This is a collection of photos of our journey to customize a new Volvo to a 33K "straight truck" for hauling our 32' 4Star gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters, and later perhaps a large fifth weel. Bruce Casebeer at Husky Trucks in Seattle, WA (800-325-4709) did a super thoughtful and patient process with us to be sure we spec'd what we would want long-term. I'd also be remiss if I didn't credit the folks that post on the Escapees.com HDT forum for ideas and inspiration to go to this truck. Visit them at Escapees.com.
We had Ken Rush and Tyler Boote at The Fab Shop, Edgewood, WA, build the bed based on a design I came up with, stealing many ideas from other HDT folks on Escapees.com. Jeff Frey is the craftsman that has done all the work, meticulous I might add!
We installed a Voyager system purchased from RVCams.com. It is of superb quality and amazing image resolution. We installed 3 cameras: 1 in the hitch trough 13" in front of the g/n ball, 1 in the horse compartment, and 1 on the rear of the trailer. Contact Tim Lazore at RVCams.com, 877-378-2267.
We spend a lot of time with our horses and dogs in the desert field trialing and hunting birds. 4Star is a long-time Oklahoma manufacturer of high quality custom horse trailers, for whom my wife is a dealer specializing in customization of living quarters trailers. We'll put some photos of our two 4Stars here, plus some of her clients' trailers. More information at C and I Trailer Sales or email Irene at irenepalmer@hughes.net.
My "classic" 1984 BMW 533i was in the shop for minor annoyances five times last year... And I have another 5 years or more until retirement. I needed something reliable for my trips to the airport and travels around the Northwest, so we sold the 533 to Justin and have a new one.
