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The motorhome rental company is called “Goss RV.” They’re a family-owned company. Mr. Goss is the representative, it looks like. They have over 30 years of experience in the business. They have a 5-star rating among their customers.

Luxury motorhome rentals, charters, or for sales is actually their business, not just RV rentals.

They have a bunch of late-model, luxury RVs, Class A RVs, Luxury motorhomes available to rent or charter, nationwide, including Prevost diesel pushers. If you decide to buy an RV, you might want to consider getting rv repair insurance to ensure you’re protected against paying repair costs.

Another thing I’m considering the idea of renting a motorhome if someone was interested in going that route. It would give you a bit of experience in trying out a big new-ish luxury motorhome and seeing what you liked about them, what you didn’t need, without going “all-in” with a motorhome purchase. And because they have 30 years’ experience like they say, they can provide advice it might take years to learn, like about setting up at locations, where to go, how much things cost when using a big RV unit. Anyway, something to think about maybe? Here’s the link to Goss’s website (click here).

Luxury Motor Coach with 4 Slide Outs and a Bath-and-a-Half

I was taking a look at some bigger motorhomes on some RVs for sale sites, and this was one of the ones that stood out, based on what other people thought as well. It’s a 45-foot Entegra motor coach, a diesel pusher with 4 slide outs and a 600hp engine.

This unit is what they refer to as a “Camper’s package” so it has TVs, game systems, collapsible chairs, cooler, grill, actually a complete grill set, and a lot of other luxury motorhome features … including a bath-and-a-half. Because when I think of the word “camping” I automatically think of sitting in front of a TV in a huge luxury motorhome! Just kidding.

Here’s the specifications for this luxury RV:
Year:2013
Brand:Entegra Coach
Model:Cornerstone
Type:Diesel Pusher
Floorplan:Luxury Motorhome for Sale 45RBQ Bath & 1/2
Length:45′ ″ Approximate*

Outside it has a factory paint job. The chassis is a Spartan K3 with IFS. The hitch is good for 15,000.

A couple of the most standout features: the 4 slide outs and the bath-and-a-half. Also, the 600 horsepower diesel pusher engine.

Interior, it has 3 ACs, tuscan glazed wood for the cabinetry,

For more information on this motorhome (or other motorhomes for sale), visit MHSRV (click here)

Some photos of this luxury RV interior:

Classic Ford Cabover

These cabovers, the Ford 9000s, get a fair amount of approval from truckers when they talk about the now-classic tractors.

Now, the ones that survived the cannibalizing / gutting phase after cabover popularity waned depend on restoration.

We’ve featured at least one restored COE here, that was TV personality (from “American Trucker”) Robb Mariani’s 70s cabover W9000, which he customized with a black, blue and grey theme (the one with the sheriff star on the side) and custom chrome. People really liked that one.

With their W9000 line, Ford was going after the OTR owner-operator market of the late 70s — aggressively, too, from what people say.

They were ranked with Peterbilt and Kenworth and Freightliner for this model, by some people — this cabover and the conventional model as well.

But besides the driver-friendliness of the Ford COE, they’re remembered to have had their own issues. For example, an air ride cab that would fail sometimes, causing them to lean badly when they travelled down the road.

Also, the doghouse on them might have been a little big, with their air cleaner almost mounted on the slits.

But besides a few drawbacks — what vehicle doesn’t have a few? — they’re widely considered nice drives and nice looking trucks — modern at the time they came out when compared with W1000 and W9000s. They had modern paint schemes from the factory to appeal to the eye and were quiet trucks.

How do you remember these the Ford 9000s?

Custom Motor Home

This Texas Rolls Royce motor home, already a hand-build machine, was custom modified by retired truck driver Leroy Keens.

This motor home has been customized with an awning as long as the vehicle and a slide out, and they also added two seats behind the drivers seats in the cab, and there is a door between the camper and the cab to climb through, according to the son of Leroy, Marmon enthusiast Ray Keens.

The custom motor home conversion was done without spending as much money as some think. His dad used old parts and pieces they had already, which helped cut down on the cost, in part.

The custom build took about 2 years, Ray said, and the idea for the motorhome came from a bus Ray made out of Lego when he was a kid, which had stacks out the back.

He also said that they don’t need a CDL for driving the motorhome either, because its registered as such — a motorhome.

They can tow a lot — a car or any vehicle behind the motorhome on a lift it has.

And for those wondering about the engine, its right behind the grill thats at the front of the truck (not moved to the back like is done in a few rare cases of motorhome conversions). It has an older Cummins engine.

And since building it, they added another rear in front of the old one so its now a twin screw drive, and doesn’t rock when they enter a parking lot, but rides more like a tour bus.

Classic 359

This big classic conventional truck was identified by Plains Trains member Randall Watkins.

The truck was called “Gonzilla” by it’s owner, Sam Nable at the time. The truck was started by Barry Tidwell, and then bought and finished by Sam. Sam rebuilt the motor and Randall was thinking of buying it, but Sam thought it might be better if he didn’t because the “never late V8” (as Randall puts it) Cat engine had a ticking in it. But now Randall wished he had bought it after all.

Later, Sam sold it to another owner-operator, Randall said, and he saw it recently as well, on Highway 10 running back and forth to Cal.

Doug Fortson agreed with this information.

The truck model was filled in by Stan Buschman, who said it was a  mid-80s Peterbilt extended hood 359. It has two 63 inch flattop sleepers in the configuration you see there in the picture. Probably about a 300 inch wheelbase and carrying 2 approximately 200-gallon fuel tanks plus another pair of 150-gallon fuel tanks. Stan said he’s also like to drive this custom truck.

Scott Curtis said it was a 300 inch wheelbase, and the truck also belonged to Flynn Motors in Tampa, Florida for a time.

Well, thanks to the members of this page, who continue to impress me with how much they offer here, we’ve been able to solve this mystery of this truck, which actually we could not find a thing on otherwise on the internet! Thanks guys!

Luxury Motorcoach

This luxury motorcoach is an “Outlaw Coach”. It’s a Prevost H3-45 bus that has been outfitted with a lot of luxury features.

So many that this motorhome sells for around two million dollars.

First of all, there’s what Prevost offers in their modern RV motorhome designs: queit rides, exterior stylings, underfloor storage, custom conversion space, good handling, independent suspension, integrated stainless steel structure, electronci stability program, and a Volvo D13 engine (which is touted for its fuel efficiency and that it exceeds EPA regulations).

This one, the H3-45, is a 45-foot motor coach, as you might expect. When it came up for sale a couple of years ago, it was listed on Motorhome Specialist, which is a huge motorhome sales company in Texas.

Prevost has been building motorhomes for a long time, and a lot of these features are things they have designed themselves over the years, such as the electronic stability system, which is built to help the driver in adverse driving conditions.

Then there’s the “Outlaw Coach” part, which is a lot of luxury interior stylings — marble bath fixtures and tile floors, wood everythinng — cabinets, cupboards, walls, counter structures. It also has a large entertainment system, TVs. And it has quite the drivers control panel layout (see photo to get an idea). Visit Motorhome Specialist (click here).

This Is the Interior of a Regular Fifth Wheel Trailer

When you first see this interior photo, you think it might be some oceanside apartment or even house, but it’s actually the interior of an RV. So then you might think its a giant luxury Class A diesel pusher or something, but it turns out this particular interior is inside a regular trailer.

By “regular trailer” I mean if you’re looking at the trailer from outside, that’s what it looks like, although they put a lot of features into these otherwise-normal fifth wheel. They’re made by a company called Domani.

The pricing for these luxury fifth wheels are up there. I saw numbers between $170,000 and $190,000. That’s half the price of a new toterhome conversion unit or the price of a used luxury motorhome.

These trailers have a lot of features, though. There is so much Domani lists for their trailer, it would take two or three pages to list. Here’s a few of the RV features that caught my eye.

Floor plans are unique in the industry
Frame engineered by Norco
Carriage wedge slide room design
Enclosed, heated underbelly
Frameless windows
30,000 BTU furnace
Curved cabinet frames and doors
Corian counter tops

Here are some more luxury trailer interior shots of the Domani fifth wheel (recommded: viewing on large screen). To visit Domani at Spectrum RV, (click here).

This Luxury Motorhome with 4 Slide Outs

This luxury motorhome, a 2006 with over 500 horsepower pushing it, has 4 slides and a roomy luxury motorhome interior with a lot of wood cabinetry and furnishings.

It’s a Roadmaster chassis and the Motorhome brand is Marquis. It’s a Jade QSL and has (or had) under 30,000 miles on it despite being ten years old.

The engine is a Cat C13 with 525 horsepower and it has an Allison 6-speed gearbox.

As I mentioned, this motorhome has 4 slides and it’s a wide body. It has awnings over the main, windows and slides as well. You can see some of the photos that show the size of the RV.

For sleeping accommodation, it has a double and a queen bed, built with sleeping 4 people in mind.

Some of the features: Onan diesel generator, solar panel, backup camera, satellite, TVs, stereo, 4-burner stovetop, convection microwave, washer/dryer, outside shower and indoor shower, air conditioner (3-duct).

The length of this luxury motor home is 44 feet.

UPDATE: This motorhome is no longer for sale, as it has been sold.