HTRDLNCN

paid $3500,no generator,water damage around vents and down side wall from awning pulling out side wall,missing cushions ,mechanically sound. previous owner was a 78 yr old retiree,he only owned it one year,he bought it from a floridarv dealer..I doubt he knew or ever got under to look. he only used it once. I have read people towing with some toyota based rvs and I am thinking they have to be much stronger back there to be able to tow anything. Mine has a specific label in back warning not to tow anything with this thing. Gregs rv looks to be much stronger and better setup in comparison.

Greg your extensions are way beefier than mine and you have much less overhang than this thing. here we go,,you can see the crappy work they did,crappy materials they used,skinny crossbar which is way bent from the load,crappy bumper brackets which are basically breaking off,god help anyone counting on that to stop anything from coming up your rear. A monkey could have designed this better.. Sorry for the ranting,I just hate bad engineering..

That looks pretty close to the stock one ton design though not exact,that looks a whole lot stronger than mine..My Dolphin has a puny extension maybe 1/3 the size of that extending toward the back..When I post the pictures youll see what I mean..Its a joke..

yes,got it week ago I have had a couple toyota commercial one tons and was hoping th rv would be as well built..

My commerical box truck had the frame go back at least 2 extra feet then had a an extra full size frame grafted to that to the extreme rear. Much better design,it had a 700lb hydraulic lift bolted to the back of the box and felt ten times sturdier than the motorhome. Probably overkill for an rv but I would feel a lot safer if it was built the same. If a car ever rear ends this thing it wont stop till it hits the rear axle! Yes barrel chair and dinnette. No generator See the blocks the rear suspension is bolted to at rear? the normal commercial chassis does not have those either. there is a real frame there to bolt it to at least on the one I had. Title says 1991 Dolphin but truck is a 90 It has 180K miles

The factory one ton frame is great,unfortunately Dolphin/National cut it off behind the springs! At least on my model. Ill try to get more complete pictures this weekend when we try and fix it..

something like that is what we have planned but its tough to say how long it will hold,,that a lot of weight/length thats waggling around back there. I dont understand why they cut the original truck frame at the rear axle mount,thats moronic. My Toyota one ton dually box truck had the full frame all the way to the back. Doing a search on the net I found similiar complains from people owning full size Dolphin coaches about too much rear weight and cracked frames..seems like they did the same mistakes with their full size rvs.

Mine has firestone airbags on top of everything you have,they look factory installed as there is a panel on side to check air pressure. Ill try and get good pictures this weekend.

While under the rv I noticed the frame above the rear spring support is craked..Under further investigation i discovered that the enitire rear (everything behind the wheels! )of the coach including both grey and black water tanks are supported by some flimsy reinforcements welded all the way up at the spring perch making the rear spring mount the fulcrum point.The entire coach from the wheels back has a measurable slope basically the shell is bending now..This is bad engineering plain and simple. Now I will have to figure out if it is possible to fix the damage and make it safe or just junk it. Great way to start my rv experience..

There seems to be plenty of room under mine to put it on either side so long as I keep it around 10 gallons

JC whitney has large capacity 25gallon tanks for the Toyota pickups,,however they are $750.. For that much I think I would rig up a second 10-14 gal tank and dual tank switch for less money and to better balance the weight.

I haven't weigh my RV but I just sold a 1993 Toyota V6 box truck ( http://www.hotrodlin....org/toyota.jpg ) on the commercial dual wheel pickup chassis and at a certified truck scale it weighed 4350lbs. I didn't realize the RV model was that much heavier,doesn't feel like it just from driving it..