Information About Class A,Class B & Class C Motorhome & Truck Camper
There are two main categories of recreational vehicles (RV’s); motorized and towable. Motorized RV’s include Class A, Class B, and Class C motorhomes, along with truck campers.
Class A motorhomes for sale are the king of RV’s and are the most expensive. They can easily cost more than a house and can be very luxurious. I dream about owning one someday, but not right now. I’d have to sell my house to buy one and there’s no way all my stuff would fit in a Class A motorhome! But it doesn’t stop me from touring the inside of them at every camper show I attend.
Favorite Class A motorhome at a show earlier this year had all-leather seating, granite kitchen countertops, cherry cabinets, a lighted cherry hutch in the living area, a king size bed in the bedroom, a built-in tv, hardwood floors and an awesome navigation system that my husband nearly drooled on. It was a beautiful motorhome. It came with a beautiful price tag too. The “show special” price was nearly $300,000.
The biggest advantage of a Class A motorhome is that it is a fully functioning self-contained unit. There’s nothing to hitch to a vehicle and tow. It’s just a few steps from the driver’s seat of the motorhome to the living area of the motorhome. Class A motorhomes also have very little setup work when you arrive at your camp site. Compared to towable campers, they’re generally easier to maneuver into a camp site.
Class B motorhomes for sale are typically called camper vans or conversion vans. They are small compact units that usually sleep two or three people, sometimes a few more.Camper vans came into their own when people put bedding and other essentials in their vans so they could have a mobile lifestyle.
As a general rule, Class C motorhomes are smaller than Class A motorhomes but larger than Class B motorhomes. Does that seem confusing? It kind of is. But the easiest way to identify a Class C motorhome is that they almost always have the bed over the top of the cab of the vehicle, although there’s not always a bed in some of the new motorhomes. Sometimes it’s used for storage or for an entertainment center.
A truck camper for sale is the most economical choice for a motorized camper but it is also the smallest, although we might be surprised at how much function is packed into a small unit that fits on the back of a pickup truck.
Unlike Class A, B, and C motorhomes, you usually cannot get to the living area of the truck camper from the cab of the truck. Access is usually at the back of unit.
One of the attractive features of a truck camper is that it can be removed from the truck when you’re not camping so the truck can be used for regular driving and hauling.It’s unusual for the camper and the truck to be sold together. Usually people already have the truck and then find a camper to fit it.
Truck campers are very “cozy.” There’s not much room to move around, but all the functional items needed (sleeping and sitting areas, kitchen area, storage areas, and usually bathroom facilities).
