Taking Toterhome to the next level

It would be even cooler if someone executed this a little better.

http://bangshift.com/general-news/freak-week-motorhome-truck-thing-epic-horrific/

That would be so much better as a ramp back hauler. Actually, it would be so much better as almost anything else.

I agree.. a rollback would be awesome... even a regular old flatbed would be cool.. especially if you used some of the old RV's metal to form it all in at the bottom

That's like a reverse mermaid, all of the right parts but...

A Centurion on steroids...

Other than the fact they cut off all of the RV bit's I'd want, it's not a bad idea.

Old RVs are cheap too. All you need is a sawzall and some ingenuity. Thats not a bad idea since most motorhomes are just a heavy duty truck underneath.

Kinda reminds me of something like this, only bigger:

Great. Now I'm tempted to build one.

Used to tote a fifth wheel maybe?

I could see building something like this:

from a motorhome. Put a slanted ramp on the rear, centered over the rear axle...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TH3DH52ITpI/AAAAAAABSOE/HTBujncL7g0/s1600/img_0057-650x431.jpg

Bag the rear axles so it sits on the ground for easy loading. Use an early COE cab and a tornado/eldorado or some other FWD.

It would be great as a ramp back, the pickup bed seems like a waste of space compared to what was there before (unless there's a fifth wheel coupling in there that he uses). It might not look nice but it could be hellafunctional.

stanger_missle wrote: Kinda reminds me of something like this, only bigger:

That's a Centurion. Popular in the 80's and early 90's with the horse crowd before pick-ups turned into luxury cars. The same company made a 4-door full-sized Bronco.

Amusingly, one of my teammates has a big early 90's motorhome. He brought it to a mountain bike race this past Spring. He had his dual-sprot bike on a trailer behind it. Why? "Because I've had to use it to get home too many times to leave home without it." It's nice, though. It is an early single-slide-out model with a slide for the couch behind the driver's seat.

In reply to Ian F:

Huh. I never knew that Centurion made anything other than the 4 door trucks. Just for S&Gs, here is a Centurion towing another Centurion:

In reply to stanger_missle:

Conversely, I've seen many more of the van-trucks than the 4-doors around here. IRC, one or two other companies did the van-truck conversion, but most of the ones I've seen have "Centurion" decals.

The Ford dealer I worked at sold Centurions. Not real big here in the Southeast but they were pretty popular in Texas and out West.

The more I think about the MH cutaway idea, the more I like it. Airbag the rear axle, put a 14' tilt ramp on the rear centered a couple of feet behind the rear axle, it would solve my race car hauling dilemma completely (trailer, tow vehicle etc) and the remaining MH part could still sleep a few people if need be.

In reply to Curmudgeon:

I like it too, although to me it would depend a bit on where the RV utilities are located and whether they would interfere. IMHO, unless it can still function 100% as an RV (bath, kitchen, A/C, etc), the conversion is pointless. Rather than trying to engineer some complicated tilting platform, I'd be more inclined to leave the car hauling part as a simple ramp like old-school car haulers oftern were.

Yeah, I'd want to leave the A/C and bath too. It looks to me like, given a long enough wheelbase to start from, that could be done and still have a dinette that converts to a bed, etc. The gray and black water tanks could be located under the tilt bed, along with toolboxes etc. the HVAC is typically a self contained unit easily moved to a different roof position. I'm thinking tilt bed so the car would be level for travel, but a fixed angled bed would work too.

Could probably even scoot the rear axle back to help preserve some interior space. Motorhomes typically have stupid big overhangs, the frame rails are usually straight (no axle hump), just have to come up with a longer driveshaft and brake lines... dammit I will NOT go on CL today...

In reply to Ian F:

That stuff is all pretty easy to move around on a typical straight truck chassis.

Agreed on building the car platform as a ramp.

bentwrench wrote: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TH3DH52ITpI/AAAAAAABSOE/HTBujncL7g0/s1600/img_0057-650x431.jpg Bag the rear axles so it sits on the ground for easy loading. Use an early COE cab and a tornado/eldorado or some other FWD.

Start with one of these. Toro'dorado drivetrain in it, already.

There's one of those sitting outside an indie repair shop around the corner from me. No, I have not and will not stop!

not sure how utilitarian the first one is.. but it probably has a toilet and a small kitchenette. The sleeping would be done by dropping the bed down that is over the driver's and passenger's seats

I like it. I would put an angled ramp and a sleeping bunk that comes out over part of the cars hood.

Use a two burner gas stove and microwave, single bowl sink, there's the kitchenette. Toilet is easy, shower might not be so simple, more from a water sealing standpoint. I did once see a LeSharo which had these interlocking plastic panels that enclosed the shower, its drawback was a raised ring on the floor for the shower pan. Here's a LeSharo with a slide out shower pan, that has its own set of engineering problems. You can see the handheld shower head on the wall on the right side.

Dinette bed and the aforementioned flip down bed over the front seats, sleep 2 or 3 comfortably. It could easily pull a trailer with a second car, pit bikes etc. too. Remember when I mumble about this I am talking a race car rig not a big weekend haul 15 people to the RV park setup. Or even a meth lab.

I've been using Sportsmobile templates as a guide for compact RV interior layouts. I don't want to deal with a black water tank, so a chemical toilet would be my choice there. In Sportsmobile conversions, these are usually stored in a cabinet and set-up for use in the shower stall. I'm torn on the kitchenette. Part of me just wants to set everything up on a table under the outside awning, but I know any sort of long-term resale value would require something inside.

JFX001 wrote: I like it. I would put an angled ramp and a sleeping bunk that comes out over part of the cars hood.

Cool idea. Leave part of each side wall to support the overhead bunk, there ya go. It might interfere with a tilt bed like I was thinking of, though. Would work fine with a fixed bed.