After I got the cab unbolted and ready to lift off the chassis it became apparent that I needed the ability to pick it up and move it around safely by myself. So while I was looking for a doner chassis, I started working on something that I could lift that much weight and be able to move it around.
A couple of years before this I had built a maintenance shop for a tug and barge company in Seattle. We installed a overhead bridge crane that I thought it was the coolest thing ever for a shop. I talked it over with one of the engineers at work and came up with a design that I could build for my shop. It has been the greatest set of helping hands ever. It will pick a ton and travel in all directions.
By the time I finished the crane a doner chassis kind of fell into my lap. My wife and I were hosting a Bar-B-Q for another car club that we are in and one of the members said he had a friend that had a motorhome with low miles that he has owned since new. Last winter a tree branch went through the roof and water ran into it all winter and he was looking to get rid of it cheap. The interior was destroyed but it ran and drove excellent. It was just what I was looking for in a doner.
I'm out of time for tonight but will post more soon.
