CLASS A RV BOONDOCKING ADVANTAGES, IS IT THE BEST FOR OFF GRID CAMPING?

Today I am here to share my thoughts with you of why I think a Class A motorhome is the best RV for boondocking, now I already probably got a few thumbs down for that opening statement already, but by the end of this video, maybe I will have changed your mind.

I am going to start with what my Class A came with from the factory and what changes I have made to make it even better off grid.

My Winnebago Vista is a 2016 28 foot Class A motorhome and from the factory it came with a 64 gallon fresh water tank and 96 gallons of combined holding tank capacity. That right there gives me enough water to go off grid for 12 days while showering everyday. With Sabrina with me it cuts it down to six days.

Fresh water is very important for boondocking and because of the overall size of a Class A you can typically get very large tank capacities out of it, but you also get large cargo capacities as well-meaning I can easily carry these two extras 6 gallons cans of water with me. Now I am up to 14 days on my own and seven days with Sabrina. Admittedly Sabrina and I are not very good at conserving our water and have friends that can go loner on less.

Large Propane, Our Vista has a 18 gallon propane tank that allows us to go off grid for over a month on one tank of propane, unless we are in freezing temps than we will obviously go through that propane faster, but fair weather conditions and we are good for a long while and again because of our large storage capacity, we also have the option to carry external tanks and connect them with a system called extend a stays. We personally have never needed to do this.

Large fuel tanks, Our Class A gas coach has an 80 gallon fuel tank this can be used to get us way off the main roads and still have plenty of fuel to get back as well as run our onboard generator.
Running the generator allows us to operate high powered items like our A/C and microwave as well as all other 120 volt appliances.

Roof top real-estate to get away from using a generator. Again because of the size of our Class A Motorhome we have a lot of roof top space for solar. This is an upgrade to our coach, where we now have over 1200 watts of solar. This matched up with 1000 amp hours of battle born batteries allows us to go offgrid without needing the generator. I have personally been out camping for over 14 days without needing to power up our generator and use any additional fuel. But again this is because of the Class A size and capacities. I had room not only for the solar panels, but also for a larger inverter and batteries.

Another Upgrade we made was to our Water Heater, we replaced our six gallon water heater with a Truma AquaGo, the AquaGo is much more efficient as it does not have a large tank to fill, it is considered a hot water on demand system, turn a faucet on and you have hot water, turn that faucet off and it turns the system off. It is not trying to constanly keep 6 gallons of water hot for when you need it. Also because the water gets hot so quickly we waste less water trying to get it to temperature.

Large Fridge and cabinets again, I am going back to the size of our Class A and keep in mind we are still only 28ft long, but we have a good size fridge and plenty of cabinet space to bring food on a trip with us, we are actually going to increase the size of our fridge a bit this year and change it out for a 12 volt fridge. The new fridge will then be power by our solar and batteries instead of propane. I really like solar and lithium for the fact it renews itself everday and can keep us off grid potentially forever.

Ground clearance, I know most people do not think of a Class A RV as a offroader and I am not going to tell you it is, but I have taken mine down some pretty nasty “roads” and have been able to get to very remote places with it, would a travel trailer and truck do better yeah, but the Class A might surprise you of where it can go since our Class A does have a decent amount of ground clearance.

Our biggest limiting factor is water and will probably always will be, but honestly 14 days off grid has always been plenty for us as we typically stay at places that have a 14 day limit anyway. We normally average 7 days off grid at a time, so our setup now a days is a bit overkill, but we love it!

So let me know down in the comment section, did I convince you on the advantages of a Class A motorhome for boondocking or do you think another RV style has it beat?

Take care, safe travels and hope to see you on the road!