Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 06, 2025 ...

Bill can I suggest you look into some OREDs as well? I use my coach exactly how you describe and have found the narrower, bomb proof chassis of the oreds much much easier to get around in on public lands than my U320 and little of that has to do with length.  And there's nowhere I can go that won't have parts readily available for it

Something like this?
Used 2002 Foretravel U270 3410 Wtfs in Lake Ozark, MO - 5033912152 - RV Trader

No reason to believe that there would be much of a difference in build quality or reliability based just on length. This one being a 34-footer with 400 horses would get my attention. For these coaches though pay attention to the equipment such as heat or generator being propane. I didn't really look at this one. I see there are few on RV Trader.

Interesting that the '02 is advertised at being in Missouri.  Those exterior photos are 100% MOT's from one of their listings.

I will, Elliott - am not really familiar at all with the ORED's.  Do like the retro body style and the basic nature of 'em and apparent ground clearance vs. a load of electronic gizmos.  What about their basement storage?  Sometimes I need to carry a small set of drums with me depending on the purpose of the trip but most of the time, we're just boondocking fools.

Have read your progress with your coaches and must say, quite impressive!

Rut roe...  jeez, you don't suppose...?

Bill can I suggest you look into some OREDs as well?

When people ask me about our 1989 ORED I tell them that the chassis was designed by John Deere, built by Oshkosh Truck (here in Wisconsin) and finished by Foretravel.
So being a John Deere design my coach can sit for months, fire right up and take off, just like the way John Deere tractors are so reliable.
The build is done by Oshkosh Truck who started out building garbage trucks and progressed to be one of the major suppliers of U.S.Government heavy duty vehicles.
So sturdiness and reliability are noted features you can enjoy in an ORED motorhome.
Our coach, after almost 36 years, still has closet doors that close beautifully, has no cracked fiberglass or wood panels anywhere, and yet I have been stupid enough to take our coach into places I shouldn't, after reflection, have gone into.

Here's  one on CL that showed up a few weeks ago. Only a few miles from me, I could put eyes on it pretty easy if interested.

How much cold weather do you plan to be in? For hot water only I like the tank type heaters, propane with the added electric heat element. Use the electric when plugged in. The propane heaters do work nice, but no engine preheat and for winter use you need to keep getting propane. There are also compact Diesel air heaters that can be installed.

For a lot of winter camping the Hydronic heating becomes worthwhile. When connected to park power it can also use electricity to reduce Diesel fuel use. The Diesel fuel is a primary advantage. It will also do a much better job keeping the water tanks warm. My Nimbus also has roof top ACs with heat pumps. They are fantastic for quickly heating the coach in mildly cold weather. But they don't heat the tanks. As I care a bit about my health the days of catalytic heaters and the like inside are long past. Not taking that health or fire risk to save a 1/2 gallon of propane of fuel. The hydronic usually also has the ability to pre heat the engine.

I hear ya', Dennis.  Our past three Moho's had Aquahot and they were indeed, very nice in the winter and great for hot showers.  Now, however, we're trying to avoid rv parks and do more BLM/forest service dispersed/remote camping.  The LD has been good for that with the exception of tank capacities (we can actually make it to up to 10 days pushing it), having 600 watts solar, 300aH lithiums, we have no power issues (not using the AC of course). 

Being familiar with Foretravels, that's our go-to reference.  The FT also has more tank capacity, roof real estate for solar as well as more battery space which gives us more range.

I wasn't aware that catalytic heaters were harmful - have heard quite the opposite and that they were very safe and efficient.  I'll have to dig into that further!

The thing I miss most about my U320 is the Aqua Hot (and handling on the highway). An often overlooked virtue of the AH is that you have 200 gallons of fuel for it on stand by. Great for being off grid for extended periods and its electrical consumption is a non-factor if you have solar.

I'm thinking more buyer's remorse (RVing isn't for everyone - there have been many who have gotten into it in recent years who quickly discover it's not their cup of tea) OR MOTs photos were better than anything they could take themselves.  It shows the new service facility in the background, so I'm thinking those photos are fairly recent, at least within the last year or two.