Shannon O’Hare of Vallejo, California took the frame of a fifth-wheel camping trailer and built a three-story Victorian mansion on top. The powertrain for the motorhome is from an 80-year-old forklift three-cylinder motor driving a hydraulic pump that in turn powers a wheel motor connected to an International pickup truck axle.
The driver steers the front-drive machine from a command deck in the front of the vehicle via hydraulic cylinders. The first floor of the mansion is the “engine room”; it’s made of a steel frame to support the upper levels. Upstairs is a lounge deck that will hold about 10 people, O’Hare says. Above that is an observation deck.
A 70-gallon propane tank fuels the machine, which tours the Burning Man playa daily during the event, covering about 30 miles a day. For the 2012 festival, the Neverwas Haul is getting a new three-cylinder Kubota engine.
Driving through the inescapable Black Rock Desert dust
From Amazing Automobile Art From Burning Man 2012 Elite Daily
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