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As Tom says Prevost doesn’t want to be the lead.

There is more to it, but suffice it to say that when the Prevost Prouds were the only group of Prevost owners, and they were able to pull in large numbers everyone from the converters to dealers to Prevost participated in one way or another and the rallies were always associated with and just preceding the FMCA conventions. That helped to justify the cost or participation to Prevost and the dealers.

Now each group or club wants to do their own thing. I would almost wager that if the leaders of each club or group would agree to participate in the exploratory process so it is not soley a PC venture the biggest hurdle would be overcome. Once everyone decides to move towards that single goal everything else will rapidly fall into place.

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Keep it. Tell him dues went up.

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It is most likely a Low Coolant issue. I remember having to add some to get them to go off when I first purchased the Coach. Had a Brain Fart !

Thanks for the Info.

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Bob I currently have a 14’x14′ door works great. I had a
12’x14′ before it was tight if you have a short approach.

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Jeff, I lowered the bumper last week, when I flipped the switch to raise, it continually exhausts air and will not raise. I can flip it back to lower, it quits exhausting air and if I unplug the airline (raise line) it will raise.

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Here’s a company that makes similar axle covers. If you have to buy a complete set.

http://www.tkane.com/

Ken

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Martin,

If you turn off shore power does the inverters take the load and function properly? If not, as Jon look at your batteries.

If the batteries are good, turn off the AC breakers on the generator. Start the generator and run it a few minutes while on shore power. Then turn those breakers on that are on the generator. Within a minute the transfer switch should switch from shore to generator. After a minute turn off shore power. If this works it may be your generator is taking too long to stabilize or your transfer switch delay isn’t working.

If the above worked, turn on shore power. Monitor the inverter and shut off shore power. If the inverter doesn’t take the load it’s the inverter. Not all inverters provide hitless switch over, so what you are experiencing may be normal.

Of course, there could be other problems but these are the obvious first steps.

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Mark: I am sure you will get an answer from Bob. But–you gotta know Bob!! To understand why he has had so many buses. We called him Bob 00,01,03,05 for years..- Cause we never knew what year bus he owned. He likes to trade!!!

Bob and Deb just experienced an earthquake after all the snow and ice this week.. Probably time to head to Florida and get and new bus!!

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I couldn’t agree more Jon. I’m very cognizant of the registration date versus the chassis date as recorded in the VIN. Typically one would see a registration date of just one year greater than the VIN chassis date, and on occasion you’ll find the registration date and the VIN to be the same, but there are coaches out there where the two dates vary greatly – definitely something to keep an eye on and a worthwile bargaining point to help negotiate a better purchase price.

I’m really focused in on the ’03 chassis year as indicated by the VIN. I’ll go newer but I really don’t want to go older, mostly because I want the big tires and the axle weight ratings. The coaches that I mentioned earlier with the 315 steers were ’03 chassis as documented in the VIN. It seems that for the H3, VIN year 2003 was a transition year with H3’s produced closer to the beginning of the year adorned with 315’s and those produced towards the latter portion of the year dressed out in 365’s, and I don’t necessarily mean calender year. As we can see on the placard I posted early this particular 2003 VIN H3 was built in October of 2002.

Here’s an H3 VIN I’ve collected, 2PCV3349331014569, that has 315’s and presumably the lighter GAWR’s. The VIN I posted above, 2PCV3349X31014620, has 365’s and the heavier GAWR’s. So, any bus number greater than 4620 should have the 365’s and 18K steer axle; while, any produced before 4569 should have the 315’s and the 17.2K (guessing) GAWR. Somewhere between there was a transition.

I’m curious what the axle ratings would be for those 2003 VIN H3 coaches built with 315 tires. Another question I have is whether the 18K steer axle is the second generation IFS or is it simple an uprating of gen one? I know that at some point there was significant rework to the IFS. I suspect, but I’m not sure, that the H3 got these suspension upgrades before the XLII. Maybe not, maybe the 365’s and the second gen IFS were rolled out in an identical way for the XLII???

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I cant speak for anyone else but I will say that I am so sick of buying inferior quality products from china that I just may stop eating chinese food. Gee did I stray from the thread a little?

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I like what you did to your bus. The changes really upgrade..

Thanks, for taking the time posting the pictures

AL

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A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year and Safe Travels to All !!!

May your bus take you wherever your heart desires !!

Diane & Larry

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Gerald,

One thing we learned a long time ago was to have a plan for every conceivable event. The obvious first choice is to have whatever spare parts might be needed, within reason, to make a simple repair. That would be to replace relays or fuses or lights or maybe even a brake hose.

But we cannot afford to be a rolling hardware store so on a lot of things I try to have backup or ways to bypass something. My back up water pump is an example.

In the case of the cord reel we carry a spare cable that plugs into the shore power on one end and onto an exterior receptacle on the side of the coach on the other end. If the cord reel pukes I will drag out the shore power cord and deal with the cord reel when I get home.

Maybe I worry too much, but so far just by having an alternate plan for as many on-the-road problems as I can imagine there hasn’t been anything that has caused distress. If it is mechanical it is going to break.

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On the road spending the night in Big Cabin, OK. right off I-44. Staying at the Big Cabin RV park and parked in one of the 10 deluxe sites.

Not the same as BVI or Dover …but .the parking rate was a $21.25 ….50 amp full hook -up and free wi-fi.

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Buddy,

You were doing good right up intil the last comment about CC. Next thing you know you are going to stir the pot about OTR, roof airs and Cruise Airs, and then follow that up with some questions about tires filled with nitrogen.