Comments on: Mid-Entry Door Diesel Pushers

By: Boots

Boots — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:38:37 +0000

I still prefer the front door deesign on my 99 Allegro Bus. Less interuption to the living space is main reason. Had a 93 Allegro Bay with midship entry and can easily compare front door vs midship door.
Boots

By: Mid-entry Diesel Pushers

Mid-entry Diesel Pushers — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:11:25 +0000

[...] Here’s a blog entry discussing the plusses and minuses of the mid-entry door on diesel pusher motorhomes. Most DPs put the door in front of the passenger seat, but sometimes some offer a mid-entry floor plan. On the plus side, the mid entry provided easier access from the galley (kitchen for those landlubbers) to the outside. It also leaves the front passenger side far less crowded and has a stationary floor, no screen door and generally larger windows with far less view obstruction. The passenger seat could also be located further forward more inline with that of the driver. Less wind noise is still another benefit as there was no sealed opening that may have occasion to make sounds. [...]

By: John Ahrens

John Ahrens — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:06:51 +0000

We’ve looked at the mid-entry diesels, and we really like the fact that when you enter, you don’t look down a long tunnel to the back, but it breaks up the sight lines better. Also like the other advantages listed above. Particularly the mess that the passenger seating becomes with the door there.

By: bob

bob — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:44:24 +0000

With the new WORKHORSE gas/diesel rear engines that should change a lot. The whole platform is flat. It looks great to me at a show last week. I have a coach that has the entry in the living room slide and sure love it. its midship in the slide. bob