered from the factory. Challenge is a mild word considering where we will be going. The motor home is just a band aid until we figure out where we want to settle i expect it will be impossible to find anyone reliable to do repairs...Fortunately I have the ability to repair most anything.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I think the comment about budget was considering the word “quality”.
There is a big difference between quality depending on the perspective of the person - most times a gas motorhome will have a significantly lighter frame, not as resistant to twisting and flexing. When you get to large diesel motorhomes then you get heavier and stiffer frames which allow for heavier and more robust builds on top of them.
I believe these more robust builds are what many consider as “quality” and these heavier and more robust built coaches are what is outside of your price range for new.
We have an 11 year old diesel super c that is built very well, very good condition and the issues are superficial (peeling on a couple pieces of furniture) and two rough spots on the tile where the slides rubbed while retracted in traveling mode).
It might help to define what quality means to you so we can provide better input.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I'm going to make a suggestion that is outside the box.

If you want an RV that is serviceable in Costa Rica, that is where you should be looking for advice.

Any advice you get here will be tainted with service and supply chain issues we have. I would not want to fly and pay accommodations for what we might be considered a common tech here. to get them to my new home port there.

You get it right? "When in Rome ".