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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 06/26/2018 at 11:39 • Filed to: NPoCP, Overland

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$45,000

The post has been deleted by the author so its either sold or they decided to go another route. I mean...it certainly tickles the oddball RV fancy.

YEAR: 1994
MAKE: Revcon
MODEL: TrailBlazer
BODY STYLE: Class C
MILEAGE: 64,200
CONDITION: Used
PRICE: $45,000 OBO
FUEL TYPE: Gas
DRIVETRAIN: 4×4
TRANSMISSION: 4-Speed Automatic
EXTERIOR COLOR: White
INTERIOR COLOR: Light Gray
VIN NUMBER: 1FTJW36G2REA00199
EXTERIOR LENGTH: 32 feet
EXTERIOR WIDTH: 96 inches
EXTERIOR HEIGHT: 10 feet, 6 inches
Four-wheel drive
No rust
No smokers
No pets
Regularly serviced

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 11:46

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On the one hand that’s a lot of money for an old RV.

On the other hand

LOREM IPSUM > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 11:48

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Drop a zero and I’ll take it at asking, assuming the inside isn’t disgusting and  it isn’t waterlogged from leaks.

HammerheadFistpunch > LOREM IPSUM 06/26/2018 at 11:49

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inside is immaculate.  Follow the link.

LOREM IPSUM > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 11:52

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Link kinja’d on me first time around.

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 11:56

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I was gonna say something along the lines of hey that’s not a TrailBlazer , but I see that it’s a 1994 model, which means that Revcon had first dibs .

HammerheadFistpunch > Urambo Tauro 06/26/2018 at 11:59

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more of a trailblazer than the 2019 model anyway.

HammerheadFistpunch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/26/2018 at 12:08

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The only bummer is the 3rd axle is a tag axle, which means it will have less traction than if it wasn’t there at all.

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 12:11

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GAS? that’s a slight oversight, no?

HammerheadFistpunch > benjrblant 06/26/2018 at 12:15

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you have to remember that in 94 the powerstoke was anything but power. 210 hp and 425 lbs-ft. The 460 had 245 hp and 410 lbs-ft so it was the power upgrade option.  Not to mention the powerstoke was newish and the 460 was a known reliable engine.

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 12:18

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Surely the difference in 35hp was masked by the need to carry 200 gallons of petrol.

HammerheadFistpunch > benjrblant 06/26/2018 at 12:19

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yeah, but remember that the 7.3 turbo was brand new...people might have been hesitant to go that route over a tried and true 460.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 12:30

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You know what this and my R have in common?

Turning radius of a small moon.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 12:48

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Came here to say that. The choice of a tag axle instead of dually set up on this truck makes my head spin. Its the long way around to get to an inferior solution. If it had the capability to lift the tag axle like a 6x2 over- the- road tractor, that would’ve given it a workaround on un even terrain , but that is still the long way around compared to putting a dually under the rear end.  

HammerheadFistpunch > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/26/2018 at 13:09

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yup, seems like it was done because they couldn’t get the payload to work with a single rear wheel, or they were worried about depar ture with a single rear axle or both but the moral of the story is that having the tag axle will mean less tire pressure all the time for less traction plus as soon as the rear axle finds its suspension travel limits very quickly it will lift the tractive axle up and your 6 wheeler is 2 wheel drive. Even with dual rear wheel drive though, unless its a really novel setup like this one  it will actually make it worse than only 2 axles.  

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 13:15

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I would offer that the gas motor was probably chosen for NVH reasons, because the 460 was so much quieter and smoother than a single shot DI 7.3, and gas was cheap enough at the time to not care about getting probably 3- 4mpg in that thing if you could afford it in the first place . Even in later split-shot injector setups like my former 02 F-250 , the T444E never let the operator forget it was really a medium- duty truck engine.

I had a racing buddy from whom I once considered purchasing a 94 F-250, extended cab/long bed/4x4/4.10 gears/ 6- speed manual/ 7.5l gas motor. It only had around 50k on it, and was in beautiful condition, but t hat truck got 7 mpg on the highway unloaded. I wisely decided that wouldn’t have been a good decision with my budget at the time as a college student, even when gas only $1.2 0/gallon.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 13:17

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I was referring to a single dually axle, instead of two single tire rear axles.

HammerheadFistpunch > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/26/2018 at 13:18

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It really is amazing how bad the mileage was on those. My grandpa had a K20 camper special 400/400 with an Alaskan on the back and even that did double digits sometimes. 

HammerheadFistpunch > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/26/2018 at 13:19

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right, I think they would have been better off with DRW instead of dual axle single wheel.  

M.T. Blake > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 13:19

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The dream. It is alive. It is healthy. It is expensive. It is unobtainable. And it is someone else’s. It is sad. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 13:32

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I’m thinking the only applications I see where this thing works well is either on snow-covered roads in the winter, or driving out onto the soft-sand beaches at the local lake with all the tires aired down . In both cases, the terrain is basically flat, so lifting the driven rear axle isn’t as much of a concern. I can’t imagine it really being able to do much else off-road.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2018 at 13:50

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I woder how hard it would be to swap the axle with a drive axle, mount an electric motor to it so you can have a 6x6 with a push button for the electric motor.

HammerheadFistpunch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/26/2018 at 13:56

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pretty hard. I would guess the tricky bit would be the programing. I guess you could do it dumb style and just put a rh eostat on the gas pedal and feed the electric motor that way, but it would probably be tough to calibrate