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Hey Bob, I had to try a pusher and to be honest it was a great machine, 40ft w/ pre-emission cummins 400 that thing had great power. But there was always a few issues that bugged me and towards the end of ownership to many things started breaking. Now I am looking for a machine with good power...

hot rod, we are neighbors. We are up in Middlefield. sbphoto, power to weight is what you will want to keep in mind. We took that M2 conversion with 300 hp out west and with the heat and the engine requiring the power robbing engine cooling fan it was a slow go up any grades more than 3%...

Doc, I remember you just beginning your conversion, glad to hear your out rolling on the roads of this country. I saw some posts about your generator issues, I had genie issues as well on my trip out west in my 2011 class C so new doesn't always guarantee that it will work. sbphoto, the M2...

I guess there are alot of newcomers since my departure, so here is my BIO. Back around 2000-2001 after seeing a Renegade parked up in Niagara Falls, I decided I wanted one. But I needed information, so I started this site truckconversion.net. Initially I thought I would build one myself and...

Guess not, as I hear crickets playing in the background.

Hey Boys! Been playing around with traditional RV's for the past 5 years and it is time to build another conversion. I see there has been major attrition in the conversion mfg arena, there where alot of good companies and they all did a piss poor job of marketing as well as targeting new...

Well than my post would have fit right in, because I was being facetious.

Could you explain how that would work? Would Transport Design ship over a chassis and the Chinese would then build the custom box and than ship the completed conversion here? I didn't realize Transport Design had gotten that big. Do you guys plan on exporting your conversions to the US once...

O.K., I get that the experience was not good for you, but what were the issues? Was it that they did not understand your concept, didn't excute correctly, took longer than expected? I know I have seen Hickory use older trucks for their conversions, which saves money, and I would assume for...

Absolutely! Not so much skylights since they scratch over time, and have more potential to leak, but definitely bigger and more windows. Also I noticed that most companies run shorter slides, not as high as RV. So they leave alot of unused space above the slide and below the ceiling, which...

I will tell you that is one of my issues with conversions right now. It is like living in a cave, with the small windows they install. Also the lack of storage space, not creatively using available space, and so on. I understand most companies will build a "custom" unit, but if they...

My host changed servers and we have encountered a issue with the ip address. Hope to have it working in the next day or so.

Hey BravestDog, welcome back! I actually did send a email out to all registered members and I sent you a email specifically (I used the email in your profile) to let you know I fired up the forum again. I thought you might have been mad at me. Anyway, glad to see ya back Bill

I had a Cummins M11 (11.1 liter) 350 hp with a manual Eaton 10 speed. That was the orginal setup and it had 550,000 miles on it. I screwed things up when I changed out the trannie to a new Super 10 (half of the gear changes are just a button shift) Putting that new tight trannie in dropped me...

Hey dirtdevil, welcome to the site! I'll try to answer a few of your questions based on past experiences. First forget the MDT such as Topkick or Kodiak, I think when you get into used trucks the difference in price is not worth the trade in power and capacity. You may have seen my first...

joey, This subject comes up a ton, and I know we all have given out numerous suggestions on who might be able to give you that info. Unfortunately, all the guys who have asked never came back with the answer, and that is a shame. All I can suggest is asking companies who use them and...

The first thing I would do is get the truck to your local truck repair and have them go over the mechanicals. You don't want to find a major overhaul is in your future after you have done all the work to the rig. To make my 95 FL120 dependable, I replaced every belt & hose, radiator, brakes...

Thanks Steve! I am hoping many others will follow your lead. One reason we have not seen as many builders on here is some of the bashing that has gone on in the past. By firing up this forum again, I have decided to just delete those posts within a short time that they are posted. Also if a...

**Please Note** Per the Terms of Service that all members have agreed I have deleted the last 2 posts. Bill

Well that doesn't sound good. I won't sit hear and patronize you with how good those guys are and the great experience I had, because that obviously isn't your experience. Just hope to hear you are able to find a solution to your problem. You mentioned the roof as being aluminum and it...

Boy if you would have only been looking a year earlier. I would say last year you could have had any 05 or older for at least $30,000 less than what they are selling for now. I monitor Racingjunk quite often and early in the year Haulmark & others started to turn out some really high end rigs...