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Well, in the U.S. there is indeed competition for pickups in providing exploring and comfortable camping way out on the Far Side of Beyond. Try this on for size - probably way more stable than a big ole' camper box dangling on the back of a pickup, too:

I know this is a truck camper discussion, however shortly after retiring we bought a new 24 ft. Class C RV that could take us reliably where we wanted to go for boondock camping and rockhounding - if necessary out on the far side of beyond. As such I wanted an overkill chassis under the coach...

Yeah you're right and I'm aware of spring changes. However for my case of a 24 ft. Class C, only an E350 chassis is required. When we bought it new, I had looked far and wide to find one on the heavier duty E450 chassis, which I finally found at a dealer and bought it. I wanted the E450's...

Here's us several years ago slowly negotiating a road alongside a flooding river in CA going to/from a drycamping site in the forest. We are in our 24 ft. E450 Class C that we take carefully offroad here and there if required. I've since installed larger tires to give us more ground clearance:

When, oh when ... are they FINALLY going to offer special tires to serve as "spares" for at least off-road use that are made of solid rubber so that they would NEVER go flat. Sure they would ride "hard" and be "heavy" ... but who cares because: 1. Many off-road vehicles ride terrible...

Michelin Defender LTX M/S ... on our offroad-capable small Class C motorhome.

Yep to all of the above ... Michelin LTX Defender tires are exactly what I use on our overkill-chassis-E450 based small Class C motorhome that we carefully take offroad as needed for exploring and camping. I use non-stock size LTX tires on the E450 chassis so as to provide more ground clearance...

Just as an IMHO thought: I would NEVER have dual alternators in an expedition vehicle (or RV) used offroad UNLESS both alternators were installed and inter-connected so as to be operating in parallel with each other while at the same time being isolated from each other such that - both were...

Since this forum's title is "Domestic: Full Size", I hope that a photo of my E450-based 24 ft. Class C camped off a 4X4 road in Death Valley qualifies to be posted. We take it carefully offroad when and if needed. We carry along such gear as a double-lift hydraulic jack, a full size shovel, a...

Well ... at least this lithium "Group XX size" battery sure isn't only 4 or 6 cells ... and probably a lot of their lithium competition, as used in RVs, is built the same way (i.e. IMHO way too many little cells soldered together to be mechanically reliable in the long run)...

I quit using FLA batteries years ago in my offroad 4X4 PU, our motorhome, our home backup generator, and our garden sprayer ... got tired of corroded terminals, constantly checking their water, and having to stock distilled water in my shop. I rejected use of Lifeline AGMs in our motorhome...

Well John ... what do think of these true deep cycle AGM batteries at over $300 each and over 72 lbs. each: https://www.fullriverbattery.com/product/dc115-12/

As gregmchugh's post above implies, good AGM batteries can be brought up to 80% - 90% state of charge during a (14.xx volt) bulk charging phase. From what I have read, this bulk phase for AGM batteries can complete in a pretty short time if one has a charger that can deliver high currents...

One of the Lithium battery advantages claimed by many is their fast charging capability. That's probably due to their low internal resistance. Well, AGM batteries also have low internal resistance and hence can be charged much faster than liquid acid batteries. One of the top AGM battery...

I do not understand the anti-dually sentiment expressed in so many of the offroad forums. :unsure: It seems as if: 1. Duallies give you "tire redundancy" ... if one tire of a set goes flat, you still have three more tires in the rear to keep you going for a bit. I had this happen to me once...

Yes, we bought our 2005 new ... after looking for a long time to find just the right small Class C that happened to be built on an E450 cutaway chassis - instead of the E350 cutaway chassis usually used for small motorhomes. Note above in my post #92 that I've had to correct my post -> back in...

For the 2005 model year of our Class C's E450 cutaway van chassis it differed from the E350 cutaway chassis at least as follows: - Front and rear torsion bars. (E350 had only a rear one). - Larger diameter drive shaft, hence less chance for any drive shaft vibration under load. - Larger...

Yep ... the Tiger chassis mounted truck camper ("Class C"?) RV is one of my dream RVs to boondock camp with anywhere, anytime, in North America. Since I'm probably past the dreaming stage in my life, here's our E450 24 ft. Class C we use instead:

Our awning is just the simple rugged stock manually operated one that Winnebago installed in 2005. Once I learned how to do it, there's nothing to putting it up or down quickly. It's very strongly supported via it's triangular structure when set up. It's two lower legs portion of the triangle...

We have a 24 ft non-slide Class C that we bought new on the Ford E450 chassis, which was overkill because the E350 chassis is spec'd to easily carry our RV's 11,800-12,000 lb. loaded weight. What the E450 chassis gave us is a 4.56 rear differential for decent slow speed crawling, a larger...