[Dean]

I owned several Newells with the one tank system. Otherwise all of my other Prervost coaches have had two. I much prefer two tanks for the way I use my coach.

Shortly after my current coach was built I had a 2″ pipe plumbed from the gray tank to the center of the rear axle area. I have a switch by the drivers seat that operates the controller. Of course I would never do this….., but you could easily pull off at a little used exit and empty the gray tank without leaving the drivers seat in 2-3 minutes. You could also hit this switch when dry camping and get rid of the gray water as well.

Regarding holding tank chemicals see my earlier post:

last year while traveling through Texas I overnighted at the Buckhorn Ranch. While there I had their vendor clean my gray and black tanks. She gave me really good advice on tank chemicals. She said take a gallon jug and pour 48 oz of pine Sol in it. Then add 1/2 cup of Calgon bath beads. Fill the remaining area of the jug with water. Shake it good. She said to put 8 oz in black tank and 4 oz in gray tank after dumping tanks. This has worked awesome for me and kept my tanks clean.

[Dean]

Dean, One thing to remember when buying fittings for your coach, the sewer fittings are larger than normal and can only be found at Liberty or a airstream dealer, least it is that way on mine gary

[Dean]

trying to get in my head where both sides would be tied together? That a leak would effect both sides? Tag lift ? I’m going to look at diagram tomorrow.. Got my curiosity up. 5 port should be out of picture. manual leveling valves have built in check valves that prevent air excaping from bags back that way.. then 3 port.. ping tanks and fittings.. air lines left.. Bob

[Dean]

Thank you Tom,

I didn’t see that thread in the plumbing section. Interesting having one tank and also having the option of sending the grey water out while connected to services. But, with such a large single tank, it would last us quite a while.

MM.

[Dean]

Well now I know the H is different for sure. Seems like a better place than the XL and XLII’s. I assume all the plumbing functions are the same, just in different locations.

[Dean]

Great looking bus!

Maybe we’ll see you in Sarasota. We’ll be there after the 16th.

Enjoy.

[Dean]

thanks, for that info.. I was confused on the Marathon coach company, now clear..

so Marathons website doesn’t define what coaches are at which location. They are listed for sale with location definition. Makes sense now, I wasn’t tying that out.

So the Motorcoach Store is a used coach dealer like Florida Luxury Coach ???

thanks for clearing tht up for me…..

[Dean]

What year model did Prevost start offering a factory hitch I seem to recall in the 90’s sometime

[Dean]

I agree with Jon. The converters that use AquaHot most likely do so to avoid th complexity of plumbing in hot water heaters, as it is pretty much a self-contained drop in system. My only problem with AquaHot(other than the added complexity) is when looking at used coaches. After a certain age(ten yrs.or more) depending how they have been winterized and maintained, there is potential for a nasty bill for replacement(10K+) down the line. George

[Dean]

When we lived in western NY every winter had sub zero temps, sometimes for as long as a week. We can remember periods when it didn’t get above zero (F) for a week and the low temps were as low as minus 22F.

Our bus was stored in a barn that only kept snow off the roof of the bus. I could see daylight through the openings in the siding.

Despite the cold temps I used a 500 watt cube heater in the water bay aimed at the full fresh water holding tank. That tank would get up to 55 degrees or so, and on bitter cold spells it acted like a large heat sink to maintain the bay temperature.

Upstairs in the house I had an oscillating heater with three settings, 500, 1000, and 1500 watts. During average days which were 20 for a low and 32 for a high I used the 500 watt setting. If it was going into single digits I used the 1000 watt setting, and if it was going sub zero I used the 1500 watt setting. I kept all cabinets open so the pipes were as warm as the coach interior. The oscilating fan kept the coach somewhat uniformly warm with it sitting on the kitchen countertop.

Nothing ever froze and the coach was always ready to go. An hour or so before I planned to start the engine I turned on the block heater.

With only modest amounts of heat and some wind protection our coaches can tolerate a lot of cold before freezing. On the coldest mornings the water bay never got below 50 degrees because the 1000 pounds of water was a very effective way to retain heat.

[Dean]

[Dean]

Guys, measuring the inverter supported loads twice when on comm/gen power is senseless. What is your load when on comm/gen power? The answer is you would have no idea. Call Troy.

I bet most conversions don’t display AC amps when on inverters unless they have 2 AC amp meters.

[Dean]

Oregon has two diesel prices, one for truckers without highway tax, the other for the rest of us. The truckers pay a weight based mileage tax on a monthly basis which is 2x what the typical highway tax would be. I always wondered why Oregon implemented this complex system vs just charging all diesel users highway tax. I guess they want to make sure all truckers pay regardless who actually fuels up.

Anyway, it looks like in OR you’ll have to go inside to have them unlock the pump. You still get the 10c off the cash price and if you are lucky they charge you the wrong fuel price (i.e. tax free).

[Dean]

I still find it hard to believe that the belts will just slowley tension without ripping them apart, but all the responses are to the contrary. After I purchase a set of belts to have as spares, will try as all of you have indicated. Will let you know. Also will try to find the leak in the valves. More to come and thanks again!

Richard

[Dean]

Never you mind!