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late_bloomer
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Jan 25, 2015

the deal fell through, now I have a million questions

Well the dealer and I couldn't come to terms about price, so I walked from the deal. We were looking at a 2005 Dolphin, and the dealer kept saying the Workhorse chassis it had was the best in the ind...
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DSDP_Don
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Jan 25, 2015
Personally, I think the Workhorse was the best chassis, especially in 2005. No matter how you look at it, the Allison is the BEST transmission in the motor home industry. Mating he Allison to the 8.1 Chevy engine made for a killer combination. The 8.1 was a beast in the hills and got pretty good mileage on the flatlands. I had the Workhorse chassis in a 2004 Fleetwood Terra. It would blow by DP's on a grade.

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