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34 vs 36ft

June 05, 2018, 11:43:05 am

On a 34 ft rig vs 36ft where is the 2 ft inside the coach usually missing.. Living room.. kitchen.. bath or bedroom. OR a few inches in all the areas.

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Reply #1 – June 05, 2018, 12:08:40 pm

Here's a comparison of the joey beds on a 34' 270 and a 36' 320. Give you some idea.
jor

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Reply #2 – June 06, 2018, 08:52:58 am

My 34ft prospect didn't work out but thanks.

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Reply #3 – June 06, 2018, 09:01:44 am

Dub,

Your original question was not answered, but here is the answer, better late than never.  The extra 2 feet in the 36' coach are added to the kitchen.  Good way to research a question like this is to pull up the floor plans for the model year in question here - makes it easy to see the differences in length and layout of different models.  For example, see below:

1998 Foretravel Specifications

Foretravel Specifications, Floor Plans, Photos & Brochures by Year

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Reply #4 – June 06, 2018, 09:36:30 am

Yes, brochure floor plans will help. Yes, the extra 2' is in the "middle" of the coach. More kitchen and bath options in that 2'. But, with the 34' floorplan we have the bath / closet space, for us, is better than in some of the 36' and still allows us a washer/dryer combo. 

In the kitchen you lose the side by side refrigerator and some counterspace. And underneath as Jor commented you lose a Joey bed. But, for us these two limitations were overcome by making the coach easier to maneuver and less prone, for us, to allowing more "stuff" to accumulate like at home.

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Reply #5 – June 08, 2018, 06:54:03 am

Thanks folks but with my eye's scheduled for surgery it is near impossible to make out much from the floor plans usually in small print. Better for me when heard from the horses mouth. Turns out I could make a 34ft work but the coach offered needed to much spent on it for cosmetics, to the tune of 20 grand.. Thanks again.... Dub

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Reply #6 – June 08, 2018, 08:21:55 am

Dub,You are thinking of leaving the Grand Villa Owners Club? Don't be doing this later on because you did!!

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Reply #7 – June 08, 2018, 12:16:18 pm

Frankly I have mostly ignored our outside.  All mechanical issues first. If I paint it it gets hotter in the sun.  Counter productive to a no gen, dry camp capibility IMO. 

But I do understand the pride of ownership that a pretty exterior helps foster.  Sold a lot of coaches on "eyeball."

Spent similar amounts of money upgrading and rebuilding the coaches systems,  so far.

Choices.....

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Reply #8 – June 08, 2018, 04:11:58 pm

Paint doesn't cause much heat gain if you pick a light color.

We are at Lake Powell, no shade.

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Reply #9 – June 08, 2018, 06:31:51 pm

All the early coaches in the industry were light pastels at the most.  With the adhesives available then if you painted it dark it delaminated. 

You could feel the heat from the sun on the sidewall as the sun rose in a darker coach.  It crept down the sidewall as the sun came up.

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