Medium Duty Truck

Frank & Ruth Bailey have been full time RVers for 6 ½ years. They are originally from Iowa and recently purchased a Ranch Hauler by Sportchassis which has the components of a Sterling/Freightliner/Mercedes Benz all in a medium duty truck. http://www.sportchassis.com/ It's more than enough truck for towing their Grand Teton 5th wheel. Their state doesn't require a special licence to operate this truck and it can pull and stop a much heavier load than a standard pick-up.Ruth likes it better than their former F-550 because it's a more comfortable ride and has more room inside. She also likes it better because it has more windshield viewing area.

It takes some effort to climb up into the cab and her only complaint is that it doesn’t have handles near the passenger upper windshield like their old Ford truck had. Frank loves this truck and it gets a respectable 9 MPG. It has a 150 gallon capacity with two 75 gallon tanks. He says it didn’t come with as much storage as his F-550 so he designed his own cabinet. I asked Ruth how easy it was to park this rig compared to the F-550 and she said that they don’t have any problems finding parking, but that it’s usually out in the distance of the parking lot. She told me that when they want to tour a place and need the convenience and gas economy they just rent a car for a few days. It saves wear and tear on their truck and works out great for their touring adventures.