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Prevost H3 vs. XL
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Cleaning off the top of the slide is a good practice. The seal is critical and any foreign material can get past the wipers and damage the bladder on the seal at the worst, or at the very least can prevent the bladder from sealing against moisture.
For those of us that are lazy we can hit the highway with the slides out, get it up to a speed of about 85 MPH to blow off debris and then retract the slides.
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attaching my iPhone to a very long selfie stick. Then I use my telescoping ladder to get up on the roof and use a cheap yard blower with a rechargeable battery to clear the top of all debris.
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I mounted a California Duster to a PVC tee fitting on top of a pvc pipe. I insert the california Duster handle into the tee and walk along the side of the coach with the Duster wiping off the slide top. Has worked for about 5 years now. If Tom buys the 2 slide Vantare at Jeffs I’ll make one for him for free.
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Thanks so much for the generous offer Doug, but the Vantare is an XLII not an H. Nice try though…..
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I still prefer to drive down the interstate with the slides out to let the wind clear the roof of the slide.
No tools, no effort, no problems.
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Jon, I tried your method yesterday to get all of the oak leaves off my slides. I will say that the very narrow roads, steep drop offs into deep ditches on the side and meeting that cement truck caused me great concern. Oh, and I had to get up to 85 to get them all to blow off. I might add that the Sheriff Deputy did not like my speed through that school zone. I am willing to bet that this ticket will cost more than one of Jeff’s famous oil changes. Hopefully the judge is a Prevost owner and will understand. Just another reason Tom doesn’t want slides.
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I’ve never had that problem with Vantare slides, seals are very robust, and not air inflated. The Slide awning covers keep most of the debri off the top of the slides, which are wider than the slides. When the slides are retracted, everything falls off. Top of the slides are tapered so that any moisture runs off.
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Use to have a Marathon XL-ll and now a Marathon H3 because my wife likes the H3 better..:)
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A H coach has a level floor in the rear over the engine, therefore being able to put a bath there. The X has a raised floor over the engine therefore closets, sinks, etc are there….The X will have more interior height than the H….
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Us guys that like our stainless steel think of H models as plastic coaches. They look just like some Foretravels. (Or is it some Foretravels look like an H3?}
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Careful Jon, one of the Foretravel guys has a direct line to the AquaHot gods. One word from him and pfffft, Di is taking cold showers…..
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Dan,
Can you say “Webasto”?
BTW, Rudy knows better than to mess with me. I’ll double his dues.
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We have had 2 H coaches… the first being a 1998 with 2 slides… we bought this coach to see if we really wanted an H over an XL..after 2 years of really loving it we upgraded to a 2005 with 2 slides… we went from a 4 slide plastic coach to a real bus… there was no turning back for us. The H feels much bigger inside than the XL does plus more storage… The XL is still the prettiest of them all !
By the way you mentioned some campsites not being big enough to put the slides out… that really threw me off as we would never venture into a park that was that small…. we go for the Big Rig Friendly parks …
BTW you will “feel” it when you walk into the right coach for you !!
I hope you find the coach of your dreams.
Cheers, Diane
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