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- I am more interested in what happened than what chassis.
Have driven trucks of that size including a genuine dump truck. Amazing what can happen... Have also driven many thousands of miles in a Class A RV.
In both cases.. It is amazing what other drivers do. I mean I've seen a semi truck that I swear had tire tracks on the front bumper the motorcyclist cut in that tight in front of it (Actually I was INSIDE that truck at the time, My brother was driving).
Then I went to work dispatching Police,,, and later they put in cameras which I could control from my desk so I could look at the accidents myself. Even watched a few happen.. Truly amazing.
(you will note I'm not suggesting who is to blame for this crash.. The photo is not detailed enough to even guess) - Actually, if it "rolled several times" it says a lot for the construction. Most class A Motor Homes, trailers and 5th wheels would have disassembled. As to real world performance, I have not found an uphill interstate grade that it will not maintain 50+ with most RVs slower in the truck lane and the DW does not appreciate everything in the cabinets stacked at the back when accelerating. Just sayin' this is not the realm of 0-60 in 3.9. Bets are passenger was not belted in and took the rolling ride bouncing inside.
- Yup, a robust van chassis as the one in the pic looks like a 24' max length having the narrow van chassis ladder frame that's still a lot narrower at the dual rear wheels area. Terrible side protection for passengers as there's nothing to stop the inward crush. Has a GVW (max) of 11,000 lbs with dual rear wheels. Except when hit by anything it's own weight or an unloaded dump truck as it rolls over and over as stated in the article. Very tall and narrow little MH's. UPS is no longer buying the Sprinters as so many of their have rolled and the very poor maintenance cost/repair history accrued also.
Fast acceleration??? Ya right, 23 seconds to go from 0-60 with the basic unloaded bare bones model with the largest V-6 diesel engine available. 31.3 seconds at 11,000 lbs (GVW). How'd you like to enter a highway behind that very "fast" acceleration? God forbid if it's pulling anything! Road rage aggravation comes to mind. Been behind a few and know and we are mid 70's and not fast drivers at all! - Ouch
- Built by Mercedes-Benz, the Sprinter is robust in construction and has an amazing turning circle. It also has very powerful anti-lock brakes, something we learned when two lanes suddenly turned into one in a construction zone, and we had to apply full braking power. The headlights create superb visibility, as do the windshield wipers, which we used briefly during a passing storm.
The biggest surprise of all, however, is the Sprinter’s Mercedes-Benz V-6 engine. Measuring just 3 liters, it produces 188 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque, which doesn’t seem like nearly enough for the larger View and Reyo. But with less than 11,000 pounds to contend with, the engine has no trouble at all hustling the coach up to speed and keeping it there.
- See more at: http://www.motorhome.com/top-stories/winnebago-sprinters-head-to-head-comparison/#sthash.kVvA0sqj.dpuf - The sprinter chassis is made by Freightliner.
- I hope for a speedy recovery for the passenger.
I realize this is off topic. And, the picture doesn't show much. But, I have never seen a intersection like that around here. - Ouch! Lucky that dump truck was not loaded with something heavy. Could have been much worse.
- Sprinter isn't a real motorhome chassis, it's a simple van chassis with a box put over it! Not remotely and match up when colliding with dump truck as it will crumble and lose big time always!
- I haven't seen any more info since the initial story.
