Andy
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One single bad battery in a set can indeed do strange things. That is one reason why when stuff does not act “normal” we often suggest separating the batteries after they have gone to float mode and test them individually.
If they won’t go intoi fioat that alone might support the need to separate them and test them individually
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Corey,
If you want a hard copy of the manual you can use mine when we get to OKC.
FWIW the only trouble I ever had with the TracStar was a bad cable connector where the cable connects to the dish housing. I went through all kinds of tests and attempts with 3 different service techs before I got one that said they had a batch of bad connectors. Once I changed that problems solved. That connector was identified by having a small piece of blue plastic visible looking at the end of the connector, and the problem was the connector was not making good contact with the center wire.
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Very very nice Big Al…. No slide, no stainless, you’ve now come over to the dark side and it’s better!
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Gary…
I will call tomorrow then post what I find out.
Diane
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about advertising. The unanswered question to ask now is WHERE?
Perhaps, PC, as an added value feature could add a tab about “How to sell your coach” with pointers as to what a seller should do to be successful and on which sites, in addition to PC, a seller should consider advertising a coach. I do not think this would cut into PC revenues but would be very helpful to those, who wish to try for themselves.
It may also be worthwhile, to add an additional tab about “What a buyer should look for when considering the purchase of a Prevost coach”.
By having such a tab, Jon would not have to repeat his advice ad nauseum … 🙂 … write it up once, put in on the tab. Done.
Furthermore, at his age, Jon would not have to go back to his prior posts every time, to verify what his suggestions were the last time!
🙂
Cheers,
Ronald
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Have’nt had that question before. My suggestion would be to call Twin Fountains to find out who they allow on the
property. Sharon Jackson is our contact at the park.
1-866-693-1469
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I had to remove one to service a shade, and it was screwed on. Had to use a stubby phillips between the glass and valance. They were angled + one or two drywall screws on each end.
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All due respect to you tech gurus the only thing a new bus owner is going to understand about power management is not plugging in a hair dryer on the same side as 2 A/C’s.
Later
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Some comments, kind of pulling some things together from my perspective.
On my XLII it would be a crime to have awning arms hanging down to break up the clean lines of the coach., but if I had to have arms hanging down I would prefer the old style manually operated original style ZipDees for their reliability.
One big system debate that is endless is the heating and air conditioning of the coach. If I did not have OTR (that ain’t ever going to happen) I would insist on roof airs. And not just three of them for a 45 foot coach with slides, but at least 4 of them. With 3 roof airs on a 45 foot coach you have no back up if one fails, and on some days even 3 may be inadequate. That all depends on your idea of a comfortable interior temp.
But with OTR I want my Cruiseairs. 4 of them. For the same reason I want 3 roof airs. I like the relative quiet of the Cruiseairs, and it was the sound level of roof airs that convinced me my choice of Cruiseairs was the right one. And by now the converters that have been using Cruiseairs got it right. They do work as long as their air flow is not blocked as David said.
As to the electric system every single one I have seen has been reliable up to a point. Each one has drawbacks making it hard for me to look at any one of them and say this one’s the best. There are so many factors that come into play that is one system I would not list or define on my wants and needs. David’s Vantare does have a great system, but if I go by my experience with all my Liberty coaches the reliability of those has been outstanding. With the exception of some relays my problems or issues have been zero over 24 years.
Do I like limiting what I can run off the inverter? Don’t know. I am not a dry camping guy. I am either plugged in, or driving, or running the generator so the number of times I need to run solely off of my batteries and inverters is minimal. The bad news is with only 4 house batteries, if I do have to run off inverters I cannot last long. The good news is I only have 4 house batteries. I wish I only had 4 tires for the same reason. It gets expensive to change a big set of batteries for the small benefit I would realize.
And that is why buyers need to make their own list of what is important. A person that dry camps a lot, or a person that uses a bus primarily as a second home in an RV resort is going to have a completely different coach that someone that goes from power pole to power pole, or spends a lot of time driving the coach. They all will work for almost any application, it is just that some will be a whole lot better than some others for a given usage.
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I much prefer Girard awnings. Mine have performed flawlessly since new. I especially like the looks of no awning arms plus the arms were something else I would run into. Sitting in my lawn chair under the Girard awning typing this in Marin county outside San Francisco. Life is good.
Regarding the OTR air I have had coaches with and without it. The only passengers in our coach is the wife and I plus Wilbur our dog who thinks he is a person. We have had zero need for OTR air and have not missed it. We turn the rear cruise air on an hour before we stop and we are good. Running the dash air plus the front cruise air has kept us very comfortable even at hundred plus degree temps. If we need more a/c all you have to do is turn the generator on and run as many a/c’s as you want. Most importantly I would hate to lose a bay to OTR.
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The more I look at your coach, the more I like it. Why you are not getting activity doesn’t make sense.
I don’t see the pricing out of line. The interior is very attractive and the coach does not have any features or colors that are out of line.
Based on posts we do see that buyers do want slides, they mention the cantilevered awnings as on the wish list (such as the Girards and late model ZipDee), and concerns might be the maintenance history or the delam issue. If I was looking for a nice coach I would have to include that in my search.
One thing seriously working against your coach is the age makes it tough for a buyer who needs to finance it because it is hard to get loans on older coaches.
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Wilber
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changed the steer axle tires only, but after talking to the people at Marathon
in OR I will be changing the tag as well. Leon at Marathon tills me that it is difficult
to find the 365 tire however if your steer tire blows you can take one of the
tag tires to replace the steer and , limp to a parking spot at 30 MPH. Please be sure to till your friend to change both I know it will a $6-7 K hit but it is better to plan for the what ifs. -
Jon hit the nail right on the head here !!
If you were to drive into Coachworx for an estimate they would be all over you like a rash… Rick and Ben amaze me in what they accomplish in a reg. work day… we were there for a week and our coach never sat for a minute that someone wasn’t doing something to it and they were often still there working at 6pm… I think their hours were 7-4 pm… I was really amazed… they are busy all the time… and will still take the time to teach you something.
When we bought our first Prevost we met Rick and Ben at our first Prevost Rally at Buckhorn and they spent 2-3 hours with us teaching us about things we had no idea about… they were so patient and gave us their cell phone numbers incase we had a problem and I can’t tell you how many times I had to call them. BTW we didn’t buy the bus from them either!
Not returning calls to possible clients is not a good thing for sure… I wouldn’t be happy either, but things aren’t always as they seem. Next time you are in the area you might just stop by there and say hi.
Cheers, Diane
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Thanks Jon, glad I asked….your directions seem much easier than my GPS……only 3 turns from Michigan….
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I can’t remember the last time someone had a fuel pump problem, just your luck Mark. Could have been much worse though, along side the road or BFE.