Why a Small Motor Home?

Many of my followers and friends have asked me why I went back to a small to them, Motor Home. I  had many different RV’s during the past 50 plus years of Camping and RVing, and some of them were up to 40 ft Motor Homes. My latest Motor Home is a small 2016 Thor AXIS 24.1 Class A Motor Home. Why so small You ask? Well here are some of the reasond why I went Back to a small Motor Home.

Small size, only 25 ft long.

Sits Close to the ground. 9 inches at the steps.

The steps are inside when you open the door and there are only 2 steps to get inside. A large grab bar on one side makes it Very Easy to get into the Motor Home, We are in our Eighties.

Can get into almost any campground or camping spot. I Can park almost anywhere. We can dry camp without hookups. We don’t have to pay the High Exorbitant Price most RV parks charge.

Easy to setup Everything on one level. Can do everything inside unless we are towing the jeep, which takes less than 2 minutes to unhook.

While traveling down the road, the wife can use the bathroom or lay down on the couch Without me having to stop and unlock a trailer.

Everything is accessable with the slide in. I can stop at the side of the road and fix something to eat without leaving the Motor Home, or the wife can fix something while i’m driving down the road.

Easy to drive and handle. Has side view and rear cameras. Large panoramic windshield.

The Motor Home body is mounted on a Ford E350 Chassis. Easy to get parts almost anywhere.

The Engine is a 6.8L Triton V10 engine, a 305 horsepower, 420 ft. -lb. torque behemoth. The Motor Home only weighs 12500 Lbs and can tow 8000 Lbs. Gas milage while towing my jeep is anywhere from 8 to 13 MPG.

The above are just some of the reasons we went to a small Motor Home. At our age and  health, It was  a chore getting in the Fifthwheel trailer that we had. It had to many steps and the bathroom and bedroom required more steps to climb to get to. Having to stop unlock the door and put down the solid steps and go inside to fix something to eat, or climb more stairs inside to go to the bathroom, was more trouble than it was worth. It just wasn’t feasible for us.

So you ask why? I went to a small Motor Home. At our age and what little we stay or travel with a RV anymore and the exorbitant price of RV parks, it was a easy way for us to go.

Stay tuned for more Mods to our new to us motor home

Mel