What are Motor Homes?

Do you love to travel and explore different places one earth?  Planning to travel with your family throughout the United States?  Many of the adventure trekkers for long years have been considering motor homes as their primary vehicle for long term traveling.  Perhaps this is due to the fact that motor homes are bulky enough to occupy a large number of people who wish to go through a road vacation.  They are complete, with all the necessary amenities that the group may need and motor homes are said to be perfect for families as they provide privacy and a home-like touch that wasn’t realized before.

On the most basic, motor homes are also known as RVs or recreational vehicles.  As the name implies, motor homes are ideal for recreational travel.  They are originally designed by the Winnebago industries that have dominated the market for many years to provide families and groups with temporary living quarters for camping, travel, or other recreational use.  Perhaps what makes motor homes easily identifiable is that they come permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis which is actually one of the most integral parts of the completed automobile.

There are three major types of motor homes: the Class A, Class B, and Class C motor homes.  To learn more about these types, consider the following details:

1. Class A Motorcoach – The Class A type of motor home is recognized as a medium or largish van that is completely coachbuilt.   The term “coachbuilt” here refers to a vehicle that has noting of the original van bodywork or exterior of a cab.  It is either constructed on the truck chassis that is used commercially, a commercial bus chassis, or that which is specifically designed for motor vehicle.  Usually, the Class A motor homes sized from 26 to 45 feet.

2. Class B Campervan – This type is designed and built with the use of a conventional van.  It is often identified with a raised roof that is often attached or has been added to the van.  Also, the Class B Campervan sometimes features a low profile back body, no wonder that it is sometimes called as a low profile motor home.  In terms of sizes, the Class B type of motor homes comes in sizes ranging from 19 to 24 feet.

3. Class C Motor Home – This final class is usually built on a truck chassis.  It highlights an attached cab portion that is typically van based.  However, the Class C motor home can also be built on pick up truck or even a large truck, also known as freightliner.  Its size may vary from 17 to 34 feet.

Regardless of their classes, motor homes are generally easy to drive.  Well, that’s what most of the motor home drivers have claimed.  Perhaps the cause of this claim is the fact that motor homes have power steering, making them easy to maneuver once you have adjusted or used to their sizes.  If you are currently planning for buying or owning a motor home, then see by yourself if that claim in true.