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

[Mike Hohnstein]

Glad you're happy, enjoy the ride. I hope the unit is well insulated and the
tanks have enough capacity. I see a lot of truck conversions at the race
tracks, most have pretty lame interiors for the money spent. A large majority of
the racer guys aren't that hip on motorhome specs, but they are learning. What
tire size your Phord have and what's up with the brakes?
I have a home built toter home on an L8000 chassis. 16' lounge, 3208 well turned
up with a mini 13 speed OD. It rolls 80 at 2150. Big capacity tanks, 8 battery
house bank, 3000kw charger inverter, 7500 Quiet diesel, central air, big bath
with huge shower. It's set up like a true class C, in that the top of the cab
is cut out so the driver can stand up from the seat. Have solars on the roof,
it's a great dry camper. We stay in it for weeks at a time, but the bird is so
much nicer. The truck sits around more these days.
Mike Hohnstein
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim March
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Unsubbing...nothing personal, found a different
type of rig...


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.


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