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First RV with Workhorse UFO chassis delivered in Florida
The first Forest River Georgetown with the new Workhorse UFO chassis

First sale of RV with 
the new UFO chassis
Enables both diesel and GAS to be rear engine and gives a completely flat floor

The first motor homes built on the new Workhorse UFO™ chassis arrived on dealer lots early this month and the first retail sale was quick to follow.

Gus and Garnett Johnson of Sebring, Fla., purchased a 35-foot Georgetown 359TS model with the rear 8.1L GM Vortec™ gas engine from sales representative Gail Grinstead at Dusty’s Camper World in Bartow, Fla. The Forest River model was the first to be delivered to a customer since the company announced it would use the new rear-engine chassis from Workhorse Custom Chassis as a Georgetown platform.

Forest River is currently in full production with the chassis, and RVers can expect more Georgetown units built on it to start showing up at Forest River dealerships across the country in the coming weeks, said Art Colvin, general manager of Forest River. “Our dealers are very interested in this product, and right now we’re the only one who has it on the lots,” said Colvin.

Monaco Corporation and Winnebago Industries have announced they will also be building units on the Workhorse UFO™. Monaco expects to start production within the next month, and Winnebago will start production in the spring. Other manufacturers are similarly expected to announce plans for the new platform, which offers a choice of rear engines and enables manufacturers to build a greater variety of floorplans on a completely flat floor.

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Readers comments:

SCHMIDT :   I THINK YOU HAVE WHAT i AND A LOT OF OTHERS ARE LOOKING FOR. A GOOD RUNNING GAS PUSHER.

Wayne Hill :   I think this is great news about the Gas ENGINE located in the rear. I have a class A gas coach that I love. I just hate the noise from the fans in the summer and the location of the door. The storage is limited, but this is not that big of a problem. It is a workhorse engine that performs great. Now why can't we get an air ride suspension on a gas coach?

jack b :-) :   There have been gas 'pusher' models for many, many years now... i.e. - foretravel, etc. built on bus chassis, like gillig and spartan, mainly. just an fyi here. we've just turned down an '87 grand villa with a 460 cid pusher for $10k, because it had rear twin beds and a few more miles than we'd like. a gas motor in an rv with more than about 60k will usually (not always) be needing major service sooner, rather than later.

mike aston :   je voudrais savoir combien fais de milles au gallon,4 ou 5 mille ou 10 ou 12 au gallon,pour le nouveau moteur arriere u f o.

Homer :   I am still concerned about engine cooling. I know Workhorse say they have solved this problem, which was the nemesis of its predecessors. I will give it some time for street trials.

Carl M :   I am happy to see a rear engine gas motorhome on the market. With diesel fuel much higher than gas, it should be in demand. I just hope they do not make the rear engine gas motorhomes too big and heavy. I had a rear engine gas Rockwood motorhome about 12 years ago. It was real heavy and the 460 Ford engine and the Ford pick-up transmission gave me all kinds of problems.

Terri :   This is very exciting. The Workhorse UFO platform revolutionizes the concepts re how the rv interiors are designed, as well as being given a choice between diesel and gas. I would like to know what the estimates are for mileage. I am also interested in seeing how creative the designers are now that they have fewer space limitations. This factor plus the full panel sliders opens up a new generation of possibities for rv living space.

Ken Bryce :   If I'm understanding this correctly, this means that gas engined motorhomes can now have the engine at the back. No more hump between the driver and the passenger and much less noise. Wonderful. I can't afford a diesel but this takes away my main arguments against gas engined RVs. This is what I want for my next RV!!

 
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