Journey on R series chassis

[Dalsn1]

A friend is looking at 04 Journey that is on the Workhorse R series chassis rather than than a Freightliner. Does anyone have any input on the R series any serious problems like brakes? The house portion is in excellent shape. Service records are not complete as the owner did some service himself.

Steve

[edgray]

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Originally Posted by Dalsn1 A friend is looking at 04 Journey that is on the Workhorse R series chassis rather than than a Freightliner. Does anyone have any input on the R series any serious problems like brakes? The house portion is in excellent shape. Service records are not complete as the owner did some service himself. Steve

The R-series was used by Winnebago before FCCC signed them to "exclusive" chassis agreements for ALL their rear diesel chassis needs. The R-series was also used by Gulfstream and Mandalay's Presidio products, I believe. There may be other OEMs as well, but my memory is far from perfect right now.

The CURRENT info on the present day R series can be found here:
http://www.workhorse.com/Default.aspx?tabid=124

Prior to going exclusively with CAT power, the R-series was pushed by Cummins engines. The Workhorse R-series is a tradational rear diesel pusher chassis with air ride and air brakes. They were/are available in various GVWR up to 32,000 and in several wheel base lengths.

Since Cat has announced they will not offer on-highway engines for 2010, my guess is that we will see big bore International MaxxForce engines in future R-Series chassis. ED

[jphansen]

Steve,
We owned and full-timed in a 2003 39K Journey on the R series. I was told by a Winnebago engineer that only about 90 were made in 2003 of this version. The only problems we had was chassis work. The engine access was differant from the Freightliner. Very few of the usual Workhorse folks would work on it, this included the Winnebago factory guys at Forest City. They sent me on to the ABC Bus guys in Fairbolt, Minnesota, but that is another story. Yhey did good work for us. It was strong as a horse and always got us safely down the road. If there were any issues it would have been chassis servicing as the engine and transmission could be done by Cummins and Allison dealers almost anywhere.