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Re: Foretravel with Gas Engine

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I have a GV Foretravel with the Ford 460. Granted it's the smallest GV made, but it forefills my needs. Best of all it's a Foretravel and serves as my home. It's a real hotrod when you put you put the petal to the metal.
I would not mind a bigger Foretravel, but this one is paid for and that makes it the best kind to own.
There is some good information on the web on how to improve the heat problem with the gas pusher. Starting with changing the radiator fan from a puller to a pusher.

My fault as I had Oshkosh change the noisy fan to a quiet one.  More steps to the process but the Oshkosh salesman lee pogue has become a personal buddy and our store outsold the factory store so I had some influence.  Original was the pusher but was noisy.

415-2359150 was Oshkosh's phone number.  I called them so many times I memorized the number.

Foretravel trusted me and let me order the quantity of chassis in the models I needed in my store to sell.  Some were ca smog only so not usuable in the other stores. 

Nice of texas to trust me.  59 new coaches in 1988 beat Nac by one.  Fun times.

Cm thanked me as the extra money from our store was put into the unihome program.

Really funny for me to now own one .  25 years later.  My DW and I both said then that someday we would own one. We constantly went rving in the trade ins.    Guess its someday.

Different experience for me versus all of you as you can see.

Lots of stories from those days....

Bob
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

Re: Foretravel with Gas Engine

Reply #26
I bought a Winnebago new in 1987, it was built on a John Deere chassis. Had it for 20 years.

The cooling system was replaced and updated while under warranty. Cooling was never a problem.

More than enough power to climb hills toadless at good speed.

Very good brakes, all disc and oversized. Plus electric powered power brakes for when the engine wasn't running.

Main problem was narrow track with inboard leaf springs. Didn't want to stay in one lane and swayed side to side.

Got 6mpg on the 31 footer no matter what.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer