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What is UHMW?

I think it is lots of truck for the money, especially for what we want it for! With that PTO generator, I could plug 10 guys in at the track and pay for the weekend! Engine probably does have lots of hours. But if those were loafing hours ... how does that wear on the engine? What is the...

I would think you'd put stops on either side of the bag. Steel, maybe hardwood. It sure looks purdy.

My brother did something similar when he got Mother's AMC Javelin stuck in the driveway in a huge snowstorm. Held the throttle down and slammed the A/T from reverse to drive until the transmission gave up. Had to be towed away. People who do this are really, really ignorant and possibly...

Post some night pictures of the new lighting!

On its best day in a good market was it really worth $560,000?

Talk to use about the propane. Do you have much experience with it? How does the power and fuel mileage, fuel cost compare to a diesel or gas job. I understand that ALL the Schwans trucks are propane. For decades I drove by a Schwans terminal in I-94 at the edge of West Salem, WI (between La...

Rather than approaching at it to steal someone's money, redistribute the wealth, and satisfy a whining constituency?

More pictures 5 killed, 13 injured after motor home crash on I-35 - KCTV 5 One of these pictures gives a good view of the construction. Doesn't look at all like steelframe construction.

NTSB to look into RV crash in Kansas Minneapolis Star Tribune KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Transportation Safety Board says it will review details of a motor home crash in Kansas that killed five family members from Minnesota. The review will include looking into laws that allowed a...

Until the cops are sitting outside the race track or horse show or campground with portable scales and a van load of "state motor carrier inspectors". Then we're all done dancin'. Get your checkbook out and call a friend with a CDL to get you home ... or at least over the next hill. Someone...

The requirement for communication between the trailer and the tractor is required. I learned this while traveling with an ARCA stock car team. That was a 5th wheel, full Class 8 with a 53' tractor trailer.

If this was a homemade coach, it just might make getting a homemade coach harder to register ... especially in Kansas or Minnesota. If this coach was built by an established converter using an FRP technique with minimal steel structure that contributed to the destruction of the coach and the...

Thanks Bushpilot and Bob! You've given my some good ideas. I'll let you know who it works out.

I would support this. If the Truck/RV and Trailer are individually or together over certain weights, then a restricted CDL is required with special written and a driver's test. My friend Charlie put hundreds of thousands of miles on his Prevost, all without a CDL. But he had been in the...

I wonder if all of that would fit under the hood of my Suburban until I get a real truck?

Thanks for saying that. I just learned a ton!

I was wondering who was driving and how qualified. I'm concerned there might be a call for "more regulation" and requirements for driving big RVs. I would presume a 17 y/o can't get a CDL with the qualifications for this to have been legal. I'm concerned its just a matter of time before the...

Long wheelbase on the truck. Look closely at one of the pictures. Did the chassis bend near the middle? Where it was stretched? I wonder if the truck rolled over, or did it come apart because the chassis flexing or bending at the stretch as it went down into the ravine. Must have been an...

What did the "PM service entail"?

Thanks. Those things are always good to know. Conversion Guy do a good job? Do things right from your perspective?

I presume the cord will go in the 6" deep area above the exhaust. With the exhaust below, won't that area get awfully warm? Will the 6" area be open to the compartment next to it? or will there be a cover of some type. Keep up the good work.

I saw this truck conversion on eBay.com. 2002 K&C CONVERSION - PETERBILT TOTERHOME Completely Remodeled & Updated 2011 2002 K&C CONVERSION - PETERBILT TOTERHOME Completely Remodeled & Updated 2011 | eBay It has a "Cummins L10 - 1,200lb-ft tq. @ 1,300 rpm, 400hp" and a "Eaton Fuller 9speed "W"...

As you talk to the coach builders, ask them what they do about weight and balance when they design a coach. I have never used any of the CAD software, but it would make sense to me that there be a feature in CAD software to automatically do the weight and balance as the various components are...

Dave: Are you making any weight and balance calculations on your build? I not, I'd be willing to start a thread dedicated to weight and balance and use your build as an example. I've got experience from the airplance biz (hold commercial pilot's license) and have put together an Excel...