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Gary: I have a 1977 27' Airstream which I was painting inside today...it's a strip out because of the Black Mold thing and not being opened in two+ years...pretty bad when I got it. Generator is a 12.500 diesel Onan form Rocky Mountain Cummins through Southwestern Supply...it was on our truck...

Gary....I'm usually not in the trailer that much. I 'm a camper/boater/hiker type and I try to go out for meals as much as possible-'cuz my cooking skills suck. I need electricity in the evenings and at nite and first thing in the AM....but most of the time nothing is on requiring juice. I do...

As far as refrigs are concerned I am using a small "WOODS" 5.5 cu.ft. unite whch uses 3.5 amps at 120 vts AC the unite is foam filled and a top opener so cold does not pour out everytime it's opened....quiet and cheap $149 at Home Depot......Electric heaters (2) are Arvin 220vt AC or 120 vt AC...

Huummm...The Espar unite has some merit....have to look into that Monday....IIRC they are about $1500 for the whole unite....heat and/or hot water out of the same unite....valving would be the differance between summer and winter....Great Idea if they can produce maybe 5 gals. per minuite...

Bill: I only have two nights to be off in June for the Nashville-I still don't know which they will be yet....everyone else makes plans for me and then tells me ..."you got'a do this and that"... so some time that week I will be there for two nites....and I,of course, I want your opinion...and I...

Patrick....I'm going to use a chest type freezer instead of a refrigerator and just turn it "up" they last all night without cycling anyway....heat will be electric with high "R" value insulation and thermopane insulation/window blankets....I/we have been in one propane explosion and I'm not...

I don't even want propane. I want all electric.....a good diesel generator will last along time and if serviced properly, should last as long as the coach....I still want to see Bill's in June at Nashville-that's when I'll make the final decision on a Volvo/Showhauler or a Volvo/trailer as all...

Chuck: I do like your BART-'specially the flames.... but it just ain't my color.....Fla. trucks kinda turn titty pink in the sun when they aren't waxed and polished......When I get a truck the dealers lot waxing/cleaning/polishing probably be the last the exterior will see unless it rains or...

Last time I checked. The painter was whinning about delamination on Volvos.....seems they have trouble making the paint stick to the origional surfaces.....why-I don't know....just something the painter told me.....It's what Carl does for a living for more than 20 years so I guess he is...

Too bad it's RED...geof

I would truly appreciate it Joe-I'm really impressd with your truck....especially you custom bed....geof

in Bensenville, Il. $90K...330 Cummins/6speed auto/satelite/rear door 1-630-766-4091....saw it in a local Auto and RV...looks like a Showhauler conversion?....geof

Great Bed Joe!.....{bullet proof-huricane resistant-tornado resistant}....what more could a guy ask for?.....do you have a final weight yet for the whole tractor?....I was trying o figure it at 15# per sq foot for steel.....but I can only approximate at 2400# additional?....anyway great design...

I looked at a 420 when I was considering a Showhauler Conversion......I think I will go with a 610....I wish a 770 table and couches ,that fold into a bed, would fit in a 610 but they won't....so I think I'll stay with the stock 610 interior setup....I got to send more time looking at stock...

Tom....what kinda truck are you pulling with?

still kinda high....I'd say it's worth maybe a thousand at most for a repaint....materials are around $450 cost primer/sealer topcoat and hardner.....same color as origional without any body work-machine sanded and chemical prep....geof

Remember that house construction costs about $20 a square foot and market price is around $110 a square foot, here now....so considering RV stuff is really cheap....someone is working/getting on early retirement and their kids college money or maybe child support and a girl friend or...

Here, financing is not a problem-if your credit score is reasonably high-the problem in most cases with financing is the individuals Fair credit score is too low....If that happens, then the lending instutition can refuse-raise rates-require larger down payment-more insurance-co/ signers-and a...

your post got my attention! Gary...geof

I'm just trying to list and consider all my options....the list gets longer as I read the forums.....as yet I haven't made any choice....After today's money meeting, I might wait till 2004 to start the any conversion/trailer process [the stock /bond/mutual markets are not helping...

any more opinions/thoughts on shortening the frame/moving rear axel up or leaving the tandums in place on a class 8 tractor? RIDE-TURNING-BALANCE-BRAKING-TRACTION-? .......geof

$60,000 round numbers....It could get real out of hand if a guy wanted a lot of goodies like super suround sound-flat screen tv-satalite systems etc....maybe fake leather or other top of the line "glitz and gaggits".....you got to watch these custom builders or even cookie cutter builders real...

Larry:...My options so far are: [1]. A new Showhauler on a used tractor=$90,000 [2.] A new 30' Showhauler in a slightly used [8900mi] car racing family's Sterling/Caterpillar/Autos-shift $132,000 [3] A new Freightliner on a Showhauler for $140,000 [4]. A new Classic 32' car hauler tripple axel...

Bill-I'm so glad your back is getting better....mine was OK till today and it rained and got cold here-so off to the massage therpist for a massage and an hour on the heating pad...which works almost as good as the Percoset.....at least I can get something done....IRV2.com has speeded up by...

I'm am rebuilding a Airstream Travel Tailer with some help form an employee..as we took it apart to the outside skin we discovered that each fiberglass insulation batt had settled into the cavity and left a gap on each cavity of 2-3 inches....Airstream is a top of the line trailer and I brought...