Unsubbing...nothing personal, found a different type of rig...

[ronmarabito2002]

Sorry to see you go another direction, but everyone has to choose
what he wants. Hope you get good service out of it and enjoy many
miles on the road. Email me a photo so I can have everyone look out
for you.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
Moderator


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Jim March
wrote:
> Folks, it's been fun but I've found a different type of rig...a
one-off
> but professionally made "truck conversion" dated 1988, in
excellent
> shape complete with garage area in back for a bike.
>
> I'll leave you with this thought: owners of classic Wanderlodges,
bus
> conversion people and the folks with conversions of industrial
truck
> frames/cabs are all barking up the same tree: rebellion against
the
> mass-market BS "RV Industry" that has now barely gotten out of the
> "stick and staple era" (with some holdouts of course) but still
isn't
> doing true "industrial grade" underpinnings until you get into the
$300k
> range...and even THEN there are some bad news critters out there.
ALL
> of these "rebels" are getting tough and mechanically simple
critters
> that will outlast any "Winnabago" or similar mindless crap.
>
> Wanderlodges (esp. FCs but all the pre-slideout variants) have a
lot in
> common with commercial trucks and that's not meant as a slam on
either!
>
> I'll hang out long enough to see if anybody comments on this.
>
> Jim March
> '88 32ft one-off "Class C" on a Ford F450 chassis, steel framed
and
> aluminum skinned, one of 50 made by "Hansen Haulers" and a sort of
> "early ancestor" of the modern
Showhauler/Renegade/Haulmark/etc "truck
> conversions" now grown clear to Class 8 "semi tractor" platforms.
Mine
> won't have the towing capacity of anything like THAT but it's easy
to
> work on, gets down the road fine and is as tough as anything out
there
> under 20,000lbs...and it's close to dead cherry for an '88.