The slide-in Truck Camper is one type of RV that is neither motorhome or towable. It is essentially a box that slides into the truck bed and serves as living and sleeping quarters. These rigs make awesome hunting vehicles paired up with a four wheel drive truck. Some folks are able to live in their …
Travel trailers, in one of their many forms, are probably the first RV most folks will buy. Early rigs were mainly small and resembled a canned ham, a term used today to identify trailers of that era. Most of them were quite light and were on a single axle frame that could be pulled by …
The fifth wheel trailer, affectionately known as the “Fiver”, is very popular and is probably the most common towable for full time RVers. The trailer connects to the tow vehicle directly over the bed with a special fifth wheel hitch, similar to that on a semi tractor’s hitch to its trailer. This causes several feet of …
There are numerous choices in Towable RVs available to fit nearly any budget. Because they are towed and don’t have their own engine, the prices of some types of most towables are quite reasonable. Thisis one reason that they outnumber motorized rigs by a 2 to 1 margin. On the other hand, if you’re looking …
RV Bus Conversions are among the smallest of the RV types. They can be multimillion dollar Prevost factory conversions, to re-purposed passenger buses, to even the lowly school bus. All are included in the RV Bus Conversions group. My friend Nick Russell, who with his wife Terry converted a MCI bus and toured in it …
The Class C motor home, or mini motor home, is an RV built on a cut-away van or truck chassis, including the cab. Many Class C motor homes are roughly the size and shape of rental moving trucks. It differs from the Class A motor home in that the Class C chassis comes with the cab from the …
Class B Motorhomes have been called camper vans or van campers. Of the three types of motorized RVs, Class B motor homes are the smallest. Commonly, a minivan or a full size van will be specially customized and turned into a mini RV. There are many professional conversion companies that do an excellent job of converting …
The Class A Motorhome is the top of the food chain for RVs. They cost more, they’re bigger than other RVs and they are just macho cool. The amenities in a class “A” make it a condo on wheels. Multiple large screen televisions with surround sound systems are common. Combination washer/dryers are available as well as …
