What chassis are you on....?

[ianp]

So for the coach built MH's what chassis is it built on...the original base chassis or an Alko type lightweight low level chassis ....... if original do you wish your floor was lower or does the step suffice?

 

[icantremember]

Very happy with our double floor on AlKo chassis.

 

[dunnah01]

Low level Alko AMC45H

 

[Lenny HB]

Our first van had the Fiat Camping Car chassis and the last two an Al-Ko. Prefer the Al-Ko for the double floor for storage & insulation. Both are too low for decent ground clearance for rough tracks.

 

[Trevor Wbm]

Gone from a 2004 Autocruise on a Peugeot chassis to a 2014 Bailey with the AL-KO chassis. Much prefer the Bailey - useful storage under the front floor, and low level built in entrance step so nothing to jam up. Much better ride and handling too - but some of that might be the extra 1.5m length and newer suspension etc.

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[PeterCarole29]

Our first van had the Fiat Camping Car chassis and the last two an Al-Ko. Prefer the Al-Ko for the double floor for storage & insulation. Both are too low for decent ground clearance for rough tracks.

Just curious does having full air help with ground clearance if needed

 

[Shrimp]

Our old Hymer is single floor, cold in winter so I throw sheepskins down, a lot warmer/more pleasant!

 

[scotjimland]

Best is an Al-Ko chassis with double floor for storage and insulation..

with a double floor it will have a double step, so probably higher than a base chassis

this was my Hymer B644 with Al-KO chassis and double floor

 

[Lenny HB]

Just curious does having full air help with ground clearance if needed

Yes, you have an off road setting but only useable up to 25kph but it don't arf bounce on rough ground.

 

[ivorantony]

Best is an Al-Ko chassis with double floor for storage and insulation..

with a double floor it will have a double step, so probably higher than a base chassis

this was my Hymer B644 with Al-KO chassis and double floor

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I would definitely agree as I have the same type, storage and floor insulation are a bonus,

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[BusyBuilder]

Fiat heavy chassis, 4.25t, double floor Hymer B544, really happy with it, driving height helps too.

 

[Al n Val]

Alko heavy chassis double floor, so much storage I nearly don’t need a garage

 

[peterc10]

Fiat based cab with Alko maxi chassis. Double floor is only 140mm so no use for storage. But we have two large and deep insulated belly lockers accessed through floor hatches and a large garage.

 

[ianp]

Thanks for the replies.....initially I asked as I wanted to understand if the higher floor height of a conventional chassis was particularly onerous compared to say the Alko......but the storage of the Alko was never considered......how does the storage operate and how deep is it......does this lift the height to above that of a conventional chassis. I currently have an Alko chassis on a winterized mh but it is of limited depth....?

 

[scotjimland]

the storage of the Alko was never considered......how does the storage operate and how deep is it.

not sure exactly but it houses the fresh and waste water tanks in the Hymer and it also has ducted warm air.. .. so they can never freeze.. the side lockers can hold stuff such as .. A gas BBQ, EHU cable. level ramps, wind breaks etc .

as in photo, it is three steps high to access the hab area . so yes, higher than a conventional chassis floor van

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[Ditcha]

The new fiat camper chassis is wider and lower is also prepared by Alko well at least our Malibu was had double floor and lockers etc are the same dimensionally as it's Carthago C Tourer brother on a Alko chassis.

 

[dunnah01]

Our Alko chassis is only single floor at the mid area but double at the front and rear so no external step required. The back end is quite a bit higher than the front (120mm) so loads of ground clearance over bumps and on ferry ramps.

 

[CazPaul]

Iveco RWD double floor.

 

[VXman]

I'm fine with height of floor and steps - ask me again in 10 years!

 

[ianp]

not sure exactly but it houses the fresh and waste water tanks in the Hymer and it also has ducted warm air.. .. so they can never freeze.. the side lockers can hold stuff such as .. A gas BBQ, EHU cable. level ramps, wind breaks etc .

as in photo, it is three steps high to access the hab area . so yes, higher than a conventional chassis floor van

Is your hab door bottom edge at internal floor height Jim or is there an internal step too....?

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[scotjimland]

Is your hab door bottom edge at internal floor height Jim or is there an internal step too....?

hab door is at step edge .. no internal step

 

[TerryL]

Bolero 680FB 2007 camper chassis. Swift built an internal step in the entrance door, doing away with an external step so it's not a huge climb up although we do carry a step for when we're on ramps.
Ground clearance is fine - except for the stupid water tank drain which I have managed to catch several times and is the source of the tiniest leak which, despite sealants etc, I've never been able to eradicate totally. But the loss is so little I've given up worrying about it and got the garage to trim the pipe in an attempt to avoid doing it again.