Abstract: A motor home trailer unit and a self-contained van unit are close-coupled together as one rigid unitary assembly. Full access is provided between the van and the motor home trailer when close-coupled together, and the van is readily detached for use as a self-contained separate vehicle for travelling, towing a boat or the like. Connection is made by a coupling arrangement including two spaced apart and forward projecting connector guide elements adjacent each side of the trailer unit at the bottom and the top of the front end wall thereof, and corresponding spaced apart connector receptacles adjacent each side of the van unit at the bottom and the top of the rear end wall thereof. The connector guide elements are detachably engaged and locked within the receptacles by corresponding movable locking elements when the units are coupled in a rigid unitary assembly.

Abstract: Recreational vehicles such a motor homes are either self-contained or consist of a cab-type drive unit with a fifth wheel connection for the motor home component. The present device comprises a motor home unit and a self-contained van unit with the units being close-coupled together as one rigid assembly. Full access is provided when connected between the van and the motor home and the van is readily detached and can be used as a self-contained separate vehicle for travelling towing a boat or the like. Connection is by detachable connecting the front ends of the longitudinal chassis members of the motor home unit to the rear ends of the longitudinal chassis members of the van and the van is a front wheel drive unit with steerable front wheels and selectively steerable rear wheels.