Bill
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Sign up with a large tour group, It is well worth it as you will be right on the grounds and where the action is.
You can stay off site, but it is a pain. We stayed off site and friends were on site, I know.
For things to do around the area, ride the train to Santa Fe, stay for the day, taking a tour for the highlights and walk to the artists shops and botique restaurants after that.
Go to the Casino up on the mountain, can’t remember the name. Easy to find.
Caution when leaving and getting there, hoodlums (possibly Indians) are known to shoot at your toad or trailer on the interstate.
Don’t waste your time going into downtown Albuquerque.
JIM
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Victor,
I can not directly answer your question. But I can tell you how the Aqua Hot heater reacts to being turned On.
There are two heat sources that can be turned On. The 120 vac heating element works on shorepower or generator power. When the heater sees an On signal from the coach, usually a relay is closed providing 120 vac to the heating element. Normally the interior switch has a light go On that shows the switch is in the On position. This light only shows the switch is in the On position. It does not show the element is working or even if the heater got the On signal from the switch, just the switch is in the On position.
The diesel burner can be turned On by a switch in the coach that has a light also. But the light by the switch is not controled by the switch. The On signal sent by turning the switch On goes down to the Control Unit mounted on the side of the burner. When the Control Unit sees the On signal it sends 12 vdc back to the light by the switch turning it On. This shows that the burner knows it is allowed to run if needed. This light stays On continously until the switch is turned off or the burner fails to fire and faults. The situation of the burner switch On and no light is a sign the burner has faulted. The heater in a Prevost does not bilnk the On switch light to my knowledge.
How the coaches On switches are arranged is decided by the coach builder. Hope this helps.
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How about leading a class on those topics next seminar Diane ? I will provide your first student but don’t be surprised if she shows up in a hazmat suit and gas mask for sewer class. Kidding aside I think that would be very beneficial. -
Jon wrote: “We prefer to let the holding tank fill before we dump, and sometimes when it is time to dump it is not convenient to go outside, such as when it is pouring down rain. ”
If want to dump the full tank and its pouring down rain, do you just push the button letting gravity and the immediate geography take over?
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Thanks…good to know, all the help is appreciated..
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Dick,
I’m about to buy one or both of these and give them a try.
or this one
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My 98 is 12 volt on lights(marker and turn) don’t know what year they changed them because the 89 I had was 24 volt. Been paying about $11.50 each for complete led. Side lights. FWIW Bob
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You should be able to get air line fittings common to trucks in most of the towns in western SD. NAPA in Gillette, WY, has a lot of heavy duty vehicle parts including some coach parts on-hand. They can also get most other parts over-night. Here’s their contact info:
Address
203 E 2nd St
Gillette, WY 82716
Get DirectionsPhone Number
Tel: (307) 686 – 2999
Fax: (307) 686 – 6757Interstate Power is the Detroit/Allison service in Gillette. Here’s their contact info:
Ph. (307) 682-8596 | Fax (307) 682-9232 | Toll Free (800) 677-7720
10750 Highway 59 South, Gillette, WY 82718
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That’ll work too 🙂
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The immediate criticism of the Tesla presentation centered around a distortion of the actual costs of the product being prersented to the public. The media sources discussed the undisclosed installation and maintenence costs, etc. One either believes in this company and its alleged products or they do not… As stated in an interview this morning on CNBC, it is a culture thing….you either buy into this fellow’s philosophies or you don’t….. From my view, based on his presentation and apparent initial inaccuracies, there are significant issues yet to be resolved. He personally has made hundreds of millions on paper and cash but has yet to produce a profit….. the first net income is expected to be in 2017 ???
I understand that the car itself is outstanding …. the new twin engine has a competitive quarter mile to the Corvettes, etc. I guess I am soured on some of these situations like a local LNG facility here in the Gulf Coast where the CEO was recently paid $140 million for twelve months of performance….the LNG company has lost about two billion or more so far…
I’ll get off of my soap box. My 40 years of investment banking/brokerage background makes me super suspicious.
Pres
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Gary,
These folks had a 20 foot high 50 X 60 steel P model building, priced right, on sale a few week ago . It would accomodate 2 14 X 14 doors plus a walkthrough. Will handle the snowload. Crownsteelbuildings.com
Steve Zoller 412-303-4756
Steve Zoller @ the Factory 800-457-2206 ext 295Cell 412-303-4756 -
Are you sure that the air pressure control valve is the source of the leak or is it the A/B valve that controls the direction of the slide; ie: in/ out? If it’s the air pressure control valve I think you can get one at a place like Tractor Supply. They are not expensive. I got a couple (one for each of a couple of new seats I bought that called for no more than 50PSI. If it’s the A/B valve, (I forget what they called it) mine was no longer available from the manufacturer, but the parts dept. at Marathon helped me figure out one that worked out fine. A little replumbing was required, but it works great.
It felt great, ONE less place where air leaked.
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A long time ago I learned a bubble level in a bus was not only likely inaccurate, but it was all over the place when moving.
I suppose there are more precise or scientific ways of getting a coach level, but I do a happy dance if the bathroom door stays wherever I leave it. If the coach is not precisely level the door will swing further open or will swing closed. At this point if the coach is level enough so I don’t roll out of bed it is good enough.
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One of the questions often asked is about slides and while every one has different reasons for or against slides there are some considerations that should enter the decision making process.
Here are a few facts.
Slides add weight. Our coaches usually are close to the weight limits per axle so adding slides to a shell increases the difficulty converters have in meeting those limits. The usual result is if the axle (front especially) is not already overloaded, adding a lot of owner’s possessions will push it up to or over the limit.
Slides both add space and take it away. For space inside the coach used to move around slides make a large difference in how much space is available to move around in the coach. But that extra floor space causes the loss of space. Upstairs with the side trim and space used by the slide mechanism each slide can take away 6 to 9″ of space per side of the slide. On a two slide coach that means up to 36″ of space is lost due to the slides and that could be the equivalent of a pantry or closet or additional seating space. In the bays there is an equivalent loss of space attributable to the structure needed to replace the framework lost when adding the slide. More than owners it has impacted the converter’s need for space to access a generator or bay for example. On my current coach the structure intruded into the first bay and has prevented me from bringing bikes in the bay.
Slides require maintenance. To make slides function there are a lot of parts that have to work or be in adjustment. If one of the parts quits working or something goes out of adjustment repairs are needed. It could be a drive motor replacement or a pin adjustment or some other issue, but it is certain whatever issues there are a slide needs more service.
Slides are expensive. A look at the pricing of slide coaches compared to non-slide shows there is an additional expense to get slides. That is money not in your pocket, but invested in a depreciating asset. But it goes further. Our slides require an inflatable seal and that seal is a normal replacement item. I am not sure we have enough evidence to suggest strongly they have a life of XX years, but we do know they will fail. It could be 3 years, 5 years or even 10 years. But whatever it is just the seals alone for the front and rear of a two slide coach are in excess of $4500. Add in replacement labor and the slide seals can cost quite a bit to maintain.
If the above seems negative it is because when slides are considered using practical considerations a buyer has to want them bad enough to ignore the negative aspects of a slide. I will tell you before others get all over this I was initially very reluctant to get a coach with slides. But here are the reasons why I ignored all the above issues. A slide changes the entire character of a coach and makes it more like a small apartment than an RV. There is a completely different and better feel to a slide coach. It feels spacious. The increase is relatively small but the entire character of the coach changes for the better.
Slides are reliable. Early slides had significant growing pains and those coaches with early slides spent a lot of time at “Camp Prevost”. But Prevost stood behind them and finally got them right. We now rarely hear of slide issues and that reliability made us take a second look at slides.
Slides actually are very quiet and may contribute to the strength of the chassis. I expected to hear some squeeks and rattles associated with slides and I was very pleased to find the bus is totally silent with respect to what I expected. I figured a coach would twist and flex because of the slides and actually it makes no noise associated with the slides at all.
Bottom line…..the decision about slides is driven almost entirely by how a coach is used. Now that we go somewhere and park for a week at a stretch it makes sense to have slides. When we were doing trade shows and seminars and were in a different city every night it made no sense.
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Jon, I hate to point out your error, which I untill now have never known you to make any, but Tom is on his last bus as we have all been told. Sorry to point out your grave error.
Aside from the aforementioned, he made enough on selling me those chrome wheels that he doesn’t need any money, Nancy may want some but Tom doesn’t need any.