I bought the Ute sight unseen based on Matt’s opinion.Then I drove the Fuso to Denver to pick it up. The truck has a winch on the front. Now it rolls over bumps instead of going through the bumps.The super singles also improved my fuel mileage by raising my gear ratio. It’s also exciting to go down a mountain road with a deep drop off or bridge. The aluminum cross box is spring isolated from the frame just like the flatbed.As the bed stays relatively constant and level, the truck rotates underneath it. Class is in session.Above: Dick Burnham’s 2005 Mitsubishi Fuso FG140 and 2007 Hallmark Ute XSTCM: How did you decide to build a Mitsubishi Fuso truck camper?The size of the Ford was a challenge for us because it was crew cab.

I didn’t want to buy an RV. He had a vision to take the extraordinary off-road capabilities of a Mitsubishi Fuso and marry it to a Hallmark pop-up. The cross box has a generator for when we need to run my wife’s hair dryer. Any truck stop will have a diesel mechanic who can work on it. With a standard truck and camper, with a lighter engine, you want the center of gravity forward to put weight on front axle. We can throw rocks from our house and hit grapes.
He moved his daughter back from school in the pouring rain and hoped that this chair would fall off the truck.

For what we like to do, that truck and camper rig was too wide and too long.I wanted a shorter, narrower truck to replace my Ford.

All you need is diesel fuel, water, food, and a direction to explore.Then you wake up to the unmistakable laughter of a tree full of squirrels. Then I jacked the truck at opposite corners to fully flex the chassis and measured the deflection at the spring locations so I could size the springs. Jan 6, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Aaron Marcucci. The owner was a pilot for Southwest based in Denver. Was it just a dream?

It also improved the offset between my front and rear tires. We are getting to the point where we like comfort and I wanted a fully self-contained camper.In my research, I narrowed our choices down to a couple of campers, specifically Hallmark. What happens when you put together a 2005 Mitsubishi Fuso FG140 four-wheel drive, four-cylinder diesel and a loaded 2007 Hallmark Ute XS? Email field should not be empty Please enter a valid email address. None of that deterred Dick. The Fuso’s bed is not a standard pickup length or width.

The all-terrain wheels are able to dominate all terrains.The custom Four Wheel Camper is fully-self contained, able to safely plug into almost any power source, and features on-board water filtration, ample solar power, and efficient LED light. He had a vision to take the extraordinary off-road capabilities of a Mitsubishi Fuso and marry it to a Hallmark pop-up. See 8 results for Mitsubishi fuso motorhome for sale at the best prices, with the cheapest ad starting from $ 12,000. It is fixed at the rear of the chassis using the old bumper assembly from the old steel bed. The existing bed was a mess.I called around and found a good mechanic in Montana to look at the Fuso. I worked in Alaska in the Aleutian Islands and Anchorage.

If you want to build a unique truck, be forewarned about gawkers.Truck: 2005 Mitsubishi Fuso FG140, 4×4, diesel, 4 cylinderHome or camper, you can camp and rally with Torklift’s 2020 Virtual Camping Rally. The Fuso cab is nearly five feet tall, so you’d have to raise the camper high in the air to put it over the top of the cab and you need to tip the cab to get to the engine.

I was trusting my measurements, and hoped it would work. The wheels are also DOT certified for 13,227 pounds and with each tire rated at 6,400 pounds apiece.