Truck RV,,,,,,Ace?

[digesterman]

Ace is this what you are looking for?

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/rvs/4677772427.html

Thought it was sort of interesting.

[Ace]

You'd be surprised but that looks a LOT Better than some buses I see in the yards of wannabes and even some on the roads!
Don't knock it! There's a LOT of bus nuts looking to switch to the other side!


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[digesterman]

Yeah kind of thought it was interesting and neat

[Dave5Cs]

I didn't know sidewall shakes were good to 60MPH, 

[robertglines1]

Got to have one of each. Andy(son) has a Freight-liner  toter w/5th wheel. runs well over speed limit just quiet. I have the bus. His box was built by NRC.  Bob

[TomC]

That's one nice rig. The interior is first class and with the updated, modern drive train, shouldn't be afraid to drive it anywhere. Good Luck, TomC

[Newbob]

Yeah - that's pretty sweet - can't imagine the man hours in that thing..... lot of sweat in that rig.

[belfert]

My problem with a truck conversion is losing the interior space.  I also don't like that the living space isn't as well built as a bus.

I was at an event two weekends ago with the bus.  Someone else at the event with a motorhome left for home after dark Saturday evening and ended up going off the two lane road and rolling the motorhome.  I was told the motorhome was completely pancaked flat and the occupants hospitalized.  I never heard how bad they got hurt.  My bus would probably survive a rollover reasonably intact although we would almost certainly be hospitalized.

[Jeremy]

I think that truck conversion is immensely cool as well, although if it was me I'd have restricted the old-timer look to the outside only - wood-burning stoves and wall-to-ceiling knotty pine interiors definitely don't do anything for me. I imagine the wind-noise whilst traveling is a bit of an issue too. But it'll rightly attract a hell of a lot more interest and respect than any swirly-paint job Class A.

On the truck vs bus debate - I've said before that truck-based motorhomes are comparatively common here, but bus conversions are few and far between. I looked at trucks myself but, as Belfert says, it seems to me that a coach is naturally just a better base to start on because they are - literally - coachbuilt - ie., designed to carry people in safety and comfort, not just to move goods cheaply. Sure you can build a box on top of a truck chassis and ultimately end-up in the same place, but to me it just wasn't a logical approach.

It's a different thing if you are building brand-new vehicles for sale though - a new conversion bus shell must be vastly more expensive to buy than a chassis-cab, so with the chassis-cab there's an awful lot more value added (ie, money to be made) by the motorhome builder. And more ways they can differentiate themselves from the competition and tailor the product to the customer. But for the budget or amateur converter a bus just makes more sense

Jeremy

[TomC]

Highway buses don't survive very well on roll over's. Actually, school buses and transits are the strongest made.

My truck conversion 32ft box is made with 1.5" square tubing with 1/8" walls welded on 16" center. The box alone weighed 10,000lbs. The only thing I'll miss are the big windshields looking forward. To compensate for this, I'll install a 46" LED T.V. with an exterior VDO camera to create a virtual window. Good luck, TomC

[Ace]

I've run out of fingers and toes counting the times each mechanic cursed  when it came to wrenching on any if the 3 buses I've owned so to me, the easability of working on the mechanics of a truck out weighs everything else on working on a bus! More mechanics are willing to do their job asked rather than become disgruntled for HAVING to work on a bus because they know it's a pia!
As for construction comparison? Every time I see a bus crash, not fender bender, it's usually totalled, inside AND out! I like the idea of motor protection on impact in a crash! I have a friend who lost both legs in a bus crash!
The boxes on newer trucks are being built piece by piece more like a bus chassis. They used to just strap on a shipping container and convert it. I will agree that some of the factory built truck conversions are cheaply made but when you can find a company that builds maybe 1 or 2 a year, that's a little different! They seem to take more pride in the finished product!
As for the MH that rolled? You have to consider some of the retirees that jump in these things and drive them like they drive the family sedan! That doesn't work!


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[eagle19952]

My dogs better than your dog...

[Geoff]

That bus is ultra converson for the Northern Califonia hypsters 30 years ago--or, now-- 'if' you are in to the remnant lifesle that died with the Greatfull Dead.

--Geoff

[bronson]

Went to the East Coast Timing Assoc land speed races in Wilmington Ohio last weekend and saw this truck converion. Looks like it was built on an old wrecker chassis. Was owned by Hornish Brothers Trucking from Defiance Ohio (hometown of Sam Hornish Jr). Did not see what they were racing. Did see retired NASCAR driver Dave Marcis racing a stock car. Also talked with a motorcycle driver who threw a rod at 200 mph and 15000 rpm. Pretty cool event if your ever in south west Ohio.

[luvrbus]

That one is a little tacky IMO I don't think a slide in camper on a truck is what Ace has in mind  ::)but the old Mack would look good with a nice conversion