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Originally Posted by JamieGeek

40-gallon fuel tank (which surprised me)--could barely get 300 miles before the light would come on.

138" wheelbase (only a 16 footer)--at least that is what the VIN decoder says.

The reason I asked such a specific and strange question is that I’ve been curious as to why motorhome manufacturers don’t use the available 176” wheelbase chassis to a greater extent.

A few weeks ago I saw two separate +/- 16’ moving trucks in the neighborhood like the one below, and it appeared from a distance that neither chassis had stretched wheelbase like typical Class Cs. The picture looks about right with ~ 10’ ahead of axle and ~ 6’ behind.

There are so many Class Cs in the 24 ~ 26 foot range that could be built on the unaltered 176” chassis that there must be a good reason as to why they don’t use it more. Why go to expense and trouble? The only spec that I’ve read that seemed odd was that 55-gallon fuel tank was only available on 158” wheelbase motorhome cutaway chassis.

If for some reason the 176” WB chassis is limited to 40-gallon fuel tank, I could see that being a problem in RVs getting 8 MPG, or sometimes less. You’d have to fill up every +/- 250 miles, and that assumes not running generator too much.