Towing

rooney77 wrote:
Man I'd love to find a big truck like yours to build off of. Nice looking setup.

Thanks - they are out there and can be found pretty cheap. I saw a big 4x4 IH sell at an equipment auction out here that would have made a great TC/MH chassis for something crazy......10K maybe? Plus it had some equipment attached that could have been sold off to recoup much of the cost of the chassis. If I was going to build something different, that's probably what I'd do. I've seen some crane trucks and drill trucks and things like that where you could buy it, sell the attached equipment and get a great setup for very cheap. Just need some space, time, and money to do the big build. We are way too happy with what we have at this point to even think about going another route. We have 6 years 78K miles and 400+ nights in our camper (to go along with 32K miles and 330+ nights the former owners put on it on the trip to South America.) Of course big trucks cost more to maintain. Just spent $2500 on tires, $6000 on a transmission/driveline repairs/upgrades and nearly $2000 on a new radiator. $10.5K in the last month!