phil-t
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Like said. Find/know the floorplan you like and can live in. There are lots of Gassers with W/D hookups.
We have 201`4 Tiffan 36LA that suits us very well and has a vented Splendide W/D combo. It works great for us. We Camphost in the south, winters and travel the US summers.
It took us almost a year to find the floor plan we knew we wanted at the right price. They are out there.
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Sandia Man
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Initially when we were looking for our current RV roughly 4 years ago, the search occurred after three plus decades of RVing in TTs, 5ers, and toyhaulers, we did not consider motorized RVs since we still had a stout truck to pull with. Many of the TTs and 5ers had stackable washer and dryers although they were not a priority for us. After a year or so it appeared my DW was losing interest in our quest for an RV for extended stays and couples living as our kids are grown and out on their own.
We still had our 36' toyhauler although we don't bring along the toys much since kids don't come often, we were not in any rush to buy. At RV shows, once in a blue moon we would walk through some class A rigs never considering them as a future purchase. Limited headroom and maintenance/upkeep of another powertrain were primary factors in avoiding them. For us 5ers provided the best interior space but my DW was growing tired of going up steps to access bathroom & bedroom.
We both are enamored with the RV lifestyle and wanted to continue enjoying our RV excursions, now with trips suited for our adult oriented interests. As we continued to look for a rig for our next phase of RVing, we went to an RV storage yard to look at another 5er but owner could not make it due to an emergency. While there at the storage lot we saw a man with a class A preparing for his next trip, in reality he was getting ready to sell his coach and asked if we wanted to take a look.
Well, we did look at his class A diesel although we did not purchase. What I did notice was my DW was all of a sudden heavily interested in getting our next RV, and that lead to researching all things class A. My advice is take your time and drive/view as many coaches as you can. We had to go to neighboring states to widen our prospects, we went open minded and looked at both diesel and gas class A rigs. Over 2 dozen rigs and 18 months later we acquired our 40' triple slide class A coach.
As with any class of RV, floorplan is a major deciding factor. With motorized RVs another major consideration is powertrain and chassis. Like everything in life, there are pros and cons to every powertrain and chassis regardless of cost. Go in open minded, do as much research as possible, the blanket statements made on RV forums are simply farcical at times, and certainly not 100% accurate. We did our due diligence when looking for our coach, 3 years and 25K miles later it has been a blast and issue free.
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Gulfcoast
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I'm looking for specific make and model recommendations, not general info.
What about a Winnebago... what models have W/D connections?
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haste maker
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I know you want a W/D connections...but there are many gas RV's without this feature, plus the ones without this are much less to maintain & the winter rising cost is much less...most all campgrounds have a laundry.
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Gulfcoast
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But you don't know my wife and she wants a W/D only.
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rk911
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suggest you do a google search like...motorhome with laundry hookups. that should produce results for you to comb thru. good luck.
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Gulfcoast wrote:I'm looking for specific make and model recommendations, not general info.
What about a Winnebago... what models have W/D connections?
You'll have to do the heavy lifting.
However, I did a quick search on PPL Motorhomes and found 29 of 99 Class A gassers had some sort of W/D hookup.
For example, this 2006 National RV Dolphin has W/D connections.
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2021 - ??? Part Timer (31’ 2001 National RV Sea View 8311 - Ford)
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Gulfcoast
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Thanks for the info...
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RetiredRealtorRick
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Having owned both, one reason I can understand buying a gasser over a diesel for full-timimg is entry access. IMO (note I'm saying IMO) it is much easier for ME to enter the coach through the side door rather than a front door, having to maneuver around the co-pilot seat and up the inside stairs. And, maybe it's just me!
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