Ford E 450 chassis questions

The V10 should do fine. Be carefull, really low miles could mean a lot of sitting time.

From all I read, the average non-full timer puts less than
5,000 miles a year on their RV. I know it has been true in
our case.

I think overall I've had good luck with my V10. I usually sit around 18,000 when traveling (including the toad) and the only issue I had was loss of power at higher altitude. I had a turbo with almost no extra boost added to the RV. It sits on the tail pipe under the coach and feeds back up to the air box. Makes almost no difference to the RV at lower altitude, but makes it much easier to keep highway speeds when going up the mountains while fully loaded. When I was running without the car behind (5,000 lbs less to haul) I didn't feel the need for a way to get more power out of it.

Excellent chassis and motor combo. We have almost the same year (2002) and a little smaller. Lots of Jam on the hills, reliable, and will go forever. We bought ours as an ex rental 7 years ago with somewhere around 60 to 80K. We have around 180 K now and other than new tires and plugs the rest has been routine oil changes. I put better shocks on it this year but the originals were actually OK. Parts readily available, chassis built in North America (Mexico) enough on the road that mechanics are familiar with them.


Good luck and happy trails.

The V10 performs great, but it is a small -block so it does have to rev to make power. It won't hurt it though. I've spent 10+ minutes sustained around 5,000 RPM.

372,000 miles on it so far, about half that is towing miles with a typical combined weight of 22,000 pounds. No repairs aside from routine maintenance except for a radiator, heater hose, and a few starter relays. I do think I will soon need a new stater and fuel pump however. It seems like the fuel pumps almost have an inverse-life cycle.... The more you drive, the longer they last. MHs that sit a lot seem to have the most fuel-pump problems (ditto with sticking brake calipers).

We live at 6700ft msl had all power we needed. A very pleasant surprise the first time we drove at sea level.

Hi,

I weigh 13,600 lbs and my V-10 had no problems with the Canadian Rockies. I do have oversize tires which would be a worst case scenario.

Now, if someone could tell me how to not make it drink so deeply at the gas pump I'd be in engine heaven. LOL!