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It is not brand new, it has the older rear end trim and lights.

[Dick]

Doesnt look new or a Marathon, Plain paint job with old style sat and some kind of extra camera or something on the back…

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Where I got the new part is another article said the guy was transporting a 1.8 million dollar Prevost’! I thought that would mean new but obviously not!

Harry

[Doug]

This brings the danger of fire to mind again.

Would it make sense to install a aviation style fire detection system in the electrical, generator, and engine bays? Would a fire suppression system have saved this coach?

Or was the problem a tire went down, caught fire, and the rest is history? Would a Pressure Pro Plus have warned the driver of an issue before it became a problem and then subsequently a catastrophe?

Or are these catastrophic events so rare and infrequent that it isn’t worth the effort and expense for fire detection and fire suppression?

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Any and all safety devices are good and the installation of fire suppression systems and warnings may even save the coach, or at least buy the occupants time to get out of the coach.

We know there is no end to potential causes of fires so as owners we have to determine if we feel we need to add warning systems, fire suppression systems, or other types of warnings and devices to prevent or warn of potential dangers.

There are after market fire suppression systems that can be installed. They can cover any area deemed necessary such as the engine area or generator box. As Dick mentions some TPMS will provide temperature alerts to warn of such things as a dragging brake or low pressure leading to a tire fire. We can not only have the normal smoke alarms, we can install heat rise detectors also in every part of the coach including bays.

All the devices are available and there is no limit to what we can install except our wallets typically become the deciding factor..

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Here is a video taken by a passerby.

http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/multimedia/rv-fire-on-teton-pass-july/youtube_6639b3ea-6456-11e7-8b85-437ee19f3d73.html

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[Larry]

Very interesting.

It clearly started in the area of the drive wheels or in the bay ahead of the drive wheels. It got into the interior and moved in both directions from that point.

What I tried to see by stopping the video several times was if the tires were flat or had been on fire. It seems the visible tires, tag and drive still were not burned, although the drive does not have air, possibly due to damage caused by a fire on the inner dual????. What is not seen is if the inside drive could have been the start due to low pressure or a dragging brake.

The question about devices is valid because if the fire was caused by a low pressure tire or dragging brake the Pressure Pro Pulse would have alerted. (Tom did not ask me to write that).

If it is a conversion by any of the converters we commonly discuss on this forum it is likely an entertainer. There are no converter logos or emblems.

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Looks like there are five A/C units. Guessing an entertainer coach.

[AL]

I would agree that it is a entertainer coach and many of them have the generators located in that bay….looks like oregon plates on the bus. No DOT numbers that I saw so it could very well have been in transit from who ever converted it to customer.

There are many options as Jon said from small systems for the Gen area to larger systems for the engine area. Prevost began several years ago including a system on the engine area, with both automatic engangement and a manual button…

[Tim]

I just rode the Teton Pass today on a motorcycle, I saw where the bus burnt, and interestingly it is on the West bound side well past the 10% and was on pretty flat and level ground.

Certainly coul dhave been a hot brake that took a while to catch the inner tire to the point it was noticeable, or it may have burnt for awhile before it was noticed. No telling really what caused it. Will be one for the Fire Investigator.