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looks great! thanks for sharing the pictures! -blizz

Yes I have watched all of them very inteesting trip in a very cool classroom. -blizz

Building the RV - YouTube Built like a boat out of plywood and fiberglass, truly a work of art as well as a perfect world traveler machine. -blizz

Bob86ZZ4 is a few doors down in the campgrounds, we could use a few more truck conversions, great time, super people, so much creative knowledge here, what a great experience if you have an interest in this type of stuff!! Classes on Internet on the road, tire safety, RV Truck insurance...

not mine, link... Toter built to race out of For Sale -blizz

from RJ... $12,000 and 75% complete! No sanding UHaul orange off either! :) blizz

Before you spend a dime, go to Racing junk, there is ton's of under $15,000 rigs for sale. You can't buy a wore out truck and parts for what those guys are selling their trucks for. -blizz

Stick the tank like real truck drivers do. next time you are almost empty, mark a stick. put 10 gallons in, mark the stick again. add 10 more gallons, mark again... continue till its full. Then add up the amount it took to fill, sub tract that from the tank capacity and you will know what...

You are very welcome on th Escapees HDT page, most tow 5vrs there but there also are many of us with TC's and will be welcome at their HDT rally in Huchinson KS in a few weeks. link HDT Rally blizz

Heck buy an 102" wide by the length you need, enclosed trailer and remove the hitch/axles and set it on your truck, then build a set of basement boxes to support and match the trailer. then just modify the trailer interior as needed. ????

I like that idea, I'd love to do a 350 hp Class A pusher chassis under a F150 4 door cab with a Ford Raptor front clip. then build a low profile conversion body like the RumRunner only longer. But its just a dream, unless I find a buyer for the Rumrunner, then its Game on again!! -blizz

I clean the windshield the same way I've been doing it since jr high and Dad got that first L9000 Ford with a flip forward hood:I just flip the hood open and stand on the cyl head to wash the windshield.. Most of the race car transports have hatches in the roof with a ladder on the inside...

thats pretty much what I did, I tried to keep it simple, I weighed my truck very carefully at the truck scales I calculated every thing on the 16" centers because thats where my bed crossmembers, the vertical posts, and the roof rafter tubes were located. Then I spit the weight of each sheet...

Guys be very careful, you have to plan every thing out, it is super SUPER easy to overload that front axle. Your Over-the-road-highway truck was designed for a 40K trailer with 15-20k on the pin, now you have next to nothing on the pin, and now all the entire weight of that box WILL BE equally...

Bob's ?? in Elkhard was selling that fiberglass by the foot in rolls we we were there in 09 so perhaps you could go to a local semi trailer repair shop to order it for you also. good luck, watch your front axle weight in your design, those pickups are almost over empty. -blizz

I used cold galvanize paint on things I don't want to rust, but don't care the finish. I painted angle irons on a 20' antique windmill out in our yard 10 years ago, looks like I painted it yesterday, comes in gallon cans or spray cans. On the RumRunner I used many quart cans of Krylon Rustoleum...

what sux about the rear window at the head of the bed is.. you cant lean against the window to read or watch tv cuz you will wreck the window screen. I'm kicking around building a grated head board for the RumRunner myself. If I was to do it all over again, I would not have the stainless steel...

Bob the E550 is not 4 wheel drive, it has the same straight axle as a Ford F650 mdt, thats why it sits high, and has the fender flares to help with the width. the reason I'm so fond of the E550 is it comes with a 10K front axle so I wouldn't have to worry so much for ft axle wt. also the...

I think it would be great with.... ** 22.5's lightweight rims ** properly geared ** a tuned Power Stroke 6.7 and an 6 speed auto w/ OD I would love to see one E550 with an aerodynamic style box like Road-trek or Pleasure Way etc. **Mod some big storage units simalar to the first img down...

Here is close to my idea of the perfect smaller T/C it is a E550, I couldn't find a E550 when I built my truck, Ford only built them a few years 2001-2003???

AeroTabs The Aerotabs on the back of the RumRunner didn't make a noticeable change on the fuel mileage, as I had hoped, but what it really did is cut down considerably (BIG TIME!) on the buffeting when passing other trucks or meeting big trucks, vans etc. It also helps to keep the back ot the...

in response to another post wondering how much hp/fuel it takes to push a TC through he wind. As most of you know, I tried to build a TC that made 12-14 mpg, I got 11.8 once, but that was with LSD and a tail wind over 400 miles. Since then, I've a keen interest in the topic, as fuel hovers...

Welcome back Warpath!! I read every post you posted going way way back when I was designing the RumRunner, lots of time enjoyed all the posts. Good luck on your new project. Big projects like these are double edge swords, the amount of knowledge it takes to build one, then its done, and...

Ha! I've seen 4 or 5 that would be great replacements, 15-20K can buy a whole lotta trailer right now. Racing season starts in month or so, prices will go up for a while, but I don't forsee a flood of folks that need a 9' RV. blizz ps don't think for a minute that the finance director would...

That list for just materials was over $30K add truck, labor to build frame and weld up storage boxes. labor to build conversion box labor to wire conversion labor to plumb and install tanks and water systems labor to rig up genny and gasoline tanks labor to fix driveshaft issues labor to align...