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Doesn't Ford make a Similar chassis to the discontinued Kodiak?
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Not long ago, LD proudly introduced a new LD based on the Chevy Kodiak chassis only to find it discontinued by Chevy shortly after!
 Doesn't Ford make a similar chassis to the Kodiak and if so, what is everyone's opinion as to why that wouldn't be a smart choice for LD to continue to make a similar unit to their discontinued Kodiak based unit?

Maybe LD's choice should have been Ford from the get go!

Ed 94' Red 26.5' MidBath named "Tranquility"
Re: Doesn't Ford make a Similar chassis to the discontinued Kodiak?
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Not long ago, LD proudly introduced a new LD based on the Chevy Kodiak chassis only to find it discontinued by Chevy shortly after!
 Doesn't Ford make a similar chassis to the Kodiak and if so, what is everyone's opinion as to why that wouldn't be a smart choice for LD to continue to make a similar unit to their discontinued Kodiak based unit?

Maybe LD's choice should have been Ford from the get go!
Several years ago, Ford started to produce a heavier duty E series chassis called the E-550.  Soon after, Lazy Dazy engineered a 30' version based on that chassis.  I think 2 were built before Ford announced that they were canceling production.  The only viable platform for a while was the Kodiak chassis.  Steve Newton held off for a while and finally gave into requests for a larger chassis and designed a 30' coach on a Kodiak chassis.  I know that he put a tremendous amount of effort into designing this coach, only to have this chassis line canceled.

I think that getting shot down twice after investing considerable time and money that Steve Newton will be VERY cautious about trying it a third time.

Art
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Re: Doesn't Ford make a Similar chassis to the discontinued Kodiak?
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I have one of the Kodiaks and love it.  Steve did the  Kodiak right for boondock camping. We took it to Alaska and boondocked for 2 months with no hookups and it did wonderful with the solar array.