The Sandcastle

19 August 08 - 13:25

Storage Shopping

Those of you who have been with us awhile know we like traveling in our Free Spirit but are frustrated at not being able to bring everything we want with us and with having to dump our black water holding tank every three days.  We considered buying a trailer so we could bring more stuff but that didn't take care of the holding tank problem.  So you will probably not be surprised to hear we are,once again, looking at the Winnebago View RV.

The View is built on a Sprinter chassis just like the Free Spirit but Winnabago ordered theirs with only the cab and frame and an extra set of tires then they built a fiberglass body on that.  The extra set of tires increases the amount of weight the Sprinter can haul and the fiberglass body weighs less than the standard body so the weight capacity is increased again.

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That means their black water holding tanks can hold three to four times as much as the Free Spirit can and their exterior storage bays are larger as well.

The View comes in three floorplans.  The 24P has bunk beds across the back.  The 24J has one large bed in back.  And the 24H has a large bathroom across the back. 

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The P and the J both have large storage compartments located under the beds that are accessible from outside where I could store the electric scooter I'm hoping to buy.

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We are going to visit a dealer tomorrow.  We'll keep you posted.

TTYL,
Linda

one comment

while your current RV is big enough (much to most people’s amazement!), it simply isn’t strong enough. Pity you can’t just put steroids in the fuel tank!
curiousalexa - 21 08 08

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