Previous Self-Builds

Below are a few pictures of the first motorhome i ever built, i bought this locally (15 miles away), it was a Mercedes Sprinter....W reg / 5 cylinder / 3 ltr/5 gear/125hp, single wheeler on the back / rear wheel drive and 3.5 tons gross weight.

It made the perfect motorhome with regards to the power as you could go down to 20mph in 5th and it would still pull away. Could have done with a higher gross weight.

I took the body completely off as there was 6" under it and i could lower it down, as this space was not needed, i then reconstructed the chassis cross-members and laid body straight onto it.Also i took the barn doors out and turned the box completely around and set it further back to create more living space, worked a treat. so the back became the front, so all we had to do was build the pod into the body and the cab....easy.....lol.

The finished motorhome, ready for the road, we went touring Scotland in it and it never missed a beat.

This is a one i started but never got round to as i sold it before i got a body built, originally it was a  with a lowering floor in it, reason i bought this was that the back half unbolted from the front, just behind the cab and so i could build a chassis to suit what i wanted and the chassis length was 22' and i was going to make it 8' wide, the centre axle did lift from the ground as this would create lots of benefits.....it would lift the centre axle clear of the ground thus not creating any scrub when on a caravan site / create more grip to the front drive axle / lift the rear higher by 7" for coming on and off ferries, as many motor-homes ground.

  

This is the second motorhome i built, from a 16 seater mini-bus on air suspension with a wheelchair lift in the back, I bought this off eBay situated in Exeter, went down on the train and drove it back, it drove great.

This was easier to convert as the external body did not want changed.

It was a Fiat 52 reg / 2.8cc / 128bhp / 5.3 tons gross / 3 axles, was originally a Rohill Conversion from Andover.

Then finished Toured England, but the big adventure was May 2012 when we went to the centre of France to work on a camp-site for the summer we spent 3 month's on it.
Then we took 1 month out mid September to mid October touring Europe, Switzerland / Germany / Luxembourg and Belgium.
It went well with not a lot of problems.

I would not buy another 3 axle(tag axle) motorhome as it takes a lot of weight from your drive wheels and also some camp-sites will not allow them as when you turn it will scuff the ground, also length can be an issue as well but there is a website that i have found and they offer all the information anyone would need whilst travelling in the UK, also they have a section camp-sites where you need a bigger pitch the category is "XL Pitches" and the website is www.ukmotorhometravel.co.uk

This is the last self build i am doing below, you can follow the build if you like in this blog from start to finish. Something for me to look back on in later years.

 

This one is to live in full-time, and to travel around Europe in when finished later this year, but see how i get on....hopefully ready for winter 2013.