Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 10, 2025 ...

Not sure if the tag axle delivering a more quality ride is true.

One thing I do know is that the tag will reduce the bay storage capacity.

Do you intend to flat tow a vehicle or load up a trailer?

Trailers of course can have their own issues in where to park it, depending on where you think you want to camp.
I had issues with our car trailer at some of the newer super tight as well as the older forest service campgrounds.

02-04 models have a 10k tow rating.  Starting in 2005, that went up to 18k.

I believe all the 36' are single axle and all the 38' have tag axles.  Very happy with my 38' with tag.  Did have a front right blowout at 70mph on the highway and it just went straight.  Having that extra set of wheels facing forward is a good thing IMO.

I once knew a Norwegian named Rune Nilsen.  You by chance?

Our first Foretravel was a 40 foot U320 and we towed a 24 foot trailer all over the country.  No tag and no issues.  Hope this helps, as you will find in your searching, that there were not many 36 foot Foretravels around and most abundant 40 footers.  I have been in National parks, city parks and county parks with no issues, so I would not rule out the 40 foot coach in my opinion.
Good luck in your search and you will find this forum will be very glad to help you out with questions, etc.

No :-)  I am Rune Ydstebo, west coast, but Rune was a very common name start of the 60´s.

When you experienced blow out, was that accident with something or older tire and wrong air pressure ?

Rune,
I think a 36 foot coach would suit you if only because that seems to be the most common length of tour buses in Europe.
IMHO

Hi Rune, The Florida Motorcade Chapter has an event planned at the Tampa Super Show in January. There will be 10-15 Coaches there camping all week, Tuesday to Sunday. A good place to check out different Coach sizes. There will be a 34' U-295 camping with us. Several of the rigs have significant solar and battery upgrades for dry-camping... We also have two other Rally's a year, 20 plus coaches and a very excellent "Tech Talk" session with experts.

PM me if you're around for the Tampa show, will give you more details.

Jeff

Rune,

We own a Roadtrek class B motorhome in Europe and have traveled extensively in it over the past seven or eight years.  The Roadtrek, which is built in Canada, is made for the North American RV market.  As such all the electrical systems are made for 120 volt, 60 hertz power.  Although changing 120 to 240 volts is easy enough, changing 60 hertz to 50 hertz is much more problematic. Sensitive electronics and motors generally cannot handle the different cycles per second.  Effectively, everything electrical within the coach will have to work through the inverter off the house batteries.  So whatever coach you choose, get one with a house battery bank that is up to the task. 

Which brings up the problem of charging the house batteries.  The three choices usually are shore power, generator and solar.  If the coach you choose has sufficient solar, you are golden.  Generator use is very greatly frowned upon throughout Europe so the generator on our Roadtrek is just excess weight we haul around.  The biggest problem we ran into is that the battery charger function of our inverter/charger will not work with 50 hertz.  Our solution was to buy a simple European automotive battery charger which we connect directly to the house batteries. 

As far as length is concerned, our 23 foot long Sprinter based Roadtrek is usually one of the longer motorhomes in any given RV park.  We did meet a Brit in his 36 foot Foretravel, and visited with a Swedish guy in a converted tour bus that must have been a good 12 meters long. 

Best of luck in your quest for the best motorhome for you.  Have a wonderful tour of North America, not forgetting Alaska and Canada.  And keep the ForeForum updated on your adventures both here and across the pond 

Richard