Bill
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Bernie,
Might not have any options….
I will keep you posted.
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Bill
Where are you? Branson? Don’t put the hook on it, hang on.
BA is not far from you.
Later
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I was as level as I can get it in my driveway when I tried to pull the bedroom slide in. You have to disengage level low for the front slide to operate. I now have the front slide in manually and I’m working on the bedroom slide. I will still have to manually engage the pins and hope the seal will reinflate when I’m done.
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Running 14 amps each. start up requires 18 amps each. rule of thumb taking in several models. Plus anything else you might use. for instance hot water can easily pull 20 amps if electric. micro 10 to 12 amps To figure ams X volts = watt. Most things have a tag stating watt. Also a old unit or dirty AC will pull more amps to run. FWIW
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I got mine hooked to a electic air solenoid valve, it ties the two systems together when I turn the key switch on
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It stopped raining late Monday afternoon and has not rained yet today. BUT it looks like it will rain before the day is over. Every time we look at a weather forcast it changes the percentage of possible rain. It is going to be a wet week, just not sure how wet. Current weather radar shows a LOT of rain just to the west of Foley, Al. If that comes east we will be in for a lot of rain. Some of the rain will go north not east so not sure how much we will get. If you are driving I-10 from the west towards Bella Terra, you will be in a LOT of rain.
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I had the bus washed today between thunderstorms !! We head out around noon tomorrow and I believe we will be in scattered thunderstorms all the way to Bella Terra with more to follow at Bella Terra… sure hope all these forecasts are wrong !!
Does anyone know if they have a local bus washing service.. I think we had our bus washed there a couple of years ago but can’t remember for sure.
Cheers, Diane
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These days you can just say that you’re gender confused instead of just confused…
I mistakenly walked into the women’s restroom at truckstop years ago. I met a very polite lady and I said that one of us must be in the wrong room. She agreed and said it was me. The lack of urnals and flowers by the sink confirmed that she was right. I apologized and made a hasty retreat.
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For those who do not yet own a Prevost it should probably be mentioned that our experience has been that a Prevost coach attracts attention. That is why a campground for an overnight is multiple times better than any other option for us. We still might draw attention, but that attention likely is not going to compromise our safety in a campground.
From our first coach which really drew attention due to the fact there were very few Prevost conversions on the road we became aware not all people were safe to be around. While spending a night on the road for free in a rest area, truck stop or Walmart was OK we always felt a great deal more comfort being in a campground.
We also realized one significant benefit to going to a rally was if there was a number of Prevost coaches in the campground we were not the center of attention. That all sounds like we are stuck up or arrogant, but 25 years ago a Prevost coach was something most people wanted to see and after a while we just wanted to be left alone. We have had people put their feet on the front bumper, pull themselves up using the wiper arms and press their nose to the windshield to get a look inside. We have had people insist on getting a look at the inside of the coach. One morning in a campground we opened the privacy curtains to find about 6 people standing in front of our coach staring at it and talking about it. That is less of an issue now, but people are attracted to our coaches. So our past has shaped how and why we feel about where we will spend the night.
There is far less attention drawn to us today since a lot of Prevost coaches are on the road, and especially since a lot of expensive motor homes look like a Prevost to those who don’t know.
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I think dues money trumps member numptiness!
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Tom,
Just about all mine have it as well. I figured that was a converter added part but I guess not….
Bill
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I have a 1999 Liberty, Jeff will be replacing the aluminum tank with a stainless one in about 3 weeks for me. I also would have not noticed the leak if Jeff had not pointed it out to me. Little black spots on the tank with white corrosion running down.. I am glad he found it… Can you imagine the mess……………………….
Steve
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Please do not misinterpret my comments as even suggesting I would delete those items from the build sheet if I ordered a coach.
But I feel very strongly that none of us should ever drive such that those safety devices are activated or engaged. The best example I can offer is ABS. I have had that on cars for a very long period of time, and have many miles of driving those cars on snow covered and icy roads. I never had the ABS activate unless I was intentionally driving like an idiot. Back in the day I enjoyed speeds greatly in excess of legal limits on snow covered roads because I knew no cop was ever going to set up radar and I enjoyed keeping my speeding car between the ditches so I knew my ABS worked and worked well. But in normal family driving I never activated it.
I don’t tailgate. I don’t exceed the limits on the yellow signs such as the off ramp. I love the concept of the stability control, ABS and adaptive braking, but so far, so good I don’t think I have ever driven such that any of them would have engaged.
I admit I have zero control over the car that cuts too closely in front of me, and also admit I would be unhappy if the adaptive braking activates every time that happens. When it does I just back off and prefer to not have the machine do it for me.
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Not to disagree Les, but I have put a few miles on the buses I owned and while there have been some instances where I was standing on the brakes and most of them would not have been preventable with any kind of on-board system.
The worst and closest was in the redwoods in CA when a pickup truck passed on the shoulder, pulled immediately in front and spiked his brakes. I came so close to hitting him all I could see was his roof and the front of the hood from the driver’s seat.
I know the bus is not like my cars so I drive it pretty conservatively. I hope I never get to the point where the use of an on board device is needed to keep me out of trouble.
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We have about 7,400 miles racked up so far. We seem to be getting about 6.5 mpg average easy on our new engine weighing about 53,000 lbs. Maybe we’ll improve as the engine breaks-in. We’ll see.
We like to travel about 60 mph so that will help with mpg’s.
MM.