[Bill]

My experience with DPF is limited to circa 1990 Mercedes. Yes, they affected power and were problematic in that era.

[Bill]

Les,

I also try to preview upcoming routes in google maps or earth. But I have not found a way the “fly” the route, despite trying to find a way to do so. All I’ve come up with is using Street View to look at specific intersections, etc. Perhaps use arrow keys to move a few hundred feet along the road.

If you’ve got a better way I’d love to hear it.

[Bill]

“But what I never expected and what still awes me is with 2 slides I imagined the chassis or the slides moving within the chassis would be a source of noise and there isn’t a sound. ” – Jon

After having two SOB’s with slides that were held closed with hydraulic pressure, the Prevost slides on our XLII are a significant change.

I really like that the slides are held in place with 4 or 6 steel pins that are around 1.5 inches in diameter. It looks like something that a bank vault would have. When the pins engage, I get a comforting clunk that tells me the slide room has become a structural part of the semi-monocoque superstructure.

The need to have a window or door open when moving the slide was also very revealing. In my old coach I could see daylight between the slide and the wall. Not with the Prevost slides…

Like Jon, I am in awe with Prevost slides, and their contribution to chassis stiffness.

[Bill]

Hey, I didn’t get any kind of a certificate when I passed the TX class B test. The inspector was a woman (an angry woman based upon the cell phone call she took just as the test began!) and it was a terribly foggy day. I passed with a negative comment from her that I did not exaggerate my head movement enough for her to tell that I was actually looking left and right at each intersection. My back up test was to pull up on a long straight of way. She got up and said I needed to back straight up for 40 feet. So, you mean backup, without turning the wheel, for 40 feet. She got out, went behind, I backed up until she signaled to stop and we moved on. Silliest driving test I have ever taken!

[Bill]

Jon, I’ve put 20K miles on in less the 15 months we’ve owned Al’s bus. I do have to admit that every long once in awhile I’ll get a squeak out of the left driver blind mount on a rough road. Other than that she’s quiet going down the road, talking about the bus, not Judy….

[Bill]

Congrats!

[Bill]

several times and never have had an issue. Except once, on 9/11 a few years ago, when we were one of two RV crossing into Canada and we were chosen for a „random“ inspection.

The Canadian border patrol guys were nice about it and even though, they found „forbidden fruit“ as in limes for Gabi‘s gin and tonic, they „forgot“ to take them and asked me to please go and bring the bag to them. Well, a couple of limes fell out of the bag when I lifted it up to bring it to the door.

🙂

Anyways, I treat them with much respect and answer yes sir no sir. It worked for us, so far.

Hope this will continue.

Ronald

[Bill]

No problem Les, we don’t want you to live here, it’s a nightmare getting to Walmart for the specials because of all you out of staters here to suck up our sunshine and clog up the line for the strawberry shortcake at the strawberry festival.

Got to go, need to turn down the A/C….

[Bill]

Since I am not God, I can’t apologize for the weather you experienced in AZ this year. It was NOT a normal AZ Winter. However, 99.9% of all Winters in AZ will beat the holy C**P out of any Winter in FL. If you like change then you should try multiple Winter locations including S. TX, FL and AZ. FL has had really crappy Winter seasons as well and as Global Warming continues to screw with what we used to consider normal you are going to find wilder and wilder (but not likely milder and milder) weather as each year passes by.

[Bill]

Roy, we have been wintering in Naples the last few years and planning to try Arizona next winter. Never been there.

We have been to River Bend, River Landings, Pelican, Naples Motor Coach, and Crystal Lake RV Resort. Our favorite is the latter considering Lot size, bugs, house keeping, friendliness. But high humidity, hence Arizona for a try.

[Bill]

Roy,

We stay in the SW desert of CA for the winter as hundreds of coach people do. Our weather is the best in the USA for 4 to 6 months.

By the time it gets to AZ it gets a little more violent then when it hits us first and AZ is more prone to extremes or violent storms.

I’ve been doing this 13 years in the desert and have never seen a winter as bad as this year, everybody got it bad.

I sure wouldn’t pull roots and go to the swamp for 1 bad winter.

Just my thinking.

Later

bv

[Bill]

OK Boys and Girls, Oysterfest is going to be a blast, 27 so far and lets make it 30..

Signup as soon as you can…..

[Bill]

Davy,

Holding my breath, hope to hear something positive.

I have very good tow insurance with Good Sam. I have had to use it twice in the last 18 years and never paid a penny. If it comes down to take I am pretty sure Transwest will work on us at their shop which is less than 10 miles away. I just hate the idea of putting this thing on the hook and getting it out of the storage area safely.

[Bill]

Have you tried calling the seated coach operators in the area? They might be able to help.

[Bill]

Both front air bags are not blown, only 1. But with a hole in 1 the other will not inflate either. You can see the reason the air bag blew in the “Emergency/Break down” topic.

Thanks for the note about driving with no air. That’s not a good solution!