Corey
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I hate to stick out like a sore thumb but maybe I am the exeption on this one. I do carry some boards and need to use them occasionally.
I rarely park at a campground but park most weeks in church parking lots. Since I go to real fancy churches in big famous cities like Wartburg, Tennesse, Wilmer, Alabama, Conehattta, Mississippi and Bond, Kentucky I do not always have access to a place that is on solid level ground and close to electricity. I posted this earlier in the week.
This particular church has some parking area that is level but the 50 amp plug is next to a slope. The front tires are on nearly 3 inches of boards the front end is raised with air, my tag is lifted and the back end is down. It makes the bus look like it is carrying a bunch of hicks from the sticks but it works for me.
Maybe my roots are showing.
Davy
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Glad about us Apple users Tom.
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Thanks Double K!
A lot to absorb and I will try to do what you did. I’m in the XL corner right now, but who knows, that may change.
If any PC members are in the N. Virginia area or plan to travel thru the D.C. area, I’d love to get together to chat, buy you a cold refreshment of your choice and, of course, discuss your Prevost experiences along the way.
Just hit me up …
Tim
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The
building is ours Friday evening for Pizza and all day Saturday
including dinner. If we need Sunday time in the building, I doubt it
would be a problem. We left Sunday open for doing your own thing, but
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Wow! Gorgeous …
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Here is the recipe I have used the last several years to stay alive. Needless to say, never trust air or hydraulics.
Inventory:
One 12 ton air over hydraulic bottle
One 20 ton air over hydraulic bottle
Four pieces of quarter inch steel plate
Two pieces of 6×6 oak, purchased at a saw mill, one foot long stacked and screwed together, precisely planed for height, and with a handle, times four.
These are placed under the factory jack points after the air bags are at max lift. There is a half inch space between the steel plate and the body jack points. I don’t let it down on these, but they are always there for safety, and the body has never come down on them even after a week.
In the beginning I did buy a 40 ton steel jack stand, but it is so heavy duty my arms tell me to forget about it, and I have.
Get the air over hydraulic because it will be a struggle to find enough space for the stoke of the handle with the non air.
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Davy,
Odie is a beautiful girl, but who’s the old bald guy in the photo?
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I agree with you Diane, today was getting ready for my 8 month tour, and opened webasto door and found packing nut on engine preheat leaking antifreeze , tightened nut all good now
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When the maximum length went from 40 feet to 45 feet around 1994 the bus manufacturers each had a different approach to minimize scuffing or to tighten a turn radius.
MCI had a tag that turned in response to a turn. From what I understand it was fairly complex and may have had maintenance issues. The Prevost alternative to that was a self unloading tag axle. When the steering wheel was turned to the extreme there was a “cam” that hit a microswitch which in turn dumped tag axle air bag air. It did not lift the axle, just took the pressure from the air bags.
That was followed with a system Prevost called “stabilizators” (I might not be spelling that right) which supplemented the dumping of air with the actuation of a pair of hydraulic cylinders that prevented the bus from squatting down in the rear. That system was used on some conversions but was ultimately dropped.
I don’t think there is any provision now for dumping air bag pressure on the tag axle or doing anything when a sharp turn is required. It can be done manually if the driver desires.
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There is a zerk fitting on the bar so that the bushing at the pivot point can be lubricated. Apparently his is a lube point often overlooked…
I can testify to this. I just had mine replaced at Jeff’s.
Davy
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JCT, you will be more than welcome and be doing your self a huge favor in your quest for a bus. There will also be show busses there. Parliament will be there for sure. Get a motel room nearby and have a fun and informative couple of days. Geo.
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I’m curious as to how many actually lift the tag. I think I might have lifted the tag on my previous bus a couple of times, and my current bus which I have had for 3 years I haven’t lifted the tag yet.
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T&C, Diane’s observations are just a fraction of what you can learn and absorb by showing up at Bella Terra. Geo.
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G-man, dont think I got that email from Prevost on the sale…
How much are they offering up airbags for?
Have new shocks, but airbags are on my list (as are the remaining norgren valves which are being done next month).
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C&G, I’m assuming there’s a Rally at Bella Terra? Is there a Thread regarding this get together for me to explore?