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The motorhome is powered by a Cummins deisel engine with 600 HP and has an 18-speed ultrashift auto push button transmission.

The vehicle is a tandem axle, has a 4-point leveling system to get it sitting level when you want to relax, an electronic brake controller with a digial display, side swing baggage doors,

And you can see it has RV slide outs. This motorhome has three slides. One is a slide out room that’s 12 feet.

The interior is a comfortable looking one. Everything looks top of the line for quality in terms of motor home interiors, and it hasn’t been customed out to the point of being a little crazy like some motorhomes. Of course, its fairly new so it hasn’t had an owner to really flush it out one way or another. Its just a new 2016 luxury motorhome. The price tag on this one is $448,980 folks. Visit Elite Auto SLLC (click here).

Crochet A Beautiful Baby Chevron

Hello friends, Fawn Leach here with EL’S Baby Crochet. I recently finished this beautiful Chevron Baby Blanket designed by Laurinda Reddig at ReCrochetions for Red Heart Yarns. I have to admit I was a bit intimidated to try the chevron and searched quite a few different patterns before finding this one.

The first thing I noticed is that after the chain the whole blanket is made in double crochet which is perfect when looking for something to work up and “grow” quickly.

I also loved that it wasn’t a full size afghan and all the math and counting were done for a smaller blanket. I grabbed my 5.5 (I-9 US) hook and Red Heart with Love in White, Pewter, and Peacock, which is absolutely beautiful, and got to work.

The pattern is well written with special directions for the DC3Tog. After the first two rows the Chevron pattern really starts to form. I was able to finish this baby blanket in just about a week in between taking the kiddos to school, dance, and basketball.

I’d say this pattern is fairly easy and can be completed by anyone that has mastered the DC. I am seriously in love with how beautiful this baby blanket came out and can’t wait to deliver it to a new nephew due in June. I might even have to make one for myself.

By Fawn Alexander Leach

If you are thinking of getting a chevron on your hook this might be the pattern for you. Lots of love from EL’S Baby Crochet. Free Pattern (click here).

Huge Piece of Industrial Equipment

What is this unusual-looking piece of industrial equipment? We have heavy equipment called “Caterpillars”, right? This one looks a bit like a centipede. It’s actually a Scheuerle non-cassette carrier.

It’s safe to say it’s a little bit different from the bulldozers and Dozer Winch Parts I’m used to!

Great. So what is a “non-cassette carrier” then?

They move stacks of steel plate during operations, and when they do it they don’t need pallets. Of course, if they did they would visit the Trucks & Trolleys website to see some of the best pallet trucks available. They also can be used to roll freight on and off of transport ships.

It’s based on a ladder-type frame. It has 24 steered axles and 48 tires. And it’s around 25 meters long.

How much weight? 250 tons over the whole length (each fork can handle 30 tons load).

It’s powered by a MAN 6-cyl 338 KW engine.

This is a new vehicle for me. If anybody wants to comment on how good they are and their uses, or share photos of them being used, please do so. I’d be interested to see them.

Lonestar Class 8 Tractor

This truck debuted less than 10 years ago. Is it hard to believe? It’s Navistar International’s Lonestar, which came out in 2008 as part of the truck company’s Advanced Classics line of Class 8 highway tractors.

It was designed with advanced aerodynamics in mind, and it has its own looks profile to it, unlike pretty much every other semi tractor out there. That look is about reducing drag and being more efficient as anything.

The fuel economy of this semi truck is supposed to be around 5 to 15 percent better than the traditional trucks that were being produced in 2008.

That 5 to 15 percent translates into around $3000 to $5000 per year per truck on average.

The Lonestar came with Cummins ISX diesel engines when it was shown (that photo above is from the big unveiling of the model at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show. The engines were from 435 to 600 horsepower, and they also had 10 to 18 speed transmissions, ABS brakes, roll stability control, hands-free calling bluetooth headsets, steering wheel with leather wraps, roll stability control, and other fancy trucking features that International used to appeal to owner-operators and trucking fleets all over.

Now, over half a decade later, Lonestars have made their mark. Some like them more than others, but from what I’ve heard its more like than not. What do you think of their 7 years of production?

How They Build Custom Motorhomes

One of the most interesting reads for anyone who likes RVs or big trucks. This is how they do it.

This information is thanks to a company out in Australia, in New South Wales, which is doing a pretty good job of letting us understand their company philosophy, goals and process. They’re called Majestic Motorhomes. Anybody out in Australia and interested in custom / luxury RVs or conversions should check them out, I think. Motorhome fabrication has come a long way, for instance 50 years ago a man by the name of Bob Barth started hand-crafting RV motorhomes for people and eventually made a business from it, check out old barth motorhome examples for a blast to the past!

So they showed us how to they go about doing it. First of all, they don’t just do one type of custom RV. They do these big motor coaches, but also trailers, converted vans and trucks, and probably they can do whatever else you’re thinking of as far as outfitting a vehilce to be a recreational vehilcle.

In this example, they covered all the bases, so we’ll use it to understand. They start out with the future-motorhome’s chassis, which can be a coach, light truck, rigid truck, or trailer.

Then they set about fabricating the strong steel frame needed to keep the motorhome strong and durable. They fabricate the whole thing at their building. They draw up blueprints based on the customer’s needs and then weld together a steel frame out of stell tubing.

Next, they clad the outside of the RV and fill in the interior. Some have simple bunks and others have luxury interior finishings.

The photos give the best idea. I recommend that even if you’re on a mobile right now, you bookmark this site and then look at these photos on your desktop computer to see the whole process in detail. The photos are the best description of how this custom motorhome company builds their RVs. Visit Majestic Motorhome if you’re over in Australia (click here). It’s a really big photo so it might take a half minute to load.

Luxury Motorhomes

Well, I’ve been looking at a luxury motorhome / custom motor home builder company called Majestic Motorhomes lately. It looks like they’re doing some interesting, unique work there. In a similar way, there are custom home builders who can bring your dream home to life see more at – https://www.saussyburbank.com.

Look, for example, at the slide out on the blue motorhome. It slides out right over top of the wheel. It has a wheelwell on the slide. Ever seen that before?

The chassis for the blue one is a 2009 Man rail chassis.

The white noe is a 2016 model luxury coach. On it you can see the exterior storage compartments the company puts all around both sides of the vehicle.

Then there’s the black with grey/white/blue custom paint Mercedes 0313. On it you can see Majestic Motorhome’s 600m deep slide outs and minimalist interior style.

For something a bit smaller, they built the orange Toyota Coaster Motorcross bus conversion vehicle for a family who has a racing team. They built this out of a school bus, which demonstrates part of the motorhome company’s stated purpose — to make affordable motorhomes. Even still, it is set up for multiple people to sleep in and has an exterior barbeque grill.

The company is in Vega, New South Wales, Australia. You can visit Majestic Motorhomes (click here) or call them at 02-6492-5560.

Smokey and the Bandit Semi Truck

There are a handful of movies most truckers like because, for one reason, they have truckers in them. Whether small owner-operators up against the odds like in Over the Top or the trucker rodeo comedy franchise that is Smokey and the Bandit (and its sequal and three-qual).

Truck customizers and custom truck enthusiasts and owners have made a couple of Smokey truck tributes. Not just trucks either. They’ve remade the Trans Am and the police car. This one is Snowman’s Big Rig.

The custom replica semi is used by a group of people who use it to promote charities Jerry Reed was involved in, particularly including raising money for veterans and their families. (To find that and donate if you want to, click here. It’s called the “Wounded Warrior Project”).

This Smokey semi was completed by a lot of different people working on it. They started with a semi model in 2007, then an anonymous Bandit Runner member bought it and gave it to the team, and everyone worked on it from there. Can you tell the difference between this custom truck and the one in the film?

Obviously, this truck and the cars that were also featured in the famous series are main attractions at the annual Bandit Run, and they’re in the Smokey reenacting journey.

Custom Truck

This custom truck has been much debated online, it seems. Is it real? Is it not? Well, we looked into this picture to try to figure it out. Although there is no corroborating photo of the identical truck to be found (if you have one, readers, let us know), there are a lot of similar trucks out there. These end dump trucks are often capable of this kind of bucket tilt. We did find lots of photos of that (below).

It turns out there are two photos of orange-ish custom end dump tractors out there, but they aren’t the same model. You can compare them yourself, or even just check them out for looking’s sake — a couple of done up customs as work trucks.

While we’re on the subject of dump trucks, since we haven’t really looked much at custom dump trucks on here lately, you might find it interesting that dump trucks started out around 150 years ago. Western European early dump vehicles were steam powered, some of them, using tipper mechanisms.

In the U.S., commercial dump trucks started out in the early 1900’s with Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, Galion Buggy, and Lauth-Jeurgens.

For hydraulics, those followed not long after, and were put to use before (and in) World War I.

Here’s the other orange custom end dump truck (you can compare it with the picture above) and another picture of an end dump truck with its tilt full up (“full stance”).

With this great new truck, you’re going to want legal representation in the event of a crash. My friend recently had a truck crash and was glad he had some legal aid on his side similar to Dallas Truck Accident Attorney. He himself had a different lawyer but was glad he did, the legal support was invaluable so he tells me.