V10 Performance
I am going to agree with PowerInfo on this one. I have owned a 35' motorhome on the 99 Triton V-10 chassis now since May of 98, and we have been fulltime in it since April of 2000. We did add the complete Banks system and I would reccomend it at least for the 275 hp version. We usually travel between 55 & 60 mph and we tow a 2001 Honda CR-V. We genreally get between 8 and 9 mpg and we climb hills with the smaller diesel motorhomes and even pass a few. We frequently pass the fivers on the road when climbing. While I do reccomend the Banks to increase power, there have been only two repairs up to this point. We had a starter replaced under warranty just after we went fulltime, and we had a pinion seal(about $130) replaced last spring. We do find that the ride is a bit stiff, but that can be pretty much solved by changing the front shocks to Monroe. They make one for this chassis that helps a lot. I don't know what the problem was for the rig that Butch had, but I would bet that it was very seriously over loaded. We, like most owners of this chassis have a difficult time in believing that we would ever find a gas chassis that would do as well. It does appear that at present if you are buying new, the Workhorse is probably exceeding the Ford, though I have not test driven either one, only read about them. But if you are looking at a gas powered motorhome of 2001 or older, the Ford is far better choice than the Chevy P-30.