I did a double take when I first saw this monstrosity. Whoa! That thing is endless! And what a rear overhang. It would be mighty easy to drag that on a slightly steep apron or such. I had to pull over and peel off a few shots. And I quickly suspected it wasn’t a factory built rig.
Class C motorhomes use a van front end, with often an lengthened frame or chassis. They rarely have dual rear axles.
Of course I had to check out how the set up worked on this. but given how low it sits, thta was not easy. The forward rear axle is the standard driven one, with the stock semi-elliptic leaf springs.
The undriven tag axle was harder to decipher. Yes, it looks like it’s solidly attached to the frame. But in actuality, there’s a slot in the frame right above it, hidden by that brake drum, that allows it to move up. But as to what acts as a spring, I couldn’t figure out. It’s an odd-ball. And from the welds and such, I’m pretty convinced it is a home-brew job.
Hey, it’s for sale too. You could own the world’s longest Class C motorhome! Just make sure your driveway is plenty long.
Looking at how the windows are placed, now I’m 100% sure it’s home-brew. Somebody wanted the longest of its kind. And they got it. And now they want to get rid of it.
Is that extra long rear end actually sagging? Or is it an effect from the camera lens? I would bet on the former.
Yes, stay away from the slightest incline or you will be recarpeting the rear 18 inches after you grind the floor off way at the back.
This thing looks like it needs to be in the next Stephen King movie.
“is that extra long rear end actually sagging?”
I wondered the same thing, so I used Photoshop to lay a straight line along the roof.
Given the vehicle length, it’s pretty damn straight.
Here’s the image with line.
This thing looks like it needs to be in the next Stephen King movie.
Amen to that!
Yikes! You could park a Smart car inside that overhang. What have they got back there, the ultimate mobile dining room?
It looks like they incorporated some kind of racing trailer to it.
Looks like a toy hauler as well to me.
Not only can the huge overhangs drag on slight grade transitions, but they also swing out and can hit things on the side, when turning. I knocked a lift gate control box off a box van that way once. Oops!
Walter White would have loved it.
Interesting motor home, especially with that elongated chassis. But that rear overhang….wow!
No doubt you don’t want to live in a hilly area.
Put a rear door with ramp. block out the window and I could see using that space aft of the second rear axle as a “garage” for a small car, e.g. Mini Cooper, Citroen 2CV, Volkswagen Beetle (original) instead of towing it. Of course the rear spring might have to be beefed up.
Another vote for it being a toy hauler. I’m betting the rear third is set to haul dirt bikes or ATVs and the remainder is set up like a normal camper.
Hmm. So why the big windows? If it’s just an ATV, that’s a lot of expense just to get a bit of light on it. Unless the siding was taken from something that had the windows already?
Besides the overhang, I’m also struck by the low ground clearance is all the way around, but especially in back. The rear view is particularly striking, it looks like a shipping container if it weren’t for the lights and license plate(which appears unlit, which I’m fairly certain is illegal). I’d be scared to death driving this thing, which is probably why it’s for sale.
“Gimmie 40 acres and I’ll turn this rig around.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhfUvR6I3h0
Take;
Van. A
Motorhome B
Trailer. C
And get. “D#$N that’s big!”
Every year that goes by makes me chuckle as the lowest mileage classic older “vehicles” that trundle out into the world every spring always are older RV’s. Like this ChevGMC, albeit I’m more referring to its former self, prior to the trailerectomy. You see them all the time, with 40-60k miles if that, having lounged about in someones backyard for decades, with the full glory of rotten wood and mould coupled with the fact that the former owners always smoked, drank and had a big dog living with them in it. But its a “classic” they will say in the ad, low mileage, blah blah blah. Funny enough, in my area its becoming a real problem for local cities that have to deal with these things being just left on the road, in wooded areas, or such and are a huge cost to the taxpayers to just get rid of in an environmentally responsible way.
In my area they’re left on the road and lived in. A serious social problem, actually, but heaven for fans of older RV’s who just want to check them out curbside. Not just the van-based versions either, there’s a fairly straight FMC Motorhome that’s been hanging out nearby for a few months … I figured that Paul or someone must have covered the FMC, but a quick search says no.
Yeah a longish rear overhang but legal no doubt, it might have an air suspension setup on the lazy axle, I’d drive it around its not that big.
Looks like it may have started out as a long travel trailer, probably a toy hauler from the looks of the rear, it’s hinged to open. And toy haulers generally do not have windows in the carrying section which would explain the added on huge rear side windows. Cut down in the front to overhang the cab and opened up. Then had some extra windows added in strange places. Fitted to a one ton extended van chassis or maybe was a shorter motor home with the old body replaced with this.
So how long is it?
I don’t know. I didn’t measure it. I’m guessing it’s close to 40′ overall.
Look really close at the back it is a drop ramp.