Fantasies of ah Big Rigger

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

So az not to offend any sensitivities of ah Hi-Jacking and because I kinda like Scenic Cruiserz too 'cept for no chocolate mintz on the pillow, I'll ask my own question for those of us that have spent way too many dayz 'n nitez lookin at the white lines on the street. To the point: Any of you Guyz ever think of picking an old long nose Day cab tractor and do a glider in reverse and hang ah condo on it and go trailor truckin'? I personally looked for a Pre WWII to do it to + with and the closest I ever found az a possible donor waz ah '38 Aharns Fox Fire Truck(loved the kick A$$ siren in the nose) Had the donor late model Pete roll over all set up for the swap sittin' in ah large car wreckin' yard in Toledo. And then went to war with my Bride over pullin' too much from the long term Nest Egg. In retrospect I wish I'da fought harder and won that battle. 20-25K iz chicken feed lookin' back at the big picture now. OH, and for the unknowing outside the industry ah GLIDER iz putting a new cab and railz and every thing else together with and older engine, transmission and drive train. We have ah whole bunch of time for the mind to wander out there to if yah never figured that one out. ... AND Commando sir, If you'd like ah picture of my '66 5 window A-100 /6/727 all in factory white az inspiration, shoot my your address again and it'z on the way. No Bill Golden wheel stander but just az much fun, Jer

 

[commando1]

Address PM'd to you, sir, and. I truly. Thank you.

 

[amazinblue82]

So az not to offend any sensitivities of ah Hi-Jacking and because I kinda like Scenic Cruiserz too 'cept for no chocolate mintz on the pillow, I'll ask my own question for those of us that have spent way too many dayz 'n nitez lookin at the white lines on the street.

hey Jer..i saw the little "dustup" in another thread on "hi jacking". i know that term, like others, has a subjective quality..some peoples' "hi-jacks" are another person's "good point". Anyway, it all seemed to sort itself out.

I am thankful you guys that know BIG trucks and BIG diesels -- they kinda go together -- chimed into Scenicrusin.

A bus is just a big a** truck in essence, hauling people as their "cargo". A trucker's knowledge is invaluable before I throw around my "orange" money on my dream of tooling around my retirement in a Scenicruiser

anyway I think these trucks/RV combos are COOL too. I just don't know, at my age, if I could learn to drive one safely all over the country, whereas I mastered bus driving a long time ago.

I hope one/some of you guys get/has one of these babies... with "mintz" in the green foil wrapper too

 

[commando1]

I like the classic Pete conventional with the cab integral to the RV interior..
You know.
Drive. Pull over, get up out of seat and walk back and make some coffee.
Return to seat, Drive, pull over, kill a prostitute. Return to seat
Drive...

[video]https://youtu.be/imhBoE56OEs[/video]

 

[commando1]

Overkill? Lol

 

[amazinblue82]

overkill redux? guess they wanna ride out the apocalypse in these...in rugged style but at 1 mpg if that?

green one is ex- US Army, beige looks European-built (MAN?).

cool-looking but i dunno... not really touring rigs obviously but I can see an outdoors type (hunters, hikers, etc., ) living near the wilderness might do one of these?

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

You'll do fine Dave. Jes remember to swing wide, go in deep, cut sharp. If you forget that you'll be dragin' lite polez 'n phone linez down the street. And don't even think about tryin' to take on ah load of fuel in ah gas station jes 'cuz they got ah diesel pump on one ah there islandz, THATZ AH BIG NO NO. If you wanna run with the big dawgz you'll havtah learn quick or die slow and painfully, or stay on the pourch. Did I ever tell yeah 'bout the time I took ah big ole' 40' sail boat thru residential Annapolis, Md. between all the brown stonez turnin' cornerz with ah 60' mast hung underneath with 25' hang over stickin' out the back? with little s**t box rice carz parked bumper to bumper on both sidez of the streetz? AH, I'll save that one fer another day. Go get 'um Man, jes keep all us in the loop, Jer

 

[commando1]

Hell, go all out then.
Extreme RV'ing.

 

[amazinblue82]

Hell, go all out then.
Extreme RV'ing.

the big one looks like it can "git er done"...a rig NOT for the timid so it gets the "Rambo" smiley :icon_rambo:

shoot man, i needed that thing just to get in/out of my subdivision the past two winters..my 4x4 Silverado wasn't cutting on many a snow day.

 

[amazinblue82]

now, speaking of winter, to get back to Jer's start, here's a conversion even a "clutch-user" like me could spin i think...

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

If you wanna run in the white crap make sure when you do your build to build it with ah twin screw. No single axlez OR dead 2nd axlez. And remember theirz alwayz more traction on either shoulder then their iz down the middle of street in either lane. I offered to pull a CHP Trooper off the rain water run off lip on Cajon Pass one time 'cuz he didn't know ah thing 'bout drivin' in the white crap and it really weren't nothin' but ah dusting. Yup, not often but sometimez they even get the white crap in SoCal too. He refused the help tho' and I told him i'd be happy to drag him up 'n over the hump and all the way to Baker if he wanted me to. But at that point I could tell by the look on hiz face that he waz not amused with my offer. So I just politely saluted goodbye and boogied around him and scooted on up the grade and left him sittin' there perfectly balanced on that asphalt berm doin' ah beautiful titter-totter thing with hiz black 'n white, lol

 

[bluefury361]

Those big-ole-rigs sure look cool, probably fun to drive too. But your kinda restricted to seeing the go'ole USA from the distance on the interstate highway with them.
I choose to be more upclose and personal in my travels. One of my 69 c bodys and a 19' vintage RV is my perfered method of travel.

 

[LocuMob]

I'd love a otter-home and a nice big *** car trailer, over/under style, behind it, if I had the money and cars worth putting in it (as in finished) and a huge bank account sonic could travel the country. If I ever win the lotto, that's what I'm going to do. I love big rigs although I've never driven one.

 

[300rag]

I'd love a otter-home and a nice big *** car trailer, over/under style, behind it, if I had the money and cars worth putting in it (as in finished) and a huge bank account sonic could travel the country. If I ever win the lotto, that's what I'm going to do. I love big rigs although I've never driven one.

Like this?

 

[amazinblue82]

heres a couple more you dont see everyday..

 

[300rag]

heres a couple more you dont see everyday..

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Now this looks like a Jer-mobile to me. No offence intended.

 

[LocuMob]

Like this?

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That would do just fine. Thanks for putting that in my head. Looks like I'll be drawing at work (helps me stay awake for the 12 hour night shift).

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

None taken Peter. I'm jes trying to figger out what it'z powered by! That iz ah Loooong hood on there. Maybe an ole' Caddy V16 or one of the Rolls Royce screamerz that got picked up after the war when they scrapped all the fighter aircraft over in the UK and stuffed most of 'um into the hydroplanes? That and what did they do to reinforce the roof and mount the 5th wheel to? That'd be some serious iron sittin' over your head. Either way I could live with that even without the mints on the pillow, FOR JUST AH LITTLE WHILE, lol

 

[amazinblue82]

Jer...went to site where I found pic...they wanna know whats in it too, underhood and inside trailer. somewhere somebody might recognize it and help us all out. Ray

 

[amazinblue82]

couple more...sorry 'bout picture quality. they are blown up screenshots from Pinterest.