A very different take on a Class C

[RobertRyan]

Notice it is a Cabover Japanese MDT not available in the US, neither is the toad Pickup Truck. Body is different. Pickup Truck has a 4.5litre V8 Diesel.

[RobertRyan]

j-d wrote:
I've long thought that the smaller diesel cabover MDT's would make a great chassis for a Class C with some capacity, decent fuel mileage, reliability, and ease of driving.

I've thought though, that it'd be more of a Truck Camper, since my understanding was a "motor-home" had to have the cockpit accessible from the living quarters.

Is that what everybody still thinks? I remember cars called "Hardtop Convertible" where the top didn't fold, come off, or whatever. But no Center Post, no Window Frames. Then GM re-defined it. OK to have a center post and windows, just frame-less door windows.

Anyhow, I would give up a cut-away cab-chassis to keep a more solid small motor-home.

And, Robert, I like the vehicles and RV's you have Down There. The pickup you just pictured bears that out. Function over Form. Here in USA, it's all about Form...

It is not a small diesel. 8.8 litre or a 9.8litre. Par for the course for Japanese MDT's here

[timmac]

Wow I guess I am not the only one out there will custom a built stacker for our toys.


American version


Australian version

[pnichols]

According to some of Robert's photos in various threads plenty of customers in Australia are nowadays going for "form" over "function", too.

Australia still has a huge land mass as compared to it's relatively low population ... like the U.S. used to have many decades ago. I prefer the ratio that Australia still has and if I RV'd there I'd take advantage of it by using a near expedition-grade RV to explore all over the place in the interior as much as legally possible. Of course one has to be a remote desert lover to appreciate that kind of RV'ing.

The documentary "From Alice to Ocean" clearly showed (to me) the beauty and allure of the pristine Australian Outback ... what an RV'ing dream place. There are only a few places left in the U.S. where this experience can be somewhat duplicated in an RV. We've been to one place and camped there in our Class C that maybe came close ... a spot in the Oregon Outback.

[gbopp]

RobertRyan wrote:

Nice, it looks like an off road beast. Thanks.

[j-d]

I've long thought that the smaller diesel cabover MDT's would make a great chassis for a Class C with some capacity, decent fuel mileage, reliability, and ease of driving.

I've thought though, that it'd be more of a Truck Camper, since my understanding was a "motor-home" had to have the cockpit accessible from the living quarters.

Is that what everybody still thinks? I remember cars called "Hardtop Convertible" where the top didn't fold, come off, or whatever. But no Center Post, no Window Frames. Then GM re-defined it. OK to have a center post and windows, just frame-less door windows.

Anyhow, I would give up a cut-away cab-chassis to keep a more solid small motor-home.

And, Robert, I like the vehicles and RV's you have Down There. The pickup you just pictured bears that out. Function over Form. Here in USA, it's all about Form...

[RobertRyan]

gbopp wrote:
From the way the boat sits on the trailer, it looks like it may be a custom build?

The toad looks pretty cool, I wish it was a better picture.

Thanks for posting.

[RobertRyan]

magnusfide wrote:
Clever and creative!! Where was this photo taken?
They flipped that 5W to face the back for better aerodynamics and created storage under the hitch. It has a kind of "Mad Max" appeal. :c

Somewhere in Australia. In Country Australia

[magnusfide]

Clever and creative!! Where was this photo taken?
They flipped that 5W to face the back for better aerodynamics and created storage under the hitch. It has a kind of "Mad Max" appeal. :c

[gbopp]

From the way the boat sits on the trailer, it looks like it may be a custom build?

The toad looks pretty cool, I wish it was a better picture.

Thanks for posting.

[Ivylog]

After the PU is unloaded the hydraulic cylinders lower the tongue of the boat trailer down and the PU takes it to the boat ramp. A lot of thought went into just the design of the trailer.

[ThePowells]

Lotsa room for a nice big poopy tank.

[j-d]

I wonder how they launch the boat...Hmm...Back slowly down the ramp till the trailer is submerged...Hmm...
Amazing rig. Thanks for posting!