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Go for it Kent… We’re actually full timing at present ourselves until our new house is finished. Mine is a non slide and my wife doesn’t want slides, so it works well for us.

[Tim]

Tom, what did you do with Nancy?

You know that we have ‘Amber’ alerts in our area. We all know that she wants slides! Ha ha!

Mark

[John]

Kent,

We’ve been full timing since mid-November, in a non-slide, traveling the country. It’s been terrific!

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That’s what we want, a non slide. Thanks for the info! I’ll stay in touch.

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That’s super cool! My only real concern is these cold winters up here. It would be under a cover and out of the wind though. My buddy full times in an American Dream up here and it sits outside! Hasn’t froze it up yet. Enjoy your travels and keep me posted on any new things you might learn that could be helpful. Thank you and be safe!

[Kent]

Generally the coaches are well protected from cold, but if someone is full timing some thought has to go into insuring against potential damage. Clearly heaters or heat exchangers have to be in and working in areas where freezing can be an issue. A lot of coaches that spend their life in warmer climates may not have all bay heating systems in working order.

Single pane windows, especially when there are outside winds are a substantial area for heat loss. To cope with sub zero temps thermal shades might help a lot. Water and sewer connections have to be made as needed. And having an RV park or place to hook up the coach has to be available all year round.

Items like block heaters or Webasto (or Aquahot) have to be in tip top shape and there has to be a plan if the primary heating system quits.

We have had our coach in -26F temps and it did very well, but everything has to be working right or it could be a disaster.

[Kent]

We are going on two years full-timing in our coach. Our goal/plan is to follow the weather so we dont have to “live” inside the coach. Winters in Florida, summers further north/west seem to be a good route for us so far.

Couple things I would say about your plan. If you are going to be buying the coach and just parking it, I am not sure I would go with a prevost. Spend the same amount of money on a newer coach that wont require the house components to be repaired/replaced that will be in an older Prevost.

Slides provide open area in the middle of the coach when parked. That’s nice, especially if you are dealing with being indoors for the majority of the day when it’s cold out. We dont have slides, but as I said, we make it so we can spend as much time outdoors when possible.

If you are still working and your job is a “desk” job and you plan to work out of the coach, think about the layout. We have a both saloon as well as double couches. Not the best for an “office” type job. We would love to pull the booth and couch our and put in a desk/chair and a bar providing a much more functional work area. Older coaches didnt really think about that as not that many people were working from “home”. You will find this type of setup in newer coaches or older ones that have been updated.

[Larry & Diane]

Thanks Jon for all that info! Greatly appreciated!

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Thanks you Charles! Unfortunately, I work outside. All that info is super helpful though!

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Kent, your greatest problem apart from insuring the coach is equipped to deal with cold is finding an RV park open all year because they have to have freeze protection for the utilities and that is usually not going to happen.

Consider inside storage. Seriously. You are likely to have better luck.

[Dick]

Thanks Jon, it would be next to my buddy’s shop out of the wind under cover with the back towards the North with protection there’s as well. Big decision for sure! Couldn’t ask for a better place to go for knowledge and answers on this whole idea other than PC! Thanks to every one of you who has chimed in! Greatly appreciated and will keep checking in to see any other posted ideas and thoughts. Thank you!

[Hugh]

You will have no problem if that is the situation.

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Hi Kent…

We’ve been full time in our ’98 XL CC for 3+ years. We have met some really wonderful folks in our wanderings, and wouldn’t trade the experiences for anything. We’re far from hanging up the keys, and look forward to seeing new & different things and making many more friends in the future. We (I) specifically did not want a slide coach, and do not regret the choice. We travel with a dog and a grumpy 21 year old cat, so it can get a little “tight” at times when they want to stake a claim to the middle of the floor at the same time, but normally we can navigate around them & each other pretty easily. I also wanted a riveted coach because I like the look and they’re generally much simplier and easier to understand than the newer “electronic everything” coaches. Certainly, nothing against the new/newer coaches…I am personally just much more mechanical minded than electronic/programming minded. You’ve already received good advise about cold weather, so not much I can add there. Bottom line: decide what you want and why…then go for it!!

[Davy]

Thanks Mike and Karen! That’s so cool that you’ve been out there that long. Getting closer to a decision just timing now. I’ve been kind of eyeing the Marathons a little closer. There are a couple on Prevost-stuff.com that I’ve inquired about. There’s one in Idaho that seems very meticulously maintained. Olympia just posted a really cool 95′ just waiting for some questions to be answered from the dealer. Thanks for your input and safe travels!

[Peter]

That’s was Premium that listed the new one, not Olympia. Sorry bout’ that!