Brian
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PBG,
One very important thing to remember is that no matter what you end up with, this is a lifestyle more than anything else. I would much rather be in the bus than at home. For the most part, when we are traveling, we live “outside”. We ride our bikes, go for walks, explore the area, visit (a lot) with those around us and even watch tv outside. Its inspiring to see people out doing something, anything other than parking themselves on a couch and growing old in front of the tv. At home we greet our neighbors when we see them out but rarely do we all gather around a fire in someones back yard. This however is a common occurence on any given evening in an RV resort. We make friends that we would have otherwise never met and always look forward to seeing them down the road again. What we do, how we live can not be matched any other way. Boating would probably come the closest, and we’ve done that, but it has a lot more limitations than traveling by bus (in my opinion ). Enjoy the hunt and then the adventure really begins.
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I would be careful advertising that… Someone may leave one of them behind 🙂
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Okie:
Went to your Blog and read that polishing thread. Good info! I was off work yesterday and looked out at the bus and, yes, it could use a little elbow grease to bring out that luster. Yesterday being a holiday and me not having any of the polished you recommended, I thought I would try your recommendation of using Vodka.
Got the vodka and pulled out a lawn chair. Sat and looked at the bus to decide where I wanted to start, front or back. After about 4 shots of the vodka, it was already looking better. A couple more shots and I was about to decide that it was shinny enough. Four more shots and all three of those busses looked fantastic. You are correct, Vodka DOES make them, all of them, shine.
Welcome back to the forum.
Fred
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Tom, Judy and Sid are not going to be able to make the dinner as well we won’t be at the rally. I’m going to cancel my reservation this morning so hopefully someone else can get in. Sorry about not making it I was really looking forward to it.
Sid Tuls
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Centramatics: Excellent product and Excellent company with exceptional customer service!
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Welcome Dave, nice to have another big rigger in here.
Later
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Corey,
While I certainly understand that simplicity is desirable, I do like gadgets.
I like the air doors for me, not to be a show-off to somebody else. It looks like we’ll have two from the floor plan that the owner designed as we will have a full bath in the back with a half bath in the middle.
I’m a car nut, I buy them for my personal enjoyment, not to impress anybody. Sometimes I’ll take the Honda to an event if they have valet parking because I don’t want people messing with my nicer cars.
Suprisingly, I don’t have an I-phone yet. My flip phone works fine right now and I don’t text or take texts on my phone. I’m sure my next phone will be an I-phone as my sister wants me to text (aging father requires quick communication with siblings).
Life is short, so I/we buy things that we enjoy. I can’t worry about what other people are thinking.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Davy,
Not trying to hijack the thread here. You might want to begina new thread on lifts. I saw a custom lift that was pretty clever. Basically it was a large threaded rod installed just inside the left side of the front door. It had a custom bracket for a quick release seat and a remote control. The seat could freely swing with the person in the chair. When lowered, the gentlemen that owned the coach could transfer from his wheelchair to the lift chair. He could then raise the chair such that he could transfer on the stepwell slide where his narrow wheelchair was positioned. The key benefits of this lift is first and foremost it was practically impossible for the system to ever fail in such a way that he would quickly drop thanks to the screw drive. It also provide for full door width access to other passengers. This gentlemen was the sole operator of the coach. He used the standard coach seat, although moved slightly. The coach was 100% hand operated. He owned and operated this coach for well over a dozen years when I met hime at Prevost-Jacksonville.
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Chuck,
Miller agency moved me from National Interstate to Victoria when National Interstate wanted excessive premiums. I have not had a claim so I can only hope I am adequately covered. However what I wanted to point out is Victoria is owned by Nationwide and specializes in our type vehicles.
So there are alternatives to National Interstate.
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Sounds like you should not replace at all!
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While test driving a new 2015 Liberty Coach Elegant Lady about a week ago, I noticed the strap hanging about mid way under the coach while the salesman was parking the coach back in it’s slot.
I mentioned it to the salesman and he told me it was for static electricity. He said that when it wears down, just replace it. Apparently, it’s very easy to attach a new one and can be purchased at any auto parts store.
My understanding is that it has metal in it too along with the rubber as it drags along the road.
MM.
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Andre check with the parts
manufacturer the may give an idea if they produce boots only to sell.The aftermarket people may be able to help as well. -
This was our first trip of more than three days and 300 miles and I was anticipating a few problems with a 20 year old coach. Other than the minor fueling problem we only had one other significant incident.
Preparing to leave the RV park in Roswell NM the wife and I went to our Traveling companions coach (new Winnabago Tour 44′ four slides etc) to see if they were ready to leave. Upon returning to our bus, the unlocked door would not open. The door handle just flopped as if it was connected to nothing. After surveying the bus for awhile, I decided the only way in was by removing the drivers window. Just happened to have my Dewalt power tools with me. (never leave home without them) Once the window was removed encountered another problem…..door will not unlatch from inside either. Only the top and right side screws on the door panel are accessable with the door closed. Removed all of the screws I could see and then was able to get my arm in just far enough to unlatch the door. After opening, discovered the latch pivot pin (cast in the back of the handle) had sheared off. Not sure why at this point. Could have been the 30 miles of extremely rough road we had driven over the day before. I fabricated a piece of all thread that would reach the door latch from the opened passenger window and we we were on our way.
I was plesantly surprised at how well the bus performed. I had to back off on the long hills to keep from running over my buddies Winnabago (450 cummins) He was pulling a Suburban and I was pulling a 6000# trailer loaded with 4 wheelers and gear. I was also pleased with the mileage, 6.4 over the entire trip.
We did have some major problems with the trailer I was pulling…..two blown tires, a broken spring and a failed wheel bearing but thats a whole other story.
However, getting comfortable driving the bus was a different story. I have driven OTR trucks for the last 40 years. Cabovers and coventionals with every engine / trans combo made except an automatic. What I did not realize was how much you relied on sound and feel driving the truck. You really don’t need a tach, you can tell by the sound when you need to get another gear. In the bus on the other hand, you cannot hear the engine at all and I have no gearshift. I was constantly glancing at the tach and Pyro to see what was happening.
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All the sales folks are pretty busy and that’s a good thing. I too bought in January, so we’re doing our best to stimulate the bus activity. Now if we could just get the price of fuel to ease up a little!
Rick – I think they spiked the water at the convention center!:) Glad I wasn’t there, I might have ended up with slides…
As to the panels, it’s buyer beware, do your homework and ask the seller questions. Like Jon, I bought mine at Liberty and the panel issue was addressed right up front.
If you’re looking, go buy a bus, there may not be a better time.
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Touche! I will bet that you could take apart and re-jet/overhaul a Carter AFB or a Quadra-Jet in a New york minute. You mention on board computers, what if they are all operating on windows 8 or better yet ME? Then again, if you fail to take your car/truck/bus to someone who is a, computer saavy and b, has the right stuff to repair/upgrade the hard/software…then where are you? Big city, fine but what about a breakdown in say Malad City Idaho…..it will be your new home, at least for awhile. I chuckle at the guys who have a Garmin 1000 installed in say a 182. They can program the poop out of the thing, given enough time, but they are toast if a solar flare happens to hit one too many satellites while they are airborne or even a circuit breaker tripping on same. What’s worse they often only fly 50 miles or so, to the same destination that they have been to many times before but, alas, the Garmin will tell them when to climb, when to descend, how much fuel they are burning, what the temperature is in Athens Greece….and there they go, hammering on the keyboards for added safety whilst performing a CFIT maneuver because their eyeballs and attention are busy looking at the device.
Additionally, lets say a solar flare hits the planet, we all have heard warnings about the power grid but did you ever think about what happened to your computer controlled car/bus/truck….that’s right it won’t go. While I am quite certain that the human body can easily survive a hefty electron bath, I think it has been shown that things, like onboard computers that operate on milliamps will die…now, where are you? Not that an event like that will ever happen (hopefully) but your computer, the internet, your television, your radio, your car, your debit card, your credit card….all dead! Probably should have kep’t that Studebaker Lark and laid in that stock of water and beans…….. Wonder how many folks know what 3 on the tree is??
Let’s agree to disagree…….