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Good morning all: Have a quote to put a 16 foot box on my Volvo 770 for slightly less than $16,000 dollars. This is a 2 inch square side wall frames, 3 inch floor and 4 inch on the ceiling. The rationale behind the sizes is to have room for foam in each of those locations. It includes...

My plans call for a wet bath installation, Jakes has a shower pan with both the toilet and shower drains, but looking to see if anyone has a source for the entire unit? I do not have access to alot of salvage yards up here in Mn, but some of you close to Indiana do, just wondering if you have...

Think I will stick with my 4 x 6 foot cutout and call it good. Will re-enforce the floor area some how, thanks everyone for the feedback. Chuck

Well, with those favorable comments and the approval of the guy who will do the install, it will be a go for ikea. Thanks Chuck

Thanks all for the responses, think I am going to go with Alan's technique, maybe I will constrain the cab air ride a bit, with a couple of chains to minimize how much it can move. Thanks again Chuck

Yesterday I went to my local ikea store to look at kitchen cabinets, facets, sinks etc. I have to tell you that for what I need I was impressed. It looks like they have okay quality, and they will fit nicely into my maybe Motorhome. What do the rest of you think about using ikea or other...

I have seen several cut out designe on the rear panel of the truck cab. Some have cut away the entire back wall and opened up the entire cab area, others have gone much smaller, and kept a larger portion of the back wall in place. I am thinking if I were to do something like this I would leave...

Good evening, probably years since I posted here, glad to see all of you still active! I am conflicted about what to do and am studying several options. One of them is building a 16 foot long box on my 770 for a living quarters. My Gold 770 is singled long, and the 16 foot box represents a...

Bear: I have a 425 in one of my 770's and a 460 in the other. There are hardware changes from the lower hp motors to these, i.e the 350 and 375, but these might be just a reflash of the computer. Good luck in finding a Volvo dealer to change some parameters for you. I went to 2 dealers here...

I did a quick search and a couple of years ago there was a great deal of discussions on insulating conversions. geoff, you did the polyico board, and I think you liquid nailed them to your trailer. Is that the way you would do it again? Any problems that you know about, with the liquid nails...

medent: Check the escapees hdt forum, and do a search, there is someone doing exactly what you are doing and no problems so far. Traction is not as good as keeping a single axel with duals, at least that is what someone stated on that same thread. Sorry I can't pull from my memory bank the...

Looking for some 22.5 alcoa rims (rear) for my new to me 770. thanks in advance Chuck

Is the escapees site down, or is my computer not liking it anymore? Haven't been able to sign on all weekend, and getting a little bit shakey with withdrawel (sp) symptoms. Chuck

Not sure if I want to do go this route or not, but thinking about it. I presently pull a fifth wheel with my Volvo, but thinking about converting to a motorhome. The founder of Roadmaster is restarting a company and may talk to him about building a short motorhome on my chassis. So now I have...

geoff: I agree polyiso is the way to go on new homes and any other place you want to reduce energy use. How did you insulate the Volvo, did you take out all the inside panels and spray? At menards they have inexpensive foam guns, but not sure where to get the polyiso. What do you use to foam...

I was (am) having second thoughts about a fifth wheel for my use, as I chase the snow during the winter rather than running from it. Fiver has some issues in the cold, i.e. going down the road on the furnace to keep warm, no engine heat etc. Did a search to find a vehicle designed for winter...

Roadmaster used to be a few miles from my home. The founder Judd Jackson sold the business and it eventually failed. He built what I consider the finest conversion you could buy. And you paid for it. The slide is hydralic, with pneumatic seals to keep out the air/dust etc. The floor is...

There is a site that I have lost that sells used railway car parts, called Monad something or other. They sell fold down sinks that came from the sleeper cars. I bought one, then when Roadmaster went belly up, my folding sink went into a barn somewhere. Cool way to safe space, but when you...

nomac: Roadmaster changed hands, sold to a customer, and then it went away. I think they made the finest conversion on the market, unfortunatly that quality came with a very high price and not sure the market was that large, but I sure liked there workmanship and attention to detail. They...

There was a previous discussion of this on the HDT SKP site, started by me. I have a short (182 inch) wheel base volvo 610 and when bob tailed I can be bounced around by ruts. My alignment etc is by the best shop in the twin cities, where all the shops send their vehicles, so I am confident it...

The caveat on the R value is the direction of the heat flow and a 42mm air space. I am not sure this is much different than the foil face bubble type insulation at Home Depot and other places. All are radiant heat barriers. In spite of their FAQs, I suspect convection and conduction are...

Greetings, the flaming 610 will be on the road to Knoxville to pick up my used New Horizons fifth wheel(the 34 foot airstream is for sale), will be leaving Monday am, traveling 94-90-39-74-75, and wondering if there are any truckconversion.net folks along the way with time for coffee and a...

Geoff: The boat people use diesel or kerosen fired heaters/stoves. Wallis (sp) has a combo cook top and stove, dickenson makes a bunch of them, from what I am told, they work well, no odor, and safe. Chuck

Brian: Thanks Chuck

Brian: Where in Mn are they located, would like to stop in for a visit. Chuck