Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
Last night we confirmed that we will be getting a 2011 Volvo 780 named Storm!
I know, it is a huge truck. After hearing so many stories over the last few years about people losing the engine in their trucks or having to go really slowly over mountains and scary downhill tales plus some great advice/info from knowledgable friends we met at the rally this year, (thanks Jim!) we decided to go HDT. We plan to be on the road for 10 years or longer, will have a heavy rig and expect several mountain crossings. When you take that into consideration, this seemed like the safest choice for ourselves and our home.
We will have to wait several months while Gregg from RV Haulers gets it ready, but it's ours! It will be set up to function as an RV for registration purposes so we can start using it for trips as soon as we get it even before our DRV is ready.
It finally feels real! We're going to be fulltimers!
It's amazing how mucher smaller your HDT will seem once you've had it for awhile. The foot print, if it's a single axle is about the same as a CrewCab Dually Longbed. The biggest difference is the height of your cab which provides good visibility down the road.
The turning radius is impressive. You'll be able to out turn most pickups.
And then there is the safety factor.... good stopping power, good visibility, good pulling power and very stable in bad weather.
Oh yeah and miles and miles of trouble free travel since the components are designed for over a million miles of commercial service.
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"Small House, Big Yard "
"May the FOREST be with you" Alfa See-Ya 5'er and 2007 Kodiak C4500 Monroe
Congrat's on your new toy purchase. There's nothing like the power and handling of a "Big Rig". I used to pull my stacker race car trailer around with a 379 Peterbilt............
Congrats, and welcome to the HDT "family". You might consider coming to the HDT Rally this fall.
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http://www.jackdanmayer.com, 2009 Volvo 780 HDT, 2015 New Horizons 45'Custom 5th, smart car New Horizons Ambassadors - Let us help you build your dream RV.....