van/truck/sleeper
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LCAM-01XA
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That sleeper is way too tall IMHO, unless his horse trailer is 14ft tall he's just wasting fuel with the huge air drag. Would have been better off with a mid-rise sleeper, also the rear axle is a bit too far forward for my liking...
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At first glance, I thought that must surely be a double-bunk sleeper; then, I take a closer look and it is obvious why it stands so tall.
Notice how much lower the van's rocker-panels are, compared to the bottom of the sleeper.
To properly mount a road-tractor sleeper behind a light-truck, one must "saddle" the bottom of the sleeper, thus bringing the top edge of the opening level with the top edge of the back-glass cut-out of the ton-sized truck.
I have the second genuine sleeper on my F-350; the first was off a Freightliner and is Freightliner issue; the second/current one is a lot more deluxe and is a genuine Double Eagle.
Both these sleepers have been drastically modified to mate with the much lower cab-opening of the smaller truck.
That sleeper is just as it came off the big truck.
I bet that whoever mounted it had to plate/seal over the normal opening and cut the bottom of the opening deeper to get things to line up.
Were that sleeper properly altered and remounted, it would look a lot better.
Notice how much lower the van's rocker-panels are, compared to the bottom of the sleeper.
To properly mount a road-tractor sleeper behind a light-truck, one must "saddle" the bottom of the sleeper, thus bringing the top edge of the opening level with the top edge of the back-glass cut-out of the ton-sized truck.
I have the second genuine sleeper on my F-350; the first was off a Freightliner and is Freightliner issue; the second/current one is a lot more deluxe and is a genuine Double Eagle.
Both these sleepers have been drastically modified to mate with the much lower cab-opening of the smaller truck.
That sleeper is just as it came off the big truck.
I bet that whoever mounted it had to plate/seal over the normal opening and cut the bottom of the opening deeper to get things to line up.
Were that sleeper properly altered and remounted, it would look a lot better.
Diesel_brad
Dunce
That is a cheap price. the engine alone is worth that
Nevermind/ Was looking at title price not the price in the add
Nevermind/ Was looking at title price not the price in the add
OnDaRoad
On the road ....
Perfect for smuggling ....
I bet you could fit 37 people in that thing
Jim
I bet you could fit 37 people in that thing
Jim
LCAM-01XA
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Don't you just hate it when people do this? Or put a whole bunch of irrelevant "keywords" at the bottom of their adNevermind/ Was looking at title price not the price in the add
