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Former Liberty Coach Owner?
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Tim,
Not sure of your budget, but John just listed his 06 XLII Royale on PC and it’s had the Rivet Process done.
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Nice coach! However, it’s above what I want to spend.
Thx for the tip Tom …
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Kurt,
The one we have our eyes on is a 45-footer, so you’re safe! We would be open to a 40-footer, but with the slim pickens on 40-footer, we’re probably get a 45-footer. We will probably wait at least to the spring, so it may be gone, but we’re sure our coach is out there when we’re ready.
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Just want to give a shout-out to Texas 40 who graciously looked at this coach for me.
This forum provides an invaluable service to help each other out and save time and money when looking to purchase or repair a Prevost.
Thanks again George!
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Tim,
Nothing specific to that coach or the broker, but at that vintage of coach expect to put another $15K-$20K into it over the next 1 to 1.5 years.
That figure could even be more depending on how the coach was maintained by previous owners, how much you use it after buying it and you level of expectations of service/maintenance/updating the coach to your level.
just want to make sure it’s put out there so there are no surprises or disapointments after getting a coach of this vintage.
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Thanks Charles, If I Proceed with this coach I’ve definitely put a reserve aside to bring it up to speed, especially since we will be in it full time. However, I’m heading to the seminar in two weeks and may wait to enhance my knowledge about these coaches before I purchase a specific coach.
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We often talk about zeroing out a coach. I will do it in the absence of maintenance history to provide the peace of mind that comes with knowing the age and condition of the undercarriage. I want the comfort of knowing my tires, air bags, batteries, brake chambers, fluids, filters, hoses, Norgren valves, belts, etc. are trustworthy.
But that is what makes me comfortable. When a coach is recently purchased each owner has different things that influence their comfort level. New owners however do have to make informed decisions as to the options available to them. We almost never hear of owners who have had a catastrophic air bag failure. Almost all air bags that get replaced are changed because the leans have gotten so bad the owner just wants that problem fixed. But air bags do pop just like a blowout, and depending on the place and time that could disable the coach, or at least making the driving of the coach a problem. That is where an inspection combined with an understanding of the various needs comes into play.
The same can be said of almost all the items that are typically zeroed out. A new owner should insure the systems on the coach are working right, and that it has been checked. Obviously air leaks in the brake system need to be fixed. If the air system shows evidence of water that needs service, but it also suggests air system components might have or will have issues.
A new owner may prefer to get to know the coach, and while learning it, its systems, and what needs it has, and then systematically go through the coach to insure its reliability. To use the coach Tim expressed an interest in as an example, due to its age it is possible it needs all the items I listed above, but in addition to the mechanical items for the chassis it might be good to consider pure sine wave inverters, then a new reliable refrigerator, some flat screen TVs, and then an interior refreshing. By delaying items not immediately needed a plan and a budget can be created, along with an opportunity to develop a lot of experience and knowledge of the coach. Sometimes jumping right into zeroing out a coach might not be the best option, but taking things in order to a plan may prove to be best.
Sometimes the new owner needs to get some experience with the coach before taking any action.
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Jon: “Sometimes jumping right into zeroing out a coach might not be the best option.”
Unless you need to zero the coach out to get it home. Based on advice from Jon, George, and Jeff Rowe we zero’d out our coach before I even drove it and have absolutely NO regrets doing it. The coach was 15 years old and we had no maintenance records. After listening to experts, I realized I had no choice but to do that and negotiated firmly with the seller on that basis, to point of walking away from the deal and having the seller come back to me 4 to 5 weeks later.
Jon also said: “Sometimes the new owner needs to get some experience with the coach before taking any action.”
This is also very good advice. If you have confidence in the care and feeding of the coach you just bought, do the things that are really necessary now, how off on the interior refreshening, maybe the new TVs, Sat Dish, Nav system, etc. until you’ve used the coach for a while … especially if this is your first RV or your first Prevost.
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