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Eugene Oregon. Over the past half-century, we changed the title on several commercial trucks. Among them: * 1984 Peterbilt cab-over * our current ExpeditionVehicle on a 1996 Ford CF8000 ... and our next ExpeditionVehicle * 2006 AutoCar crew-cab firetruck with the apparatus removed. . The next...

Eugene, Oregon. I modify commercial trucks to RecreateVehicle through the big three: * Galley " Head * Bunk. . My latest project is a crew-cab fire-truck. I removed the apparatus; the rear frame is bare, no structure. Our Motor Vehicle bureaucrats registered that as a RecreateVehicle based on my...

re -- construction materials from 'big box' stores . Do those stores charge for convenience? . I think I might look around for their suppliers, the dusty warehouses without air-conditioning. I wonder if they have some old stock, busted corners, stains. Spider webs. . "Say, I noticed that old...

2003, after a half-century of make-do camping in lesser rigs, we built our ExpeditionVehicle. . Our base vehicle is a 1996 Ford CF8000 commercial truck. GVWR -- 29,000#. Weight across the scale -- 14,000#. Cargo capacity -- about seven ton. . Suggestion: * avoid believing 'this rig is my forever...

Here are our experiences... . a) A used reefer has odors, absorbed moisture, and weighs a "!ton!" more than an empty box. . . b) Our earlier version of our ExpeditionVehicle had an enormous 24L x 8W x 8H reefer. Our Cummins 8.3 through the Allison 3060 struggled with that amount of mass. . You...

This's wonderful to see. Great minds, and all that... ...we are converting a 40'. . First thing, we lowered the roof by 18". Two days, a circular saw, drilling to beat the band, a couple thousand rivets. . Best wishes!

a) re: commercial license Does NOT apply to RecreationVehicle operators or RecreationVehicles. We delivered RecreationVehicles manufacturer-to-dealer and dealer-to-shows. We operated BillionBuxBus conversions weighing close to twenty-five ton, and about sixty-nine feet long toting our Dodge...

In Oregon, I registered these as RecreationVehicles: * 30' OTR semi-trailer (I toted this with a 1974 Chevy CO semi-tractor licensed as a pickup truck... YeeHaw!) * 1984 Peterbilt CO with condo and 16' box (276" wb... Yikes!) * 1997 Ford CF8000 reefer van (Our full-time live-aboard since 2003...

2003, we converted a 1997 Ford CF8000 commercial truck to our concept of an ExpeditionVehicle. . One of our early modifications: * we added a 140-gallon 'saddle-tank' to supplement our stock 50-gallon tank. We acquired this from Anderson Brothers Truck Wrecking in Eugene Oregon. We sorted...

re: the 'U' bolt system to attach components to a commercial frame . This's the standard method of attaching irregardless of component. The 'U' bolts around the frame can attach: * a tank body, or * a flatbed, or * a dump aka 'tipper', or * a dry van. Dimensions of a commercial truck frame are...

. . We are melding two trucks into one, so we got 'the nickel tour' of the frame department at Trisand Heavy Truck Repair in Eugene Oregon. They use specialty C-frame channels engineered for frame lengthening. Each is designed for the specific dimensions and bend radius of each vehicle. A mile...

We have two: * 1997 Ford CF8000 ExpeditionVehicle with stock 505ci 250/800 * 1996 Dodge 2500 4x4 stock 359ci Our ExpeditionVehicle is 14,000# across the scale. It tugs a toy-hauler I built on a commercial chassis, about 14,000#. We are in the slow-lane at 52mph. We rarely get better than 14mpg...

2003, we converted a 1997 Ford CF8000 commercial truck to our concept of an ExpeditionVehicle. Swapping from 22.5 to 24.5 on the front axle adds about three inches ground-clearance under the radiator. For the rough tracks to the remote mountain lakes and isolated Baja beaches we prefer, the...

My suggestion: * acquire a vehicle fitting your needs. Factory engineers get 'the big bux' to fiddle with the potential liabilities of frame flex leading to failures. 'Yes', any frame can be stretched to any length. Any heavy-truck shop can do this. Ask around, you can probably locate a...

Our rig -- 1997 Ford CF8000 commercial truck we converted to our concept of an ExpeditionVehicle. Cummins 8.3 mechanical, Allison 3060, air-locker axle. Our situation -- full-time live-aboard, boondock exclusively. Remote forests, winters on Baja beaches. Twenty-four months twenty-four...

For our next ExpeditionVehicle, we are melding two frames. The crewcab fire-truck frame attaches to the front of a two-door cab frame... giving us a mid-engine crewcab with our concept of the ideal wheelbase. The process is identical to a stretch. We are getting quotes from heavy-truck shops...

We operate a small organic teaching farm near the outskirts of Eugene Oregon. Anderson Brothers Truck Dismantler handles Class 6 and heavier trucks. On our walks through the yard, we occasionally see underbody boxes.

1) Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks are available from the factory with a single rear axle. Acquiring a factory-built vehicle with your specifications eliminates your 'test-pilot' learning phase, and gets you on the road sooner... perhaps months sooner, depending on the schedule of the shop. If...

a) GVWR? b) I designed a similar size for my neighbors to construct for me. SilverLite horse trailer manufacturer in Springfield Oregon. Unfortunately, they were another casualty of the 2008 bankers contraction. This's a shame. We were set to start construction on an aluminum goose-neck tandem...

We have a small organic teaching farm near Eugene Oregon. Up the road from us is Anderson Brothers Heavy Truck Dismantling. Anderson gets a truck like this, or better, every week. We investigated acquiring one as a re-builder, but the nickel-and-dime parts to get it back on the road would drive...

Anderson Truck Dismantler, Hwy 99, Eugene Oregon A FRP box cannot recycle, so the dismantler is stuck with them as paid-load garbage.

Your transmission, the Allison TC-10 10-speed automatic, is worth the price of the whole rig! Excellent choice.

Around 2001 or so, we mounted a sixteen-foot box on our 1984 Peterbilt cabover. Prior to our acquisition, the rig was operated by a moving company. It had the largest sleeper... plus a 8x8 condo. With a 276" wheelbase, it devoured parking-lots. Every rig is a stage in evolution. Our current...

Our rig: 1997 Ford CF8000 housetruck. The commercial box measures 7.5w x 12.5long x 7h box. About 650 cubic feet. Our situation: We boondock exclusively. RVing Perpetual Travelers, we designed our rig for safety and comfort. We investigated underfloor pads; comparing output to battery-burn...

Our rig: 1997 Ford CF8000 housetruck. Our situation: Full-time, boondock exclusively. Gravel roads are as far off-pavement as we take our rig. Off-road is for our dirtbikes. Off-road is for walking. We winter on Baja beaches, often joined by Europeans with converted military 4x4 6x6 8x8 rigs...