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Old 06-17-2013, 07:26 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
In an earlier post you name-checked Bluebird. Decades ago now, in Bluegene, OR there was a school bus named Fort Home. The roof and windows had been removed from the last 6', giving it sort of a poop deck, with nice wooden door.
I saw that bus, or a very similar one in Quartzsite a few years back. Quartzsite has some pretty weird birds

Also saw one rig with solar panels on a pole, with lever arms and pull ropes over the side. The guy spent his day pulling on the ropes to keep the solar panels pointed at the sun, but then what else is there to do in Quartzsite if you are there more than a couple of weeks?

I have an old 30,000 lb. Dutchstar diesel pusher which I can get 11MPG from on reasonably flat terrain, 10MPG in modest hills, by driving the thing in its "sweet spot."

I looks to me like the smallish Winnebago View has the best potential for fuel economy. It has a modern diesel drive train and is fairly light. A partial boat-tail on that baby would work miracles.
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