Navistar RV is gone.......Hello new owners

moisheh wrote:
Hipower stated:The Navistar engine line would seem to be well proven in their OTR truck products and if the HP/torque curves fit in an RV application it would seem to be a good alternative to Cummins, Cat and Detroit.
I don't know where you got that information. Those engines are far from proven and came very close to killing Navistar's engine mfg.! The truckers hated the engines and finally Navistar smartened up and is installing Cummins. Neither Cat nor Detroit are supplying engines to RV mfrs. Cat does not sell any OTR engines other than something for specialty uses. Detroits may be used in some bus conversions. If the new owners expect to sell any units they will have to dump that ridiculous excuse for a powerplant. I do hope they continue with the Roadmaster but the last link sounds like that too will be history. I bet most in this forum do not know that the Roadmaster chassis was designed by Chrysler just before they went bankrupt.

Moisheh

Based on personal experience operating a fleet of trucks where 90% were powered by the Navistar DT series engines which evolved into the Maxforce of today I can say that the Navistar engine is certainly a good alternative to the B series Cummins and a whole lot less expensive overall. If that doesn't meet with your experience then I am happy that we have choices. While many of us desire big, high horsepower engines we don't really need the same engines that operate in class 8 trucks to drive our 6-8 or 10,000 miles a year.