Kenworth frontend what is it?

[bronson]

One of my students showed me a pic of his grandparents motorhome. Looks similar but not exact to the Taylor Swift half bus half truck. Sorry for poor pic that's all he had. Toy hauler in the rear.

[richard5933]

Lots of companies making truck conversions now. We looked at some from Renagade this summer, and they are available with a number of different truck chassis options. IWS (in Iowa) sells some that they spec out from the company using full capacity chassis, not a modified 'lite' version so that you keep the full carrying capacity of the truck. One of these would be my first choice after a bus conversion.

[luvrbus]

That is a Kingsley lot of those around I recall they were made in MN

[bobofthenorth]

What Clifford said.  I saw one years ago that was a Pete grafted onto a Mirage Prevost.  Pretty easy on the eyes.

[luvrbus]

What Clifford said.  I saw one years ago that was a Pete grafted onto a Mirage Prevost.  Pretty easy on the eyes.

I believe he made those for 10 years,Chubby Checker the twist guy had one here in Laughlin a few years ago.A buddy of mine still builds these monsters www.powerhousecoach.com lol he dosen't have good taste in trucks all he uses is the Volvo 
 

[Geoff]

If these 80,000 lb truck chassis are used for a conversion, I can only say they are going to ride like a half-empty truck with stiff suspension.  No fun.

I have ridden in medium duty trucks with the RV body, and they ride exactly like a medium duty truck.  There is no comparison to a bus chassis.   

[Jim Eh.]

In this axle configuration the weight capacity is more like 60,000 lbs. and they are on rear air ride suspension sometimes with more air reservoir capacity than a bus (means smoother ride). There is also air ride steer axle kits/conversions available for a class 8 truck so the vehicle could be "riding on air" very similar to an MCI axle/suspension setup.

[DoubleEagle]

he dosen't have good taste in trucks all he uses is the Volvo 

I've driven quite a few Volvo's, they might not look as good as a Peterbuilt or Kenworth, but they are comfortable to drive, have better visibility, and better heating and cooling. I would still not stick one on the front of a bus chassis though, air bags or not. A lot of of those Kingsley's have tremendous overhangs and must scrape a lot.

[buswarrior]

Highway tractor "air suspension" is a different animal than our highway coaches.

Single bag per axle end, buffering a steel hinge... can't remember the proper name...

No where as smooth as our radius rod controlled 2 bags per axle end.

Bare highway tractor loaded up can be closer to $200k than $150k now... and then the conversion has to be glued onto the frame rails...

Many of those units you see have stripper tractors under them... converter has to leave some room for profit...

A coach style air suspension manufactured down the back would sweeten things considerably?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[luvrbus]

I have ridden in a few of the Powerhouse conversions they don't ride nothing like a truck and are so quite for a front engine ,Powerhouse uses Volvo because if you are involved in a head on collision the engine absorbs the impact and drops out the bottom lol I for one don't want to test it 

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Looks like a pretty long overhang in the rear. Wouldn't want to try to take this one up Pikes Peak. :-)