It's not a dream, you could pick a similar VNL630 up for much less than what you think.
Real power, real frame, real brakes, and that Volvo cab is as quiet as any new Dodge or Ford half-ton. Some of them might even have the autoshift in them.
Wouldn't have to go like this guy did from the cab back, you could do a nice checker-plate aluminum deck, or stained wood, it would all look great.
Go get your CDL and forget about that $70,000.00 Cummins Dodge.
No CDL needed if you tag it as an RV
That's right, if it has motorhome tags then no CDL rules apply to your rig, none.
But you can not just tag any truck and call it a motorhome.
My chassis was built on a freightliner motor home assembly line and has the RV only Cat C-12 505 hp motor in it along with a full auto double overdrive trans with a real 2 stage jake brake. It'll get double digit fuel mileage pulling a open trailer in good conditions.
When I got mine used with 4400 miles and 4 months old from out of state, I had to take it over the DMV to have them look at the vin. The lady who came outside to see it asked to see inside, then the other 4 ladies inside came out to see it because they said they never seen anything like it. So I let them all come inside and see it. They were all surprised impressed with the complete interior with everything a RV has.
So I leave and have to come back to get my title and tags a week or so later. Several ladies said to me that the state called there 3 times to ask if they were sure it was a RV and luckily or by choice because they doubted it at first and all came outside and saw it for themselves and confirmed to the state 3 times indeed it was RV equipped. They said it "may have been the first FL112 licensed as a RV in Ohio" because they said the state was reluctant to issue RV plates for it. So luckily they all saw it for themselves and each time the state called each person/lady said they saw it for themselves and confirmed it was a RV.
So it is my understanding that you can't take a truck and convert it to RV plates after it was licensed as a truck.So here in Ohio you can't consider a sleeper a RV.
BTW I pulled a 49' goose almost 100k miles with it with no CDL. Actually I do have a CDL but never used it for this rig. Have had more than one state trouper pull behind us and follow for a while and run all my plates and see everything registered to me, truck, trailer and car on open trailer so they knew I was not hauling for profit or other people stuff. So honestly I have never been pulled over in it and have never gone through a open scale house even when I was really heavy with a complete alcohol operation in it with 3 motors,3 trans and hundreds of heavy clutch plates and the machine to grind the plates. Trailer weighed 24500 and the truck GVW is 36500. No lettering bragging it was a race operation.
My wife has driven ours quite a bit and so have 3 of my crew members. Stab D for drive and steer, anybody can do it.
Grand canyon.
Clingsman dome, smokey mountains and our late daughter.
I might never get rid of this rig, it has provided many great memory's. So worth the $104,000 I paid for it.
