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Any Thoughts On This Bus?
Based on the mileage and the convertible bunk floorplan, it appears this most likely was used as an entertainer bus. A bunk floor plan works for my needs and I welcome any input (or red flags) on the bus and converter.
Thanks!
http://www.prevost-stuff.com/2014PrevostFloridaCoachX3_Staley928.html
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Don’t now much about Florida Coach but the paint colors and interior were done on 3 or 4 buses they built over a couple years.
John Legend took one out on tour a couple years ago, which one of the 3 it was, I don’t know.
I also saw they did one for Willie, hard to land big fish like that.
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bvOn an edit here I somehow saw a video of you doing a walk thru a Newell today, I thought you were well spoken. I wish you would of taken some video of that coach closed up with slides in and people would have a much better understanding of one of the differences between a bus and a Newell.
That’s why you would never see someone like Willie walk out of a Newell, gosh what an awful thought.
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Thanks for the kind words on the Newell video. For the slides-in portion, I did that in time lapse at the 8:10 mark of the video. Here’s a screen grab of the slides in on that Newell.
After spending time at both the Prevost and Super Shows, I stopped by and met the folks at Florida Coach yesterday and toured the facilities in Kissimmee. Let me say this…It’s impressive and the coaches feature top tier interiors. Since I’m seeking a bunk model, they have rapidly appeared on my short list. They have a unique automatic bunk which converts from a one to a two or three bunk with a press of a button. And yes, when the slides are in, unlike the Newell pictured above, it’s very roomy.
The exact coach advertised was getting service at Prevost and when it returns I’ll most likely be scheduling a return visit. I did see a twin to that bus and it captured my interest.
Even more impressive than the bus is the facilities and I can see why they have built multiple coaches for Willie.
Since I’m far from an expert, I welcome input on the systems (link in first post of this thread) and how they differ from other, non-entertainer Prevost conversions. Yes, I’m asking for help!
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It would take 30 mins to type everything but I’ll try to give you some basic stuff.
Drivers area is partitioned off and not dressed like a normal conversion. Entrance not finished off.
Your power management is completly different, you have 1 inverter instead of 2, 2 house batteries instead of 6 which is fine but you have no capacity so you must run the generator if you want to sustain any livability or hook to shore power. I would think in a year and a half that bus has 10,000 hours on the generator, which is fine but most guys with that little battery capacity run 2 generators and never shut one down. Basicly if your going down the road the generator is on.
You have 125 ft power cord, most are 25 to 75 ft. If they pull to the back of a venue the power is scarce, you need all of that.
5 roof airs instead of 4, I’m sure one is dedicated to the bunks. They advertise full bus a/c and heating. It might also have bus air for going down the road.
The grey tank is 100 gallons, larger than most 70 gallon setups. It also says it has a 100 gallon grey and black split tank. You should check that, most converters have about 160 combined. One rule on a tour bus is none of the commoners shits on the bus.
There’s alot more but I can’t think of it right now.
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bv
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It is a rare entertainer conversion that is set up ideally for use as a motorhome. Period.
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Never seen one, not even on a “Star Coach”. The only ones are when a star buys a MH conversion. Geo.
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what does it weight?
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