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Jimbo yes, strips of oak (1x4" should be ok for a low profile) and U-bolts is a good way to mount a utility bed. however if you plan to haul a camper on it i would suggest you use rubber body mounts and fabricated frame brackets. check out AV Anti-Vibration rubber mount Products hope that helps

these girls call themself "ugly cheerleaders" IMHO one or two are not all that ugly i guess im more on topic then the starter of this topic at least that "SneakyShowhaulerSpammer" was kinda funny

^^^^^^ i second that

thanks Travis the work on the Pete is going slow (lots of other work) at least got the granit glued down (floating on a thick bed of silicon ) its a highly polished dark greenish-black granit with silver flakes in it a friend of us did the granit work; he made a large radius...

ha, thats funny ; i made that pic in PaintShopPro. looks like we will soon start building it the goal is to keep the rig under 35' and with no slide-outs; the (soon to be) owner (and good friend of us) is also into dune buggies (he actualy has one of our buggies ) so the truck will be...

ooopppsss .... thats photoshopped another one: but we are currently shopping for a Pete 387 for a friend and we will do something very similar looking. Current plan is a 35foot total length moho, partially two level and the complete cab/ex sleeper/moho box air suspended When we start...

Gary/Goef; you guys are killing me stop picking on the new guys; you will scare them away

Hi Mike welcome to the board where are you from? Walter im originaly from switzerland and i can tell you that i sometimes daydream about doing a trip to europe just for the fun of it . picture our Pete at 75 mph (120kmh...the legal speed limit here in AZ) in the passing line.... it gets...

IMHO they look just as cheesy as a standard dieselpusher i bet all that plastic would start to fall of the first time you take that "thing" on a dirt road. sorry, i just dont like "RV" stuff like that.

sounds like a realy nice (= oh, im so important ) paperpusher to me. dont give up! may check on the Escapee board; contact "gkbiker", he is from GA and has a KW T2000/5th wheel rig registered as "RV"

Walter, CA is tricky with twinscrew. You need a non commercial class A for it, with single rear (and trailer under 10000 lbs) the regular license should be ok. IMHO forget the M2 106, limited to too small engines. With a M2 112 you could get a bigger engine, but when you are going used, use...

Michael i hope my brother jumps in here and answers no 1+2+6 (he knows the legal stuff a lot better ) 3; max legal height is 13'6". however, we try to keep the roofline of our Toter as low as possible. for us the Totertruck is our (almost) daily driver; its a lot easier to "get around" if we...

Anthony, I really hope your conversion is lighter then 80,000lbs. but I do not talk about GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight). I ask it as simple as I can now : 1. how much is your front axle weight rating ? the number should be somewhere in your doorframe. My Pete 379 says 12000 lbs front axle...

Anthony, looked at your website and I have one question. Knowing that setback axle trucks are regularly close to the max front axle weight, do you not have a problem with that long wheelbase overloading the front axle?

Hancock there are only two styles of 10-lug bigrig rims: rims that are centered by the lug nuts (conical seat on the nuts) or hub pilots (flat "washer" lug nuts; the rim is centered on the hub by the big center hole) to polish aluminum check with your local fire department; they are experts...

Michael sorry, this will be a long post and not my native language; i hope you can read it ) sounds like a great plan ...but IMHO pulling a full conversion (and a 3500lbs car) with a Cummins 8.2 together with a Allison will be painfull slow (not only on the grades ) i highly recomend you...

as a hard core gear head i love to see trucks all tricked out ...but i agree, sometimes its just too much (billybigrigger ) its the same with hot rods or sand rails; if you hang it full of "bling-bling" so that it can barely move its a POS to me

tony, I agree 100%. I did the same mistake with a International 4900... D R the International I had was about that, 34 feet long and towing about 4000 to 5000 lbs trailer. In California it was kinda ok. keeping it below 60 mph gave me a not too bad milage and you could still talk in the cab...

Bill, then I have read too much into your post. The two trucks in the post above are maybe a little over the top. But I like the custom trucks and most I see here in AZ run chassis with 285 to 310 wheelbase(basically about 2' to 4' longer then extended hood pete 379) and have 40" to 48"...

price is not bad and warranty sounds fine ... but 8.1 l gas engine. I hope you drive only in flat area and 55 mph max. that poor little engine will scream OTR. What is the fuel milage they make ?

Chuck we did a (ex penske lease) international 4900. check our website for pics : http://sandcentral.net/trucks/ would not do it again; you can get a class 7/8 for the same money, that is the same outside size, makes the same mpg, but has 2x the hp and 3x the torque.... with a cab and a...

i have some leftovers (we removed one axle and we will change to 24.5" rims anyway) they are "hub pilot" style with the freightliner sawblade design (4 outside and 4 inside) and i have also two fronts with the standard round hole design. you could also polish two of the FL rears on the other...

i have to check that out in the evening one word of caution; watch your front axle weight. you have a long wb and the rear axle is all the way in the back; when you remodel try to move all the heavy stuff to the back i did the mistake on our old international; i replaced the fuel tanks...

Bill, I think it is hard put O/O (sorry Gary ... Owner/Operator ) in the same boat with the delivery driver. I'm pretty sure the front of your business is nice looking, makes a good first impression for customers. So why is it rediculous for a truck driver to do the same. And it looks like...

another update; Testdriving! frame construction is almost finished and i started with the insulation/raw interiour construction. the electric side step is also mounted (to the truck frame and not to the sleeper to avoid the rocking when somebody gets in or out) the airbags for the...