Shortest Kodiak July 07, 2008, 01:43:26 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1365What is the shortest Kodiak out there?My ideal RV would have a rear corner bed next to a rear bathroom, adinette with four seatbelts, and, a cab at floor level of the RV withboth seats swiveling around. The swiveling front seats take the placeof a sofa.This should all be done in under 28'. A Kodiak chassis would beperfect, because the CCC would be incredible.The existing RVs that have this sort of floor plan have under-sizedchassis, providing 800#, often much less, of CCC.I could see the dry weight of such a unit coming in around 14k-15k, ona 19.5k Kodiak chassis.Does this exist?Thanks. Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #1 – July 07, 2008, 01:49:32 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1366I do not believe any Kodiak chassis will have a level floor from the cab to the coach. Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #2 – July 07, 2008, 02:10:00 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1367I do not think there is a recent class C that does not have a dropdown to the cab area. Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #3 – July 07, 2008, 02:34:15 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1368I've never seen one like this BUT I have to tell you our specs were very close to this as well. In our case we needed something to tow a Tahoe (which our 40 ft 10 in Ambassador with Cummins ISC towed very well) and the only thing we could identify was the 32SS at 32.5 ft (at a reasonable price, that is). We would have preferred 28 or less as well.If you ever find something like this do let me know. I'm hoping that someone will build something like this with the new GM 4.5 litre Duramax diesel (300 hp, torque 500+). My guess is that a 28 footer with the 4.5 Duramax should be able to get 12+ mpg.DonOn 7-Jul-08, at 1:43 PM, coug_alum wrote: Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #4 – July 07, 2008, 02:35:22 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1369Agreed. If it did, then a good chunk of the basement storage would disappear.DonOn 7-Jul-08, at 1:49 PM, Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #5 – July 07, 2008, 02:39:22 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1370Ron I think the Navion has a model like that but some call it a B+. It really is a C though.Watch the video. http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/itasca/2009/navion-iq/DonOn 7-Jul-08, at 2:09 PM, Ron Hall wrote: Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #6 – July 07, 2008, 03:04:01 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1371I have a Pony Xpress that's on the Kodiak chassis. There is only a2" drop from the coach floor to the cab. They offer it in a 20 footmodel, but that doesn't include the cab, so with the cab it's 28 feetlong. It'll haul 10,000 lbs, and it's a high quality unit in myopinion. http://silvercrowncoach.comJeff, "grandriver125@..."wrote:QuoteRon I think the Navion has a model like that but some call it aB+.QuoteIt really is a C though.Watch the video.http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/itasca/2009/navion-iq/ Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #7 – July 07, 2008, 06:09:58 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1372Jeff, I downloaded the brochure but no where do they seem to provide dimensions.No question it appears to be much higher quality than most. What is the price for the 28 ft unit with most options?TxDonOn 7-Jul-08, at 3:03 PM, jeffreyalbertine wrote: Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #8 – July 07, 2008, 06:29:29 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1373Chuck Stoll (BAGMAN) and I did a tour of the Silver Crown plant lastApril. Very well put together RV. I made it a point to look at the 28'model. The 28' model is very close to the size of my 34' GS. They havethis neat feature where the rear bedroom slide goes out back insteadof side. They also offer the 28' in the Elite. Be sitting down whenyou get the price. You can get it on either the Kodiak or FrieghtlinerM2 chassis. As nice as they are. They are way out of my price range.Maybe a good deal will come along on a used one in the future. Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #9 – July 07, 2008, 07:00:23 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1374Thanks for the responses.A 2" drop is very reasonable. Up to, probably, 6" would bereasonable, to allow the front seats to swivel and still becomfortable. I could fab some 'short' ottomans.I recognize that a lot of storage space would be lost. However, thiswould provide for a lower overall profile.Someone mentioned the Navion. That is exactly the floor plan that Ieluded to in my original post. However, the CCC works out to be about500#, ridiculous.I'd like a unit that is small enough so that I don't need a toad.This would require, in my estimation, less than 28' total length.Given the acceptable minimal cab-floor drop, is there a Kodiak thatmeets these specs?Thanks., "jeffreyalbertine"wrote: Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #10 – July 08, 2008, 10:35:45 am Yahoo Message Number: 1384I'm not sure of the prices, you would have to contact one of theirdealers. You can call the factory, they will gladly tell you who tocall for pricing. I've called them, they were very pleasant andhelpful.2 years ago I paid about 120K for the 32 foot GM (Kodiak) model.That was a good price, plus it's gone up since then, I would thinkthe 28 footer would now be just north of 100K, but that's just myguess. I have been very happy with the overall quality of it -especially compared to the many horror stories I hear from owners ofother brands. Pony Xpress is what I consider a commercial grademotorhome. You get what you pay for. The longer I have it, the morehappy I am that I paid more up front and didn't get a cheapo, problemfilled one.The front seats in the Kodiak version of the Pony Xpress don't rotateby the way., "coug_alum" wrote:QuoteThanks for the responses.A 2" drop is very reasonable. Up to, probably, 6" would bereasonable, to allow the front seats to swivel and still becomfortable. I could fab some 'short' ottomans.I recognize that a lot of storage space would be lost. However, this would provide for a lower overall profile.Someone mentioned the Navion. That is exactly the floor plan that Ieluded to in my original post. However, the CCC works out to beabout 500#, ridiculous.I'd like a unit that is small enough so that I don't need a toad.This would require, in my estimation, less than 28' total length.Given the acceptable minimal cab-floor drop, is there a Kodiak thatmeets these specs?Thanks., "jeffreyalbertine"wrote:I have a Pony Xpress that's on the Kodiak chassis. There is onlya 2" drop from the coach floor to the cab. They offer it in a 20foot model, but that doesn't include the cab, so with the cab it's 28feet long. It'll haul 10,000 lbs, and it's a high quality unit in myopinion. http://silvercrowncoach.comJeff, "grandriver125@"wrote:Ron I think the Navion has a model like that but some call it aB+.It really is a C though.Watch the video.http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/itasca/2009/navion-iq/DonOn 7-Jul-08, at 2:09 PM, Ron Hall wrote:I do not think there is a recent class C that does not have adrop Quote Selected
Re: Shortest Kodiak Reply #11 – July 10, 2008, 04:27:29 pm Yahoo Message Number: 1389I found this: http://www.xplorermotorhome.com/chevy5500.htmlAll custom-built floorplans.Does anyone know anything about these?Thanks. Quote Selected