The size of some of the 5th wheels out there, I'm suprised you don't see more of these being used.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1980-...spagenameZWDVW

You can get used Pete 362's and Kenworth K100's pretty cheap, I imagine Freightliner and Volvos would be the same way. If someone was in good enough shape to get up the side of one of 'em, I think it might be kinda appealing vs. a $50k 1 ton pickup.

 

...until you have to register and insure it.
Thats where the fun stops... then agian, I suppose if you can afford a fifth wheel large enough to justify a Kenworth or Pete, then you probably dont worry about such things.

You could always get both:





Rich

 

I have an uncle that drive a c/o KW as a daily driver. has it tagged as a light truck.

 

The Cowboy Caddy would be sweet too, but a little bit of a budget buster.
Some of the ones you see getting drug around by a tonner would probably justify something along those lines was what I was getting at. At least with that you'd have enough motor, weight, and braking to control the thing.
Plus, I think pulling a 5th wheel with that Detroit screaming up a hill would just be too funny.

 

if i remember right i dont think you have to register it as a semi if your not hauling comerical good or for hire. i remember watching somthing or reading somthing that says if your using it to tow a camper it gets a in a loop whole some were. i know that some of my rodeo buddies dont have cdls and pull big living quater horsetrailers with a semi and have it registerd as a light truck.

 

I wonder if that depends on what state it's registered in. I'm pretty sure you can get away with driving it without a CDL if you're not for hire, not sure about licensing the actual truck though.

Edit: Got to reading through the questions he's answered, and somebody has taken the turbo off the thing, it's now a N/A 8v92.

 

Theres a forum over at the Escapees just for folks who use tractors to pull their 5ers, typicaly drop a axle, add potty, fridge and a couple other things then get it registered as an RV (not all states will allow this) many build a bed for it too.

 

Ive always wondered if they make semi-sized campers for semi trucks, and if they dont, why not?

 

Something like that, money would talk. I'm sure Featherlite would build you a custom 53' camper if you could talk loud enough. Of course, finding a campground you could get a rig like that into might be little tough.

 

You could always camp at the Flying J!

 

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