Workhorse 25.5

RobAndTeresa · 03-13-2006, 04:30 AM

DriVer or anyone else have any real insight as to what makes, models, etc. will be offerring the 25.5 and when?

RobAndTeresa · 03-13-2006, 04:30 AM

DriVer or anyone else have any real insight as to what makes, models, etc. will be offerring the 25.5 and when?

rvten · 03-13-2006, 07:40 PM

Check the WCC web site. They list by MFG's what is being built on there chassis.

Tom N · 03-14-2006, 04:44 AM

From what I can see the W25.5 is not shown or listed on Workhorse'sC website.

Post the URL please.

RobAndTeresa · 03-14-2006, 06:04 AM

I looked on the WCC website as well and the only info they have anywhere that I could find was the press release for the 25.5. There was no info about when it would be available, which MH manufacturers would offer it or on what models. I have looked at varied MH websites as well with no luck.

Maybe it's too soon to find out but thought I would ask since some seem to have an inside track on info from WCC.

Thanks and take care.

DriVer · 03-14-2006, 06:24 PM

The inside track on the W-25.5 is that it's scheduled to begin building in the Spring of 2006. That's only a very few short weeks away. Exactly what coaches are being built on the W-25.5 is anyone's guess but mine right now suggests that the W-25.5s might be available for models beginning in late 2006 and 2007. By the time they are ordered, built, PDI inspected, shipped and rolled through production I think your looking at a bit of time. If a chassis is ordered at the end of April for example, it may take a while to get a new MH out the door from the manufacturer.

Unless you see a W-25.5 on a lot somewhere I might want to order one on a 2007 whatever. I'm not suggesting that anyone wait but I think that we're gong to see some unique floorplans on the W-25.5 that we haven't seen before. 4 slideouts on gas doesn't seem that much of an impossibility given a W-25.5 to build on.

Like you all I want to see an SSC W-25.5 Quad Slide Forty footer. It could happen but my crystal ball is a bit fuzzy right now.

Tom N · 03-15-2006, 05:43 AM

Mike;

Do you have specs on the W25.5???

Is the W25.5 going to have a longer wheelbase than the W24???

Tom

DriVer · 03-15-2006, 08:07 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Tom N:
Do you have specs on the W25.5??? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Tom, Yes I do, basically the biggest difference is going to be a 6.14 rear differential gear and a standard rear track bar. All the rest of the gear on the 25.5 is the same as the 24. The 2006s will all have 6 speed Allison transmissions.

The longest wheelbase that WCC makes is a 242 inch. Since you and I have 248 inch chassis, like Joey Tribiani would say, it's a "Moo" point.

We have also read about a "Flounder" having a longer wheelbase than the WGO 248 so the manufacturers will do what they do after WCC builds the original rail.