Andy
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Andy,
For some reason, you have to type in 799 S. Cartwright. That’s what worked for me for it to come up on the GPS.
Just take exit 97 if going north on I-65, left at the light and left at the Krystal. You will see the Prevost entrance about a half mile on the left. The gate code is #6089, the lounge is 8607#.
Mark
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Hello Dick and Cathie,
Dick said: “I’ll be interested in hearing from Mr. Mark who originally wanted to know if he could get a 600hp (or larger) CAT engine his coach and was considering a Newall which might offer the big horsepower CAT engine. As I recall, he wanted to run up the mountains without a drop in speed. (I hope I’ve paraphrased or characterized his posts correctly.)”
Well, so you remember my ‘engine size upgrade’ post, LOL! That did take on a life of it’s own!
It was a Cummins 600 hp Newell that I was comparing. CAT stopped OTR engines in 2007 or 2008. I was the greenest greenhorn that you could imagine. Jon and Tom set me straight. :o)
As you guys all know, it’s about weight to horsepower ratio and torque. We weigh 55,500 lbs. with 500 hp and 1,750 lb. ft. torque. I’m happy with our pulling power and speed up hills. Our previous 425 hp Cummins with 1,200 lb. ft. of torque left me underwelmed at our weight at 40,000 lbs.
As they say, more power equals more heat and more fuel usage. We have the perfect balance. We are averaging a good 6.5 mpg and can inch it up to 7 mpg on long flat runs. I drive about 60 mph when I can. I will run 65 when the speed limit is 75 as not to impede traffic too much.
Safe travels,
Mark
On Edit: I first listed our torque at 1,650 then I looked it up on the Volvo site and it says 1,850 for the 500 hp D13 but I think I read where ours is 1,750 (away from the coach at the moment).
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The 470 hp S60 work fine for us too. It helps to keep RPMs up and switch to “Mode” on the Allison in the mountains.
Gerald
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Harry, I mean that sincerely.
Unless I read between the lines incorrectly (yes, I’ve done that before), it appears your bus will be ready at the same time the Maintenance Seminar is taking place. Yes, there’s a lot to learn and you’ll be in the right place at the right time to pick up some great tips!
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Jeff, I don’t know which model it is but it is old, big and heavy. Prob the first gen models and the battery is the size of your fist.
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I hope it works well for you Dave, I had T-Mobile and it had way too many spots with no service. Especially out west and here in the mountains of North Carolina! And a lot of places in between…
Harry
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maybe he does nt have power right now
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Oh My,
Our starting batteries were probably installed in March of 2014 when it left Canada, we took delivery in Nov. 2014. Wow, our battteries are over three years old!
They are located in the ‘clean’ electric bay just behind the passenger-side tag axle. I’ll have them checked at my next service.
Mark
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Every time you pull into one of those big rig friendly campgrounds that advertise shade, you’ll now be looking for those low limbs that I guarantee you’ll find, unless you just go with the flow and allow the branches to destroy your whirly thingy. That’s the beauty of the PC map, hopefully a member before you has been there and didn’t drag limbs across their roof. I see people do it all the time with a mindset of it won’t hurt anything. Wrong….
I have 2 new whirly thingy’s in stock just in case I screw up. The older ones with the cups are getting hard to find.
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A great part of my lube time is spent trying to see stuff like that and I admit some of the chafing that goes on I have a hard time detecting. This is a perfect example of why a detailed visual inspection when we get an oil change or lube is very important.
On the plane my mechanics and I were anal about stuff like that and I try to be as aware on the bus also but there is so much going on all I can do is hope I caught something. If a 2 hour lube and oil change ends up taking 5 hours because the extra three involve a total inspection it is well worth the effort and expense.
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You guys be careful and keep your heads down, this thing is really ugly! We have kids in Tampa and Tallahassee who decided to stick it out. I pry they’ve made a good decision!Be safe one and all,
Harry
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I’ll keep you company in your misery, Gary. This happens to me sporadically but so far, it does eventually respond to the multiple button pushes. Do you have an electric cord reel? The first time it happened to me, I found that the electric cord contact had not properly seated on the sensor due to a big fat tree frog hiding in the little compartment. If you find your answer, let me know. Kirby
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Ordered a spare pump, as well as a set of three fuel clamps.
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Data ports are far beyiond my imited skill set. I use the Prevost data port for my reader.
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Sorry,
We “do not” have bus air. Unlike Jon who likes his coach at 60 degrees going down the road, we’re fine with normal human temperatures, and I’m from Chicago!
In our H, we also have an “Aux” Dash A/C which certainly helps.
We left Marathon in Coburg a few days ago and I met a guy who had a 2000 Marathon with Cruiseairs and now he has a 2006 with Roof Airs. He misses his Cruiseairs, primarily because he thinks the roof A/C’s are more noisy than the Cruiseairs.
Having only had the Cruiseairs, I have nothing to compare it to, but if I upgraded coaches, I would certainly buy a bus with roof A/C’s. OTR “very optional” and, since I’ve become very familiar with my Marathon, I would most likely stick with a Marathon. After circa 2002, Marathon stopped ordering their coaches with OTR. Don’t know why they did and why Liberty and Featherlite continued.
Maybe others could opin …