Nothing to delaminate and it aint gonna flex much.. need to get the fridge up there tomorrow. Im hoping to be roofing it this weekend. Been savin all the recipts.
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Nothing to delaminate and it aint gonna flex much.. need to get the fridge up there tomorrow. Im hoping to be roofing it this weekend. Been savin all the recipts.
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This could be the only back porch attatched to a peterbilt known to man.
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Old style paint scheme
Joe:
Where is the cocktail table in the back porch picture?
Chuck
joe you have a hell of imagination
Fredo
Thank u Fredo. Ive been copying quite a bit.
Lots of back porches out there cant believe nobody ever attatched one to a Peterbilt.
Do an image search for unique RVs or Housetrucks
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Not something that would resemble the sticks and staples the industry produces.
Hand crafted.
Im opening my 3rd box of 1000 rivits and thank God it will be the last.
What is the absolute most R factor u could pack into a 1 in wall. Im going to start with sound deadning and the ceramic paint. If this would be adiquate? i could completly eliminate the nessessity for a wood frame structure on the exterior walls. Cost time and weight would all benefit.
I could easily test the design ill be prob sleepin on the floor for the first few trips.
Been a very productive week.
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Ive got the wall framing all welded in. Most of the windows in.
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Got the roof truses cut and fit and decked.
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Put some brakes in aluminum and fitted the roof radius.
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This was 3 weeks ago today.
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Almost a finished shell tonight!! I rhink it looks a little naked at this point but the preportions r very good.
This is awesome. You rock
Great work Joe!
Looking good Joe..............you da man.
This is an authentic Joe conversion....love it.
It really looks fantastic - the lines work perfectly with the truck. Great vision -
Lov’in the back porch! Now that will be a conversation piece for other drivers seeing your rig going down the road! Very original (or, at least the 1st I’ve seen?). You move fast…especially considering you are doing this all by yourself! Can’t wait to see the interior! Really nice work, Joe.
Ya know how when u watch a marathon and as a person gets past the finish line they collaps. Thats me today. I made it and im all spent up.
The rest will probably take 3 years and that sits just fine with me.
Imagine an outdoor shower under the awning out back move the chair away come back with a towel and bar of soap.
The current back deck is overbuilt and very very heavy and also could stand small dimension mods. Iron railings r also very heavy. I decided when the railings come ill tear off that exzisting platform for a new thats considerably lighter and the deck will be a tad higher creating bigger compartments underneeth as well as offsetting the additional weight of the railings a win win all the way around.
I need to go jell out for a few days im mentally and physically spent.
that is cool nice job
Someone has given this thread a 1 star rating, that would define it as a "terrible" thread rating. I am always open to constructive critisizm. So im curious as to what exactly it is that drew that rating from whoever it was that gave it?
Didnt even know u could do that. Took me a while to find the tab for that. If u go up to the top of this page there is a rate this thread tab.
My feelings is hurt but more important If this non bus thread is inproper on a bus forum i would like to know and i will stop. Please rate this thread so i know. Thank u.
Keep going, Joe! The knowledge, incredible service, friendship and creativity you bring to this site are Priceless. Too many have benefited from your help over so many years.
Never even noticed the “Rate this Thread” option - until you pointed it out! Maybe someone fat fingered it by mistake?
Nothing wrong with your commentary!
I didn’t know you could rate a thread either, but I’ll learn how and put my 5 stars on it. Just so you know this has been a hoot to watch and I couldn’t give two craps whether this was specific to a Prevost or not. I’d be very disappointed if you decided not to share this project or any others you can come up with. Your talent teaches us things we can take back to our personal rv’s without fail. Thank you!
I second Greg & Dockholiday input.
5 Star rating
Chuck
Its all good im having fun. LOL
I took it home. Be in Auburn Hills Mi. first thing monday morn and down to Bill Johnsons in Ky. by the end of the week on her maiden voyage and ill definatly be ruffin it. Who was that that rated me one star? Im sorry please forgive me.
This thread rate thingy hmmmmm could turn into something very interesting.
Rally is getting close poggers r in motion I can feel it in the air. Hope everybody going has a great time. Gettin out and and makin smoke. Slow down, get on some 2 lane, enjoy the moment.
If I could vote twice for 10 stars I would!
My head is swolen. It feels very nice.
You are a good guy Joe! I personally like to see your innovation, be it a Truck or coach in constructing things. Many of your ideas and projects are seeds for the rest of us! My father once said and he said many one liners. "Good guys, there are only a few of us left". I will add, I don't think that thought excluded women.
Did u ever identify all the auto tag lift components and the switch. Did u find the switch that turns it on???
I finished the current roof sufficiantly. It is 2 layers of 1/4 ply going different directions with the top edge of the radius between. Seam sealer tape and hy-tech ceramic roof coat. 1 primer coat 2 bus coat coats.
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I wholehartidly endorse this product. If u intend on doing your roof the clear coat is currently on backorder and unavalable.
The bus coat is like the stuff the can of liquid rubber u dip tool handles in to coat them. Then its got the ceramic talc to sweeten the pie. Good stuff. Think i got just enough left to do the trailer.
Ive progressed into ruffin it mode.
Bed
Inverter
Fridge
Satalite TV
Air conditioning
Period.
Ill be finishing structure, adding in a few spots and also to add back door 3 more windows and a few smaller hatches above the floor line before shooting the inside with undercoat followed by high density pink ill tape the seams and paint that with ceramic bus cote. Then the walls can begin then electric then plumbing. Then ?????
My manual zip dee awnings r ordered and will pick them up at the factory in elk grove village when i get back home at the end of the month. 15 ft patio, 1 6 ft & 1 4ft for the drivers side. tax, no install, 2900 bucks, black canvas, should look good.
So im out ruffin it in N.C. and look what came yodalin up the canyon.
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A friend in Fl. Howard who is an ex prevo owner has decided he had to copy me and he has sucessfully got himself one mac daddy camper. Im flying to Bangor Maine thursdsy morning and driving it down to him in florida. Im wondering
how many guys in a million ever get the chance to get behind the wheel of a rig like this.
Now we r 2. HeHeHeHe
Its gonna be a great few days. I wonder if i can find my way down there ok??? Do u think he would notice if i traded his stacks and visor for mine?
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The doors have been suicided. There is over 100g in recipts in accessories and the labor it took to install them all.
I wont paint mine orange and i wont have all the lights but THAT IS THE LOOK BOYS. 1 other thing im doing different but i aint sayen for not wanting to get coppied.
Pete and Cat. What do they call them buses u guys got? I forget.
Now why would he do suicide doors, other than just to be different?
Sure is a beauty.
That is one sweet ride! I bet you have fun delivering it.
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Shes in the big hole but havent made the split to O.D. yet, got 1 gear left.
Yuall get u some a this!
Holy smoke ... this is so awesome! Thanks again for sharing this, it makes my day
Ive named her first i though the Enterprise but no shes Orange Crush.
What a completly different animal than mine its a Pete with a Cat and the simalarities about stops right there.
Joe:
send some pictures of the living area
Chuck
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12 volt 4000w (just one) all that it powers is fridge tv and outlets.
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Here is the generator remote start its a Powertech with none other than a Cat motor
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The 2 roof airs thermostats and the remote for the auxilarry hvac for the house off the engine to augment the dash air. Does a good job keeps up fine no need for roof air while driving.
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This is a road truck discuised as an RV.
Hello Joe,
This is Rick from Alberta. Pipeliner Prevost is my POG Handle.
Joe, I have wondered for years as to where these guys dump their Grey and Black water. Is it simply at the Flyin Hook RV Dumps? Or elsewhere?
I gotta tell ya that is one FINE Large Car my friend, real cool ride.
Thank ya there Driver, catcha on the flip flop comon!
Rick Clarke
Andrew AB.
Pipeliner Prevost.
Rick this one has a 3rd fuel tank that is used for the black tank. A suprising thing to me was they simply took the black plastic guiliteen type dump valve with the t handle and 4 bolt flange we all have and drilled a 3 in hole in the bottom of the end of that tank threaded 4 holes right into the tank, the wall thickness is sufficiant enough to create a sfficiant amout of threads, then they put studs in the holes and slapped the dump valve right up there and tightened it down with nuts no different than any other deal. Knowing this makes my life easier. Never would have figured u could get away with that.
This plumbing originally had no way to capture grey water but thats easily plummed into the black with bypass at leaste on this floorplan it was. Id be really suprised if some had no holding tanks that cant be.
Nother thing i was looking at was how they supported the camper on air like they do the bunks mine is not on air. Well they have added 3 more identical airbags inside the frame rails like the exzisting normal 2 they mount outside the rails for a total of 5 all lined up in a line across the back and it was a non issue on my ride down and it was very soft.
Ill copy both these things.
I told Howard to keep it long enough for me to get mine done and we will trade for a few weeks every now and then.
Rick imagine the throttle responce bobtailing ( well almost, the tractor weighs 32,000) with a 600 + hp cat motor. That was how these 1800 miles just went by! If u matt it at 80 it pulls just as hard as if u were matted at 60. It steamrolls right to 2000 rpm in EVERY gear. Traffic disposal at its finest.
Who will be next???
Copy all that Joe. Thanks for the response.
Rick.
Pipeliner Prevost.
Ya Joe, probably pretty hard to keep the Speed down through Jersey with a ride like that.
That is absolutely an East Coast Large Car. Who's he got that on with? Reliable, Horseless Carriage or what?
No the prior owner a 1 truck indipendent was leased on with Ferrarri to move around the vintage road race cars. He did it for over 10 years. Ive seen him at V.I.R. and Road Atlanta. When howard first sent the pics and told me to book a flight and go get it i was quite flabergasted Ive drooled over it many prior times.
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Here is the trailer a 53 ft 5 car. He would not split the pair up. Howard can use the trailer for large equip with work so he comfotably bought them both. There were quite a few offers for the tractor alone.
That second picture thats old I took that 3 or 4 years ago at the track.
I left the trailer in Maine for loose odds and ends. He had them pull the 5 th wheel and it had a Fl. rv tag already on it when i got there. Does it get any better?
He is going to extend the frame rails build a platform for a pu at minimum possibly box that in and make a toy hauler.
Im going to have to make damn well sure going forward to give it a good hard test drive to be sure my work was good when im doing things.
Id be suprised if there were more than 1 or 2 similar rigs out there. Howard will treat it like his Prevo plans r already moving forward. Its going to enjoy a very comfotable semiretirement no pun intended. Unless he hurts it learning how to shift all over again. I had a very easy time with it and was really comfortable with it but i only had it for 2000 miles lots of room for improvment. Took 2 years or so for me and my transmission to really bond given more time id be dancing just as well with it. id honestly define my trip as gracefully expedient.
Mines a way better all around camper finished but Id trade him. I would make the sacrafice.
We need to figure out how to get the tractor to bend in the middle.
Thanks for the response on that Rig Joe. Ya it's pretty impressive. Being originally from New Brunswick, I ran I 95 steady through Maine to NY City bringing Lobster and various Seafood to Hunts Point Market. You and me know what traffic is my friend. Usually off load at Hunts Point and reload in Elizabeth NJ for the flip flop. I enjoy living in Western Canada now, light traffic and nobody tryin to rob you at nite like the Truck Stops in and around Gary In. Changed careers years ago when Truckin was still cool and we looked out for one another. Joe, does anyone out there still flash the lights when a guy passes?? I dont see that like we used to....a fading show of respect for other Drivers I guess.
Oh well a page of my past, I loved it man.
Pipelining is my career now, layin Pipe to carry Natural Gas and Crude all over Canada and to the US. Still looking for a Prevost to stay in at my various work locations and vacation with Penny in AZ. When I roll in with that shiney thing, them ol Pipeliners are gonna look hard at that. Search goes on Joe!
Upon finding a winner I will contact Gil to meet me where I find it and have a thorough Inspection done. If it is around the Windy, I will definitely reach out to you. I want to see what you've done to that 377. I had my own 359 for years and years.
Thanks for the Truckin memories Joe, we have to meet.
Thanks Driver, appreciate the come back.
Happy Birthday Poluka!!
Later
bv
That’s one crazy ride - bad to the bone!
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Today is a big day. My awnings r just as importent to me as anything!!!! Woho
Those zip dee folding chairs everybody gots.... 600 lewbucks set of 4