WayneLee wrote:
Recently, rumor has it that Forest River will not offer Ford's E350 chassis in the future, but instead has decided to use only Ford's E450 chassis (mine is a 450). The E450 chassis uses Ford's larger V10 (different "chip" give more HP), a 6 speed transmission, and has more weight capacity including a 7500 lb hitch.
I've been told that currently, the Chevy chassis is not available. Apparently, the assembly line at Chevy has two or three different types of vehicles produced on it.
That is correct. Full profile RVs on the E350 chassis V10 chassis would exceed the new CO2 limitations for the 10-14k vehicle class. So the option is to use the V8, limit the frontal area to 72 ft^2, or move up to the E450 which is subject to higher CO2 allowances.
https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/non-html/Q-229.pdfThe Chevy chassis hasn't been produced since the Colorado started production. GM has not committed to resuming production. This would be the 3rd long-term supply disruption in the last 10 years for that chassis, so there isn't a lot of love in the body-builder world.
