Category: Playing with trucks
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$110,000 Later…
And there it was, a brand new 1990 Peterbilt 357 motorhome, complete with an Allison automatic transmission, a 3306 Cat diesel, and air-ride suspension front and back. The coach had a washer and dryer, a full sized bathtub, and every possible gadget I could think of. It really was a beautiful unit. It took a…
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One Peterbilt Coming Up, From Texas
It was a long wait but the day finally came when our brand new custom built Peterbilt arrived. To say I was excited is a huge understatement. Frankly, my guts were churning and I felt a bit sick! I mean, there I was, a 28 year old with no business experience and who was quickly…
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Can’t Sell One? Build Another One!
It was so cool. Everywhere I went with the motorhome I had a tail of people who would follow me just hoping I would pull over so they could check it out. It wasn’t possible to get anywhere quickly when I had to give tours of the thing every time I stopped. The most common…
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Done!
My dad shortly before he passed away from pancreatic cancer. Sorry for the two lower pictures being bad but they went through a fire and by a miracle, they survived… It took a year, but when my one of a kind Kenworth motorhome rolled out of the shop it blew me away. It still needed…
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We Were Almost There
Things were humming right along. The motorhome project was out of my hands and being taken care of. I was hauling containers around southern BC and Washington making decent money. And I was lonely. We used to have a paper called The Buy & Sell. I guess we still do but it’s all online now.…
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Nope, It Doesn’t Float
I was about two months into the project and had the truck at the place where it was going to be transformed into a motorhome. The boys got right to work and there was nothing else for me to do but wait. I did drop in regularly to give them ideas, check on the progress…