Aeolus
New member
Virgin, Newbie, Rookie, RVer--without RV (presently). East coast (Long Island) son to be Coloradan. Last daughter in college, and now it's me and mama (plus one dog and cat). Our plan is to use some of this ill-gotten equity (it really is obscene--but we'll take it) to build our little cabin in the woods near Pikes Peak, buy the Harley Ultraglide, and pick up a nice, used 30-something foot long diesel pusher for the price of between twenty and thirty thousand bucks.
I have a class A license with all the endorsements, so drivng a big rig and living the highway life is nothing new to me. Wife has a class B (school bus) license, so she's good behind the wheel, too. I ran into this site during my self-education process before purchasing. I've run the gamut between the Toyota 22R Class C gas unit, and the older Foretravel (a castle, if you ask me). We love the outdoors and want to visit lots of national and state parks--maybe do the ALCAN Highway to Alaska, and have been monitoring conversations where the discussions focus on mountain driving, the diesel versus gas question, the six-speed Allison tranny issue (not really an issue, except that the six-speed is superior to the four. These discussions have answered a lot of questions for me--sort of like the FAQ sections of most sites.
We're both retired now and I will be driving a school bus as well. That gives us summers off (like the teachers) and long holidays. Suffice it to say, there may be months on end where we'll be living "aboard" and other times when it will be merely a week or weekend. What I haven't picked up on, as yet, are the differences in chasis, integrated components like body/chasis (like on the Foretravel), and whether the Ford 460 is superior to the Chevy 454. I've heard that the Chevys have exhaut manifold leak problems.
Any and all advice anyone has to offer--oh yes, and I'll be pulling a pickup with a full dressed Hog in the bed--will be much appreciated. I have lots of mechanical knowledge, but am not in the best physical condition for crawling around an engine compartment (back and knees). Thanks in advance for your advice and comraderie.
I have a class A license with all the endorsements, so drivng a big rig and living the highway life is nothing new to me. Wife has a class B (school bus) license, so she's good behind the wheel, too. I ran into this site during my self-education process before purchasing. I've run the gamut between the Toyota 22R Class C gas unit, and the older Foretravel (a castle, if you ask me). We love the outdoors and want to visit lots of national and state parks--maybe do the ALCAN Highway to Alaska, and have been monitoring conversations where the discussions focus on mountain driving, the diesel versus gas question, the six-speed Allison tranny issue (not really an issue, except that the six-speed is superior to the four. These discussions have answered a lot of questions for me--sort of like the FAQ sections of most sites.
We're both retired now and I will be driving a school bus as well. That gives us summers off (like the teachers) and long holidays. Suffice it to say, there may be months on end where we'll be living "aboard" and other times when it will be merely a week or weekend. What I haven't picked up on, as yet, are the differences in chasis, integrated components like body/chasis (like on the Foretravel), and whether the Ford 460 is superior to the Chevy 454. I've heard that the Chevys have exhaut manifold leak problems.
Any and all advice anyone has to offer--oh yes, and I'll be pulling a pickup with a full dressed Hog in the bed--will be much appreciated. I have lots of mechanical knowledge, but am not in the best physical condition for crawling around an engine compartment (back and knees). Thanks in advance for your advice and comraderie.
