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Just one question, if you don't mind? Why did you use the forward axle with its power divider instead of the rear axle? To me the rearmost axle would have been the logical choice. If indeed you do use the forward axle you would have to keep the inter-axle diff lock in the locked position in...

Truly a place and time many would prefer to forget.... I was fortunate in never having to experience it first hand, but still heard about it thru the media and from friends and relatives. NONE of it was pretty....

I'm not sure it ever REALLY does..... Again, I hope things work out for you.... Gary

Any idea on the ceiling height? I ask because I like how the cab roof blends with the coach roof. Very similar to what I would like to do. A little too long for me, though. And one axle too many. Oh well, just my .02. Carry on....

Just another good reason NOT to have ANY propane in a rig, no matter how widespread the practice is. What a tragedy........

Sorry to hear about the problems w/ Jennifer (daughter, friend, close relative? I guess I don't know you THAT well). I hope it all gets sorted out to your liking. Nobody needs these sorts of problems. Best of luck to you Geof. Gary

Describe "very nice". Do you mean as in tastfully very comfortable, or do you mean "Early Bordello" with mirror-lined walls and ceilings, along with crushed velvet upholstery (Elvis would have liked it) and crystal chandeliers?

I think you guess right. I saw a picture of one in one of Ben Rosander's books on converting a bus into a motorhome. It does describe it as a toilet-shower unit. Something like that wouldn't be out of place today in a space-challenged coach. Oh well.

Heyyyyyy- No guts, no glory. Carry on...... Gary

BIG 10-4 on the sloshing liquid issue. Ever seen a milk truck when it stops? These tanks have NO baffles in them, or else they would have a load(like 6000 gallons)of partially-churned butter when arriving at the milk plant. When the truck pulls into our dairy farm to pick up the milk, even...

Wow(again)! To be able think AND do! Sometimes I think I do, or do I think? Anyhoo, sounds like a good guy to know. See if you can somehow get him tied up with our seedy-but-VERY-friendly little bunch here. You never know....

Gypsy- Keep in mind that just 'cause you have the capacity, doesn't mean you always have to use it all, all the time. Short trip (200 mi+/-), put in approx. 50gals.; long trip (1000+ mi), feel,uhh,fill 'er up! I think you get the idea. It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it...

Spoken like a true gentlem- uhhhh, acquaintance.......

WOW! 150IQ. Engineer. Can figure stuff out.(somehow the last two don't mix too well) I have a tough time keeping my IQ at double digits......

I think you are overstressing the effect of a single 150 gal.(give or take) tank on the center of gravity. Around here there are a BUNCH of trucks running single 100-150 gal. tanks. The only thing countering it on the other side is the battery box. They have been running this configuration...

Man, I heard THAT! We Kahlifornianos really ARE on the short end of the truck conversion convenient-location stick! Somebody HELP US!

BOTH links referenced above have a LOAD of good info that many of us would do well to review (or peruse for the first time). I even picked up a few more pointers that I either missed or forgot about (probably the latter). GOOD STUFF! Gary

Hey, the more the merrier, right?

Hey, that sounds interesting! Keep us all posted, please!(which should go without saying around here!) Gary

Awww, you know the drill. If he told us, he'd have to kill us.... ALL of us!

Now THAT'S what I call respect for authority! WAITAMINUTE! Isn't this Geof we're talking about? It's been a loooong day......

One thing you will want to do FOR SURE is to put in a pyrometer, because if you try to get much more power out of that Duramax the EGT WILL go up. How much it goes up is what you(or your wife) want to monitor. I myself would not try for much more power pulling that kind of load. In MY opinion...

Geof- So cool IS the rule?

Count me in on that one! Industrial is GOOD! Gary "the tool man" Atsma

All in all, not a bad rig, and not a bad price. A very practical layout. But ohhhhh, that screaming yellow paint job!