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OTR – Coooold
OK, it’s my first OTR coach out of 5 that I have had and I gotta tell ya, there AIN’T no going back. This will drive some nuts, Gil, but facts are facts boys and girls. I was on I-10 in Florida, 94 degree’s and I stopped to make a tire check in the rest area. I saw this on both sides of the bus and freaked out thinking something was wrong with my new stainless rivet job.
It was condensation from the OTR, bah, hah, hah, hah…. Right now Gil is getting ready to tell me there must be a flaw in the insulation factor, gasp, the XL2 has a problem.;)
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Awesome…. NOTHING like OTR… I sit covered with a blanket and it’s 95 outside… imagine what the pavement temperature is !!
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Told ya so!
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It’s about time you guys finally start believing me. It’s just too bad it takes so long to convince some folks.
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Driving a bus with genuine Prevost factory OTR heating and air conditioning can be very deceiving. You will be completely unaware of just how hot it is outside the bus…..until you step outside.
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The clue to outside air temps after driving in complete comfort in your OTR equipped coach is to measure the amount of condensation on the outside of the windows.
When I have to use my wipers to clear the windshield I know it is a hot humid stifling summer day in the deep south.
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When we were looking for our bus we came very close to buying three different buses. We were ready to write a check on all three of them (Not at the same time, of course) until something disqualified each of them. Had we known how great OTR is, we would not even had considered any one of them.
I am so thankful we bought a bus with OTR. It was not a requirement for buying but only because I did not know any better.
DKO
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Tom,
I bet you are forced to park at the truck stops next to the rest of the refer trailers 😉 Damn, that’s cold.
Until I get uncomfortable, and I like it a bit cold, I’m okay with CC OTR air. It hasn’t let me down yet in Florida.
With all the discussion on AC systems, I wonder how many of us started with plastic coaches. Most of us were pretty happy with 3 roof airs and the generator running. Now, for some reason unknown to me, a Prevost owner with roof airs for cooling while moving seems inadequate.
I have a bit of a confession. I looked at one Prevost OTR Air coach and that air was COLD! It did go from heat soaked to beer chilling cold in no time. Still, I’m happy.
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Gil,
If you sense a little ball busting you are correct. Our coaches get the AC systems the converter determines its market wants and needs.
CC and Royale more than likely sold a lot of Prevost conversions to former owners of their conventional RVs so it was to be expected to see them equipped as they are. There is nothing wrong with how each converter builds their coaches as long as the owners are satisfied. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks of my coach as long as I am satisfied. Same with you and every other owner.
So when we pick on someone it is in fun. When the discussion gets serious is when a Prevost enthusiast buying their first coach starts asking questions. That is when we have to objectively provide answers so we do not mislead a future owner. As much as I like OTR and Cruiseairs I can discuss their shortcomings. I can discuss the benefits of roof airs as well. Where all of us owners have an obligation to others is to not allow our biases or opinions which might be skewed to persuade people of things that might not be true. That is cruel and it impacts a buyer’s wallet.
Some day we can all jointly create a balanced article about the various coach environmental systems that accurately reflects the advantages and disadvantages of each so newbies who seek information have an accurate description of the various systems. I believe we can have that done shortly after there is peace in the middle east.
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Jon,
It really shouldn’t be so hard to write such an article. It will just take time. The challenge would simply be to make sure information is presented in buckets, such as facts, pros, cons, and owner’s opinions. I would imagine opinions may find their way into the facts bucket too often negating the objectivity of the article.
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Good grief, did Gil just agree with me! Hey Jon, he’s fitting in nicely…. Now all we have to do is get him to visit Stuart!
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Tom, in time I knew you’d come around to my thinking. I’m thinking it will take Jon a bit longer…
As for going to Stuart, let’s go. Fishing should be great and it’s a beautiful little town.
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We can start writing the article when the CC folks stop calling their little AC system OTR.
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Hmmm, what’s an engine driven air conditioning system called? Dash Air is the right answer. But when you have two such systems what’s the other called? OTR Air is generally recognized as that other system. If Prevost trademarked the name, let’s use the right sized engine driven supplemental coach air. Nah…that’s just too many words to describe a very similiar system.
Here’s an interesting tidbit. When a CC was at the Prevost factory in Canada and having problems with his Whatchmacallit air, Prevost did an engineering redesign and he left with a great system. It wasn’t the cool a full windowed bus with 55 passengers version, but one sized for the need.
Just busting your chops,
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Then instead of calling either of them OTR why don’t we call them 105,000 and 15,000.
How’s that?
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Binford 105 or 15..
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