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Ed Buster, geofkaye has said it good, however, many states will be in the discussions and a lot of what you need to know is state specific and I don't think Texas is at all the worst,(just El Paso). If you're a Texas guy the applicable details will be a plenty enough big job to work thru...

A whole lot depends on the mindset/attitude of the person in charge of vehicle things at the tax assesor's office you go into. The forums have had some Texas guys who could convert their HDT from commercial to private, like a big pick up pretty easily. For me, at my local tax assessor's (El...

This gear thing has been rung out on one of the other forums, sorry I did not pick up on this thread last month. Decades back the smart owner ops geared their rigs for cruising speed with the transmissions at 1:1 and save the overdrive(s) for faster and/or easy going situations, long gradual...

In our KW T2000 RV-garage in the original sleeper cab space that opens back into the kitchen-dinette, we would like to put a convertable sofa bed that could seat facing foward or backward (into the kitenette) or lay flat for an almost double bed. Does anyone have such a 3-way convertable...

Going back to another thread on insurance back in May I had this experience: I got up a few blind alleys but ended getting a very positive dialog with RV America Insurance, 800-400-0186 and Christine at extension 213. She worked it out with another division of Progressive than I had been with...

As I mentioned above, Progressive Direct on the www was best when all I wanted was liability insurance to be able to license the rig. Now that an RV-garage conversion is almost complete I wanted complete, agreed value coverage. Progressive Direct didn't want to slide into that kind of coverage...

Especially LLC'ers Watch out for California. There, agricultural inspections are a separate thing from motor vehicle department or department of transportation inspections and a still different thing is inspections by their State Board of Equilization (BoE), their finance department. Last...

Greetings Army Man. A few humble opinions: Cat engines can be great, but I can't speak fo the 3126. Stay away from Allison automatic transmissions. A 4.63 rear will probably provide pulling power but will be screaming engine rpms up and down the highway. The KW T300 has lots of limitations...

phat bob, I had a similar desire for a smaller motorhome with car-capable garage, and with my son developed a RV-Garage design that we floated around for design considerations and estimates. I'm surprized that Anthony Desnick of Toolset Motorhomes(612-701-0263) and Randy Butler of Butler...

Nappanee Windows make a ramp gate that is spring loaded so it can be lifted closed quite easily by hand: www.nappaneewindow.com One of these that will hold 2500 lbs + is going in my RV-Garage rig to get up to a full sized car into the garage. We are putting a winch in there to pull anything...

Tony, Nice picture updates on the coach-garage. It is sure looking good. Nice floorplan.

Save your money, those additives aren't needed, especially they wont help horsepower at all. Engines that have been running OK on the recent past fuel will run OK on the new fuel. A little lower btu per gallon will show up a little in power/fuel economy. Lubricity differences are small to...

I want my T2000 made into an RV-garage and one contact that seems receptive to what I want is K & C Conversions, Watertown, Sout Dakota. Anyone with experience, hearsay or rumors about that shop?

Good question. Let's hear all about it. I want to do the same thing on my KW T2000, neat truck AC & heat back there and sound, etc. medent El Paso

The September 2006 issue of MY LITTLE SALESMAN, TRUCK & TRAILER CATALOG has on page 31 a U.S. Truck Sales,Inc listing that it is parting out 10 2001 Volvo 770 trucks: 972-557-7979. Wired for Detroits, AS transmissions, 3.58 rears ... Might sound good to somebody. medent

Good questions where I need help too. I'm planning an rv-garage and now have it with a 300 inch (25ft) wheel base (to center of tandem drives) and a 10 ft overhang from the center of the last drive axle. If i want 1 or 2 more feet of usable box, I could further stretch the wheel base or add it...

My paint splatter removers go rubbing alchol (isopropyl alcohol-water), gasoline, hand lotion, rubbing compound. I will add oven cleaner. Thanks. medent

The 8ft 6inch width applies to trucks, trailers and all. Wider and a special permit is needed. The length columns are confusing. The first length column looks to be for a single motorized unit, not any unit as 53 foot semi trailers are not given consideration. The Max length colums should...

Yes, bumper to back of cab is an important dimension, especially it used to be when everything started as a day cab and that dimension took away from pay load space; length limits were restrictive. I hope my misinformation has not caused anyone any trouble. In looking a lots of pictures on...

Plan bigger, Mac. Class 8 based rvs easily get 12 to 13 feet tall and one with a garage or 5th wheel hook up get out to and beyond 40 feet long, especially with generous living space. Maybe you can save some barn length if the barn and door will allow side by side parking of the trailer and...

Right on about auto shifts increasing the pool of drivers that can handle a big rig and they are not just steering wheel holders as the demands and responsiblities for over-the-roaders is huge, it doesn't end with manual gear jamming, althought that does sort the men from the boys. The class 8...

For the Freightliners the FLD is the square nosed class 8. FLD132 is the "classic", 132 inches from front axle to back of sleeper - front axle not set back, the front tires are right up against the bumper. FLD120 has the front axle set back so 120 inches from front axle center to back of...

Class 8 big rigs provide great RV haulers and older one can be found that are not too expenseive but watch out, fixing things is expensive. A complete in frame overhaul is easily on the order of $10,000, Cats more expensive than the others. Untill things like u-joints, wheel bearings, internal...

TANDEM DRIVE/SINGLE DRIVE - DUAL TIRE/SINGLE TIRE With the help of these forums I have acquired a rig to start an RV-Garage project. With Bennett Law Office I got a Montana registration as a private truck, not an RV yet, and with Progressive Direct Insurance got very reasonable PL/PD...

Once again, following Tim H's story on another forum, I found insurance at www.progressiveinsurance.com so I got all the paper work together and went down to register my 2002 KW T2000 as a private truck as Tim did his Volvo in Texas. No Go. I wanted to get this bare truck registered...