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With our Toyota FJ, none or almost none. If the bus rear tires misses a curb, the FJ misses it too.
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I pursched a set 315 early this year discount using mitchlen was tax about 10 percent
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Thanks for all the replies. If I can get the cover off, then I’ll take a closer look.
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Thanks all for you replies…all good stuff…
We arrived at Pelican late Thursday/early Friday “readings” were same 129/130 on inverter 1 and 125/126 on inverter 2.
Next morning, turned A/C ON/OFF to see the difference, 2/3 V change on inverter nr. 1.
Unplugged shore power and started the gen, power 119/121 on inverter 1 with A/C ON, and steady 119 on inverter nr 2.
Plugged back into shore power…129/130 again…at this point I called Marathon support, talked to Dave. Explained the issue, he sent me right to the control panel to look at the readings…now…there is a difference on what reading you are looking at.
Jon touched briefly on that, but since I am not dealing on permanent basis with this…I was looking at the Inverter power provided by the inverters to the coach…WRONG…to verify the inverter incoming power, need to look at the AC1 for shore power and AC2 for generator power, I knew this but for some reason I was looking(stuck..) at the inverter power.
So now, the AC1 read was 124/124.5V on both inverters – as provided at the pedestal – pass thru.
If I turned the AC ON – looking at the inverter power readings – went up to 127/130 again, but that was ok per Dave.
Inverter 1 is the primary and provides power to charge the batteries and also power to (2) AC/fridge, etc at 50ams which explains the 127/130 as being OK.
When running the generator – it can run everything simultaneously in the coach, having 80amps capability if needed for all – that explains the 119/121V reading.
Then Dave suggested looking at the breaker panels (2) to understand what each inverter is controlling/supplying power to.
Lessons learned…
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I am counting on people bailing out of the Rv lifestyle and hope to grab a nice car hauler cheap!
The pendulum has to swing back to normal at some point.
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Dick, I think that was Al, IIRC.
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Hi
looks like we have same unit.I have the switches on dash and door but there is nothing attached to slide.Must have been taken out by others.
my email is jamesoblachinski5@ gmail.com
it would be great to be able to talk to you since we have same unit I have to find out where to get equipment to install power slide
thanks jim
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Have you seen Mango Mike’s blog?
He has long since sold the bus; but the blog lives on.
He outlines the repair in detail.
We have a couple of scratches; but my plan is to get them flattened with a 100 ton press and sand/polish them back.
Bob may have an even better solution….after all, he built his own slides.
Also Prevost sells the 3/16″ rivets for 1.50 each.
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For yrs we pulled a 10k# loaded 24′ all aluminum full height (13’6″) stacker. For more yrs we pulled another 9k# loaded 24′ normal height steel enclosed trailer (car hauler) with stock Prevost 1000#/10,000# hitch. Fuel mileage dropped from 8 mpg to 5.5 mpg with the stacker. 8 mpg to 7.5 mpg with the normal height enclosed trailer. We sometimes put our toad in the car hauler with other cargo (furnature etc) to go back and forth between or TX & CO homes. We used the stacker exclusively for our racing operation in TX.
Toad either 4 down or in the trailer? 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.We almost never stay at RV parks.We were 69′ long with both trailers. We were 74′ long w/previous coach. Limit is 65′ in TX. Troopers rarely hassle privateers for over length violations. Don’t put advertizing on the trailer.We use a 12.5k# rated Weigh-Safe hitch with built in gauge to determine tongue wt. Move car/cargo around in the trailer to keep the tongue wt less than 1000#s.Our 3rd trailer is a little 5′ by 10′ Magnum open single axle trailer we use when we haul only the golf cart. Wouldn’t know it’s there if it wasn’t for the rearview camera. -
I dont recall what model it was. seems like it was a 1 hp and had a tank. les was one of the people ive seen with them and from my understanding he was very happy with it
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Alex, I25 should be fine, traffic sometimes gets heavy around Colorado Springs north to Denver. I always take E470 around Denver to the east, it’s a toll road but a helluva lot better than going through Denver. The Fort Collins area can also be congested depending of the time of day. Other than that, no biggie that I can think of.
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Prevost Manuals you can get direct from the Prevost website. Converter manuals might be a different story.