Class B Motor Homes
Class B motor homes are generally described as a van style front end with a motor home on the rear but without sleeping accommodation's over the top of the driver and front passengers heads. These may have a Ford, Chevrolet, Freightliner Sprinter, VW, older Dodge and others brands of chassis under them. These could be as small as a standard size van although fully equipped on the interior as a RV.
These Class B motor homes are very popular among people who travel by themselves or with one other person. They have limited sleeping capacities, but provide everything to make travel and camping completely comfortable. Because they are a bit smaller than Class A motor homes, they are much better for sightseeing and finding the "off the beaten path" locations. Though they do have enough power to be able to tow a small vehicle, a lot of Class B RV's travel by themselves. They also do a better job of driving directly to the grocery store or finding parking at scenic wayside stop areas.
Class B motor homes are popular among younger RV families because of their lower initial costs and families with smaller children fit inside these with some room to spare. They can grow with the family or be used as stepping stones to larger motor homes as the families increase in either numbers or the physical size of the children as they grow up. Most Class B motor homes are limited to sleeping arrangements of 2 or 4 people at most, but some can come with up to 3 slide outs to increase their interior physical dimensions while parked in the campground.
Some of the Class B motor home uses include, tailgating at sporting events, Shopping trips to malls in near or far way cities, towing trailers (boat, horse, race cars, ATV's, motorcycles, or snowmobiles) mobile office or meeting rooms, or just traveling for work. These units perform well and being a complete motor home in a small package makes for uses that include almost anything.
Due to the familiar design and feel of a van style of layout, Class B motor homes offer a cockpit view so common to a full size van that most people feel comfortable behind the wheel of a Class B right away. These motor homes share the same drive train, tire sizes and brakes with those of a common full size van so finding service facilities are a bit easier to find than their larger counterparts that more closely resemble a truck underneath.