Holiday Rambler TC with a tag axle?

I'm still thinking the Hol. Ramb. with tag axle belongs in the lineup of the remains of creatures that were exhumed from the Burgess Shale. Don't look up the Burgess Shale unless you have a lot of time on your hands. 8<)
jefe

burningman wrote:
Do these old camper tag axles steer, or just scrub?
While I'd never want to own one of these ill-engineered monstrosities, I'm still fascinated by them and would love to see someone else restore one!

They steer, there's a spring that holds the wheels in a straight line during normal travel, that allows them to pivot when turning corners.

I like this "Tag Axle" that simply plugs into the trucks trailer hitch to help with rear weight

http://s415.photobucket.com/user/dramsey1281/media/Camping004.jpg.html

Do these old camper tag axles steer, or just scrub?
While I'd never want to own one of these ill-engineered monstrosities, I'm still fascinated by them and would love to see someone else restore one!

Bedlam wrote:
Good luck finding a receiver that could handle that long of an extension. I think the SuperTruss only goes up to 5' due to the forces on receiver.

With the Born Free's, it was possible to tow behind as there was a frame that connected to the rear the truck that the overhang of the camper rode on and had a steel bumper with a receiver on it on the rear of the camper.

With what I've seen in the pictures of the MotoVan, not sure if you could do something similar.

Good luck finding a receiver that could handle that long of an extension. I think the SuperTruss only goes up to 5' due to the forces on receiver.

is it legal to tow your boat behind that behemoth?

Thanks so much for the info... I am definitely going to buy the one I recently found.

The Holiday Rambler MotoVan was a development effort to bring a larger truck camper that had off road capability not offered by other products of the time. The suspension was fully independent and used a trailing arm with air bag to give both a smooth ride and kept the trucks drive wheels firmly on the ground in all terrain. These where originally developed for those that wanted to ventured off roads and into back country with something more then the typical TC. Total production on the product was limited but then it was never intendant to be a volume product. As a Holiday Rambler product these are about as rare as it gets with the limited production.

The MotoVan production came to an end when Holiday's TC production ended. A few years after the end of the MotoVan the company did move back into the all terrain RV market with a very exclusive custom built motorized products based on a Oshkosh chassis that could go just about anywhere.