Daniel
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This will go down as a mystery. Assuming it was a failed diaphragm and the leak was enough to allow pressure to be insufficient to release the spring brake (that is what happened correct?) then the gauges should have shown low or cycling like crazy.
Peter…..What say you?
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Bill,
Am I thinking correctly when I think “ole Rusty” is your mule??
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Geo, I look forward to our hike in Bella Terra!
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Jon,
It’s even more fun when you can operate the ‘air doors’ from the i-pad. We have two air doors, one between the kitchen and bedroom and one for the bath in the back.
Also, I can close the awnings from i-Link if I were to forget about them.
If I couldn’t remember if I locked the coach… no problem, check i-Link!
Mark
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Thanks Buddy,
I think that I’ll give Jeff a call.
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If you cannot be assured of hard surface parking you take a big risk betting the weather will be OK.
If the weather does work against you then you assume the risk that getting towed is not going to damage the coach. I for one would not be pleased to have to lay on my belly on wet, slippery, muddy surfaces to insure the tow driver hooked to a point that will not damage the coach.
Keep in mind the best spots for hooking to the coach are back some distance from the front bumper and depending on how deep you have sunk into the mud could end up being only a few inches to a foot off the ground. If the cable or chain connection is higher than that it means the chain or cable is going to be in direct contact with the fascia that is below the bumper and if the frame is not damaged with a bad hitch point, the fascia is going to get damaged.
There is nothing at an FMCA show worth the risk.
This of course ignores the mess and damage you experience tracking red mud and clay in and out of the coach. If you have pets that need to be walked the situation is even worse.
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Having owned both, I see no real difference in ownership or maintainance costs. Some differences would include slightly more expensive tires because of size, more batteries, and possibly higher replacement cost in the house because of higher end materials. Depending what you are comparing the bus could have a more complex air system, but if that is maintained properly is not a huge expense. There is some redundancy of systems, but many are the same as high end stick and staple RV’s. The labor rate for techs is the same as far as I can tell, 85/110/hr, but the dedicated Prevost shops are far more knowledgeable and honest. Just read the forum here and then read RV.net or the FMCA forum and you will see what I mean. After years of sticks and staples we finally got smart and consider everything else we had to be a huge waste of many 100,000’s of dollars, probably in excess of the current cost of a new Liberty. I am not a spreadsheet kinda guy, so I’m going by a general feeling, but I don’t feel that I spend any more money per mile than I used to and I have the enjoyment of using something that is a world above anything else. Geo.
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For anyone contemplating an XLII before money changes hands or any deal is made do one of the following:
Either verify the delam issue has been dealt with by Prevost using the rivet process and vertical joint cover strips, or take the coach to a Prevost service center for a comprehensive inspection and an appraisal on the cost of repairs (if any are needed) and how much Prevost will contribute.
Failure to do the above can prove expensive.
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Yes, that is good looking “Bling” in the gen bay.
I did noticed another thing when looking real close. Generator hours written on filters just changed….12640 hours on air filter housing. That’s a lot of run time and a lot more then we normally see.
Our generator had 1600 hrs when purchased. For a bus 15 years old that’s a hair over 100 hours a year. Our generator had turbo replaced after the inspection to correct run problems. I believe turbo part cost was about $685 + labor.
About 100 hours of run time before it ran smooth after the repairs.
FWIW…the more they run the better