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Big 10-4 on the oak, I actually like oak, BUT EVERYBODY AND HIS FREAKIN' COUSIN IS USING THE STUFF!!!!! OK, I'll quit yelling now.... Oh, and Tony, when the day should come that my rig should be built, you won't be too offended if I don't use oak, will you? ;-) Later! Gary

Tony- I have a feeling your first sentence should have started as above, instead of the "HDT" you had there, according to the context of the rest of the paragraph, which extols the virtues of Heavy Duty Trucks. I agree with your reasoning, by the way.... Gary

Good point, 'Dog, this is not the well-illuminated environment I have in mind when I go camping, that is if I could find a space for such a monstrosity. What a POS.....

Ohh yeah; try pulling THAT rig into your typical campground space! Other than that, the big question has got to be WHY? But then again, maybe that's why he's unloading this yellow (NOT pink) elephant. Way too big to be practical.

Hey Bob- "vinal" = VINYL Just thought you might want to know......

Blow-by is the gasses that escape past the rings in a worn engine. A new OR overhauled engine will have next to no blow-by, because the rings, pistons, and cylinders are all new either way. The way you measure it is by observing how much blows out the crankcase breather tube. A new engine...

Hey Rich- Driving a medium with spring suspension and non-air seat(the way most mediums come) will beat you WAY more than a Class 8 with air suspension, air ride cab, and air suspension seat. They are both equal in shifting ease. Don't count out the big rigs. They are actually BETTER set up...

Hey Tom- Forget the flatbed, and DON'T weld to the frame; use U-bolts as if you were bolting a van body down to it. That way you allow for any flexing that WILL happen. Welding will put things in a bind. Just use what ever steel is needed to mate the trailer frame to the truck frame, and...

Army man might be OK with that rear end; the top TWO gears in the Allison are overdrive gears; i think .75 and .60, or thereabouts. But you are right about Class 8 trucks, besides which they are usually CHEAPER simply because there are so many of them, WAY more in quantity than Class 6 or 7...

The way you will learn is to go to a shop that does it and watch and see how they do it, paying attention to every detail. If you show as much attention to your frame jobs as you do to the way you write English grammer, you have a lot to learn. Communication is as important as any other craft...

USUALLY it includes the mentioned sleeves AND pistons and rings, plus main and rod bearings(yes, they CAN be changed with the crank in place). Plus the head(s) are usually gone through as long as they are off. This includes checking out the fuel injectors if necessary. So all in all, an...

Hear, hear! Good one, Fastlap! So true, so true....

Hey 'Dog! Hard to say; it probably cost more. Anytime you sell a used RV, NO MATTER WHO built it, you will lose money. These things do NOT appreciate, so considering one as any kind of investment is pure folly. So that's why I advocate buying a used truck, even late model, as it has already...

Hey 'Dog- A new truck could cost close to 100 grand, when you can buy a used truck with 700 thousand miles for about 20 or 25 grand, and you would still have at least 200 thousand miles of life on the engine because you aren't going to be working it nearly as hard as it did when hauling 80,000#...

And as a result, you might just do it wrong. Leave frame stretching to the pros if you don't know how. This is NOT a place to try to save money by doing it yourself. You endanger yourself and anyone else you share the road with. You might also learn to spell a little better.....

Usually it means the engine was rebuilt without removing the block from the frame; very common, since the block does NOT get rebored, but gets new sleeves instead. there is usually no need for any machining on the block on the first or second overhaul, so it is done "in-frame". Does this...

Hey Dave- Has it possibly occured to you that the reason Dr Fun pushes Transport Designs so much is that he REALLY LIKES IT? I do the same for various products to friends of mine but I DO NOT work for or professionally promote the companies making these products. If Dr Fun says he does NOT...

Touche', Randy! ONLY $284,000 for something MOST well-built truck conversions will blow clean off the road for about half the price, or LESS! Ohhh yeah, get'em while they last....(ROTF,LMAO!) Gary

You COULD use a single-axle tractor, but will probably have to stretch the frame a lot, which you probably would with a tandem axle setup, too. But a tandem truck would be better, mainly because there are TONS more of them, and they give you a choice of two wheelbases, depending on which axle...

Interesting! Pony Xpress is now owned by Supreme, truck body builder extraordinaire. I noticed the one major change is going from the Ford Super Duty truck to the Chevy medium. Probably politics or economics, but whatever. They have all grown in size with the truck change. Nice units!

Check the "Truck Paper"; it might have what you are looking for, or just find whatever ex-roadburner tractor suits your fancy, and convert to suit. What you want to do to a truck isn't that hard to do, and there are literally HUNDREDS of trucks that will do what you want to do, and at agreeable...

In ALL states? Not being sarcastic; I don't know about these things.

OK, I know what you're talking about now! RJD's right, and I lean towards the Kingsley, as they have a more elaborate exterior than the Showhauler

If you are talking about the black Mack conversion seen on this site, go to the Transport Designs website found in the "links" section of this site. They built it and have it in their motorhome photo section. I hope this helps you.

Sounds like you know what you are talking about. Thanks! Gary