Personally, I do not see that much difference between the Fuso, Isuzu and Iveco 4x4 trucks when it comes to the base vehicle for an expedition camper of this size.Should we care about trying to keep this section limited to discussion of Fuso and Isuzu vehicles? Or should we reorganize the Expedition Campers section into "heavy" "medium" and "light" truck categories, independent of chassis?
Some of the accessories are a tad expensive. $395 for an extra Anderson Plug for solar panels. Hope that is gold plated.
This brings up a point we need to discuss. The TravelTrucks camper uses an Iveco Daily 4x4, which is why I posted about it in the "Other Expedition Campers" section. Should we care about trying to keep this section limited to discussion of Fuso and Isuzu vehicles? Or should we reorganize the Expedition Campers section into "heavy" "medium" and "light" truck categories, independent of chassis? This would mean leaving behind the pop-up vs fixed-side camper distinction, as well. Comments?
I think it is more the 'limited edition' (I'm being very tactful there) of the 'Fuso' unit.The front LSD they offer for the Fuso is nearly twice the price of similar diffs others offer. As you say, maybe their equipment is gold plated.
When I initially inquired, the Fuso front diff from Kim Bolton was over $4K. Yes, $2K is steep, but $4K is pushing the profit margin a bit far, me thinks...But the QDH20B is NOT sold by any vendor other then two that have that $2k price
I think it is more the 'limited edition' (I'm being very tactful there) of the 'Fuso' unit.
In the US, most Quaife Automatic Torque Biasing-Differentials can be had in the $600-$800 range. But the QDH20B is NOT sold by any vendor other then two that have that $2k price
I've checked with my contact in Germany (they have connections world wide) and England (were Quaife is manufactured) and all BUT the QDH20B can be had in the $1000-$1100 USD range (good-guy price). They can get the QDH20B shipped out of Australia but NOT to the US.
I'd loved to have one in the $600-$800 range, would be happy in the $1000 range, but the $2000 is too rich for me.
Mr. Frenchman
A pleasure to hear from you. Yes we are getting out as often as possible. At some point a Expedition Portal member will notice that there has not been too much activity around our AATREC when camping in a remote location and find that we died of old age and are inside the overland RV, dead, rotting, mummified or possibly frozen. Having this happen would be preferred over going out in a convalescent home.