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re: Family trip in an RV opinions
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:44 am to Gee Grenouille
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:44 am to Gee Grenouille
God I’d be so sick of everyone before we even got to the destination… then the drive back would be even worse
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:45 am to Gee Grenouille
I seriously question if it would be possible to rent an RV if the owner knew the intent was to haul 14 people in it. I would also posit that IF there was accident and someone was hurt the renter and the owner may be liable for negligence for having operated a vehicle which was grossly over loaded....the camper portion of even the nicest Class A motorhomes are pushing the load capacity of the chasis. Class c's are even worse. Most RV chasis are designed for about 500 pounds per person. That includes an individuals water needs, food, clothing, personal gear and body. For 14 that would mean 7000 pounds. Most class A motorhomes have a net carrying capacity or the more modern term which I forget of about 4000 pounds. Class Cs are more around 2500. 500 pounds by design lends some safety factor for sure but youre talking about exceeding the maximum on average by 75%....that is excessive, not to mention there will not be enough room for 14.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:45 am to Lawyered
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the drive back would be even worse
Oh, I have no doubt everyone in the family would fly back expect for him and the BIL that planned this shite show
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:47 am to Gee Grenouille
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14 of us headed to see the mouse for Mardi Gras
Sounds like you need a bus, not an RV
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:48 am to Gee Grenouille
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OT baws tell me how big of a shite show this is gonna be? I'm working a list of CONS
Working on a list of Cons?? You are absolutely insane for even considering this. You are just asking for new and ongoing family turmoil over that. The list of cons should be longer than a Tolstoy novel.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:49 am to Gee Grenouille
I would drive that rv off a cliff after the first hour. That sounds terrible.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:54 am to jpbTiger
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Fort Wilderness
We did this last year. Six people in a RV was miserable. Fort Wilderness was awesome. I could have stayed there and skipped over going to the parks. Plus, the A/C went out on our drive back. 13 hours in a RV with no A/C in June
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:57 am to LSUfan4444
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My buddy drive his wife, daughter and one dog down from Frisco BUT they stayed at the beach a few days heading there and afterwards and made it like a 3 week trip (and towed his car).
We met up with them one day and he said literally, every other day he was fixing or working on something while his family was in the parks.
He said the same thing...never again and that was only three people and a dog.
Can't speak to a rental but if you keep them road ready you don't have to do much while on the road. Keeping one road ready is not cheap or easy but if you are dumb enough to own one cheap and easy ain't your goal to begin with...financial ruin maybe but not cheap and easy.
We have driven ours across country 4 times and from New Mexico to Georgia and back 3 times and from New Mexico to LA once....and hundreds of short 5-800 mile trips. 2 adults, one teen and one child, and 2 dogs and some of the time a cat. We pulled a Honda CRV behind us most of the time. We have lived on the road in ours for up to 3 weeks. It is 42 feet long and with 4 people, 2 dogs and often a cat it is TIGHT. When the slide out is out it is comfortable but on the road it is tight. The only issue we have ever had in close to 90K miles is blowing out the inside rear drivers side tire a couple of times. The black water and most of the fresh water holding tank is on that side as well as the couch, the generator and the kitchen...almost all of the weight in other words. We have enjoyed it but we are insane LOL...it has been a VERY expensive hobby...a 3 day local camping trip costs us a cool $1000 or close to it...they ain't cheap but they are great ways to spend mostly quality time with your family, within reason. 14 people in one is not going to be close to quality time....
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:58 am to LSUfan4444
I would just about bet that the load capacity of the class B in the photos will be pushed to the limit with 2 adults in it.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:03 am to HondaBigRed
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Sounds like you need a bus, not an RV
Exactly
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:04 am to HondaBigRed
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Sounds like you need a bus, not an RV
A charter bus for 14 would be cost effective and comfortable...and allow for some fellowship in transit. We have done this with groups of friends and it was always a blast. 20 of us did a tour from Spokane through Yellowstone and Grand Teton to Jackson about 5 years ago. It was a blast. We went to 3 concerts over a 4 day period and ate and drank like pigs. If memory serves me it was about $350 per person round trip.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:05 am to Gee Grenouille
well okay guys maybe I'm under thinking it. I'm trying to resolve one situation while creating another. Mrs. Gee hates to drive on this trip for some reason, so I gotta do it all on my own. She wakes up from her slumber and complains that I'm going 85, or as she likes to put it "what's the speed limit on this road". She's adamant that WE drive, even though she does none of it. I think I'm just gonna dig my feet in and say "I'm flying, if anyone wants to fly with me, get in the truck". She can ride with one of the other groups.
ETA: I'm gonna be driving aren't I?
ETA: I'm gonna be driving aren't I?
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:09 am to AwgustaDawg
quote:FIFY
The Black water and most of the fresh water holding tank is on that side as well as the couch, the generator and the kitchen...almost all of the weight in other words.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:10 am to Gee Grenouille
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well okay guys maybe I'm under thinking it. I'm trying to resolve one situation while creating another. Mrs. Gee hates to drive on this trip for some reason, so I gotta do it all on my own. She wakes up from her slumber and complains that I'm going 85, or as she likes to put it "what's the speed limit on this road". She's adamant that WE drive, even though she does none of it. I think I'm just gonna dig my feet in and say "I'm flying, if anyone wants to fly with me, get in the truck". She can ride with one of the other groups.
ETA: I'm gonna be driving aren't I?
If youre like most married men and honest in all likliehood youre driving LOL. If you plan on getting laid anytime in the near to not so near future anyway. That being said these boards are meant to allow honest married men to claim they wear the pants in their families and not just the pair their wife tells them to wear so, for peace of mind, do what most of us would do here and claim your laying down the law and if she don't like it she can stay her arse at home....most of us will back you even while understanding what youre doing!
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:12 am to Gee Grenouille
WAIT!
14 people in an RV? Unless this is a trip of less than 61 minutes, it will be absolute hell!
14 people in an RV? Unless this is a trip of less than 61 minutes, it will be absolute hell!
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:14 am to Boudreaux35
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WAIT!
14 people in an RV? Unless this is a trip of less than 61 minutes, it will be absolute hell!
Imagine a MARTA train on SECCG day for what, 12 hours??? if it were my family at least 3 would be murdered within an hour...
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:15 am to Gee Grenouille
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I'm gonna be driving aren't I?
From the Northshore the drive takes us about 11 hours on the clock (with stops, time change, etc) so from BR add another hour or so to that without playing Smokey & the Bandit.
If you hit the road at 4 am you should be there by 4 pm (including a Buc-ees breakfast stop, lunch in Tally-Whacky, snacks in Lake City, traffic in Ocala, etc).
OR, split the drive, leave one afternoon stay somewhere around Tallahassee or Lake City then wake up early on the morning you're checking into Copper Creek.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:16 am to Gee Grenouille
quote:reasonable
Family trip in an RV opinions
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14 of us headed to see the mouse for Mardi Gras.
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14 of us
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:16 am to Gee Grenouille
This will suck a lot more than you can imagine. That’s assuming you’re only using it for the drive and not staying in it too. RVs are not made for 14 people, especially the ones they rent. It is too small of a space for that many people. You’ll be ready to jerk the wheel into the median before you’re halfway there.
And you’re not going to save any time. They’re slower, harder to maneuver, burn more gas/diesel, etc.
Seriously, avoid it at all costs. You’ll be ready for the vacation to end before it’s even really begun.
And you’re not going to save any time. They’re slower, harder to maneuver, burn more gas/diesel, etc.
Seriously, avoid it at all costs. You’ll be ready for the vacation to end before it’s even really begun.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 8:17 am to AwgustaDawg
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I would just about bet that the load capacity of the class B in the photos will be pushed to the limit with 2 adults in it.
For sleeping, absolutely. 5 or 6 isn't terrible while in transit.
4 is ideal though (for me)
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