InterMog

[w5yk]

Richard,
It's at Sean Philyaw's in Georgia. Lots of pictures on the EuroTruck website

Thanks Mike. I like the 2450 doka, the camper not so much. I didn't know there was another 2450 doka in the USA (the other one being the Dinohunter).

I noticed Sean has a U140 for sale. Someone should buy that, plus your fiberglass shell, and they'd have a killer camper!

The California politburo is outlawing heavy diesels, so we will all have to convert to campers to get round the ban.

 

[charlieaarons]

The California politburo is outlawing heavy diesels, so we will all have to convert to campers to get round the ban.

As much as I detest CARB's attitude towards diesels (and California's tax structure! And a few other things about the state), they are doing you an oblique favor. You will learn to love having a camper on your Mog. Then you get to drive it during the day AND sleep in it at night.

Charlie

 

[mhiscox]

I noticed Sean has a U140 for sale. Someone should buy that, plus your fiberglass shell, and they'd have a killer camper!

You've got that right. And don't think I wasn't sorely tempted personally. I figure I could get the shell mounted in about an afternoon and be on the road in two weeks. And, having seen the cabin on the U140L, it makes a very nice-sized camper, good cabin space on a very compact--if modestly powered--truck.

Alas, already having three off-pavement campers is a counterindication of the need to buy another, at least in the mind of the family comptroller.

 

[dzzz]

You've got that right. And don't think I wasn't sorely tempted personally. I figure I could get the shell mounted in about an afternoon and be on the road in two weeks. And, having seen the cabin on the U140L, it makes a very nice-sized camper, good cabin space on a very compact--if modestly powered--truck.

Alas, already having three off-pavement campers is a counterindication of the need to buy another, at least in the mind of the family comptroller.

What kind of highway speed? And how is it different than the one your selling?

 

[mhiscox]

What kind of highway speed? And how is it different than the one your selling?

A U140L is part of the light duty series of Mogs (U90, U100, and U140) that carried a good deal less weight--got the stats around somewhere but can't find them--than the SBU series, of which the U1300L is the most common. The engine, being both 140 HP and turbocharged trumps Camper Mog's 120 or so, but the cruise speed might not be too much different because most Mogs are limited in highway speed by gearing rather than power. No way to tell without knowing the 140's gearing.

David Lam, the president of Safari Vehicle Manufacturing and the owner of the only U140L/SVM shell combination, said it was a great rig, but not ideal as his daily driver due to the modest power. Still, it'd have to be quicker--if not much faster--than Camper Mog, since I'd guess the all-up weight of the finished shell on a U140L would be under 10K.

One thing to note is that the U140 is a pretty small little truck. I'm 5'10" and things felt pretty tight. In exchange, though, with that odd-little hood, you have great visibility.

 

[dzzz]

I've been shopping both U500 and 2450L. It's a very interesting market.

In my brief introductions, the 2450L seems to ride better. But it was carrying more weight.