Road trip camping with a large family

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So here the question how would do a long camping road trip with a big family.


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Also, it's much less safe than your van. The cage construction on such RVs generally collapses easily....
Agreed… but they don’t crash test the big van but I assume anything made this century is safer than something made in the 80s. I have no business owning 2 stroke Detroit diesel but I kinda want one. 5.5 mpg is average if you keep it under 65 mpg
 
Agreed… but they don’t crash test the big van but I assume anything made this century is safer than something made in the 80s. I have no business owning 2 stroke Detroit diesel but I kinda want one. 5.5 mpg is average if you keep it under 65 mpg
lol.
You can find accident pics; if these roll over you're done for.
Even more modern ones. RVs are not meant to be riding in (the back) as a car.
I believe (but am not sure) that in Europe that is even prohibited to do.
 
I think this is a Blue Bird bus not a standard RV. Blue Bird is the maker of many school buses. They are stouter than the average Winnebago. Still, I wouldn't want to be involved in a rollover, in any vehicle, especially with the family aboard.
 
I think this is a Blue Bird bus not a standard RV. Blue Bird is the maker of many school buses. They are stouter than the average Winnebago. Still, I wouldn't want to be involved in a rollover, in any vehicle, especially with the family aboard.
Correct on the Blue Bird. I don’t know if they used any of the bus body. Blow steer tire and it could be bad news. In my head we would have seats with shoulder belts for everyone. But any frontal collision the driver’s body is the crumple zone. One has to really really like owning a classic motor coach for your experience to be fun and have deep pockets or moonlight as a heavy diesel mechanic.