different style rv's

[chessie4905]

Have seen several versions of these while, mostly in Alaska. All have that style license plate.

[Iceni John]

They're just Europeans in their "expedition" vehicles, the latest trend for wealthy nomads who want to see the world from inside a familiar cocoon...   The first truck, a MAN, is from München (that's Munich to Anglophiles) in Germany, and those license plates are a standard design throughout the EC, with just a small one- or two-letter designation of the country on the left next to the EC constellation symbol, e.g. D for Germany, E for Spain, GB for the UK, etc.

John

[chessie4905]

thanks. thought maybe they were from Australia as extremely beefy as some were.

[dtcerrato]

Good friends to our neighbors live on a slope overlooking Denali - they have a robust expedition rig called "The Farther" Home built on a flatbed chassis. They start where most stop. It's a "safe house" in literally any extreme condition. Pretty cool & they travel with a pair of giant Burmese Mountain dogs...

[Utahclaimjumper]

And horribly expensive by any standard >>>Dan

[Iceni John]

While we're on the subject of overland/expedition vehicles, here's an interesting website that has plenty of information that may be useful even to us busnuts:
http://www.silkroute.org.uk/equipment/choosevan.htm

John

[windtrader]

Hats off and big bows to those who really use these things and do thousands of miles overland in sparsley parts of the world. I do alot of crazy stuff but this is even beyond me/ Maybe it is easier to get going these days with sat. phones, DHL and FedEx around the world but getting unstuck has to be a huge event when stuck 500 miles from the closest hut.

[dtcerrato]

We've always considered the bus in the hut- especially when it is stuck or broke down.

[freds]

While we're on the subject of overland/expedition vehicles, here's an interesting website that has plenty of information that may be useful even to us busnuts:
http://www.silkroute.org.uk/equipment/choosevan.htm

John

Very interesting link chewed up an 30 minutes reading it.

[windtrader]

yeah. If I were 40 and didn't have to work and had plenty of money, it might be quite an adverntiure to head out on some wild adventures. But too old, too poor = busnut. LOL

[luvrbus]

I have friend from Swissland that toured the US in a Swiss Military truck that had to be nightmare it was made in 40's he owns a Eagle bus now 

[Iceni John]

I have friend from Swissland that toured the US in a Swiss Military truck that had to be nightmare it was made in 40's he owns a Eagle bus now

What's that well-known saying about frying pans and fires?   Just kidding...   Was his truck a Saurer or a Berna?

[luvrbus]

A Saurer with gasoline engine,no power steering,4 speed transmission with no AC,Rico is a tour bus driver in Switzerland he, owns a place here now where they come in the wintertime, nice guy I get Swiss chocolate every year when he comes through from Vegas heading to his place 

[chessie4905]

On Prevost Owners Group on Facebook, they had a post with a silver Kingsley Super C? or toter home. Looked like a Peterbilt mated to a Prevost XL body. Couple of comments: driveshaft goes through tunnel in all storage compartments, and No two Kingsleys were the same, and no wiring diagrams, rediculous turning radius on this one. Enlightening comments.

[luvrbus]

On Prevost Owners Group on Facebook, they had a post with a silver Kingsley Super C? or toter home. Looked like a Peterbilt mated to a Prevost XL body. Couple of comments: driveshaft goes through tunnel in all storage compartments, and No two Kingsleys were the same, and no wiring diagrams, rediculous turning radius on this one. Enlightening comments.

John a friend of ours in Idaho builds these monsters www.powerhousecoach.com prices are not that bad for his conversions