Diesel Engines/Chassis - Preferences and Why?
It'll probably take me a while for my search...I'm pretty methodical about looking and the right one has to all but fall in my lap! Looking for something in the 10 year old or less category in a 36'-...
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10forty2 wrote:
Thanks for the great information so far! Any feedback on the Roadmaster chassis? How about the Mercedes engines for bigger RVs? I've seen several advertised for sale that have the MB engine, and many others with Roadmaster chassis. So many combinations out there.....it probably WILL take me 6 years too, Chainwright..... ;)
I believe that MB is what was once Detroit, but not like having an old 60 series and most of what I've seen in the larger coaches, they never seem to come close to having a least 10HP/foot and what I use a s a benchmark for HP/Torque and weight ratios. Unless a real behemoth, like a Prevost and then there's no worries about having adequate power, anyway. I'm guessing that MB is still a good engine, but really have no real knowledge of such. You'd think that a company that made airplane engines, could make a MH engine, anyway.
Road-master chassis has already been explained, with it being centralized to a specific brand.
I'm partial to Spartan myself and especially with the older coaches and whereas you always got a side radiator with their chassis. In fact Spartan was an option over Freightliner with a lot of new orders on the higher end. Don't quote me, but I'm thinking that Foretravel has now gone exclusively with Spartan and at one time, might have made their own.
