Dick
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Tom and Nancy have been woriking on this for a long time and they have done an outstanding job of attending to the details that made this all happen.
He probably had to put his efforts ro find his next last coach on hold for a while.
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I’m proud to have the opportunity to be the first to post a reply to the welcome of Premium Coach Group to PC.
I found myself in February in the market for a new to me coach. I had a Wanderlodge that I bought new in 2004. My Blue Bird had served me well and was a really magnificent piece of equipment but I thought that before I quit that I should enjoy some polished stainless and have a Prevost. I looked around online and found what I thought was just exactly what I wanted. It was advertised and owned by Premium Coach Group. I made a phone call and talked to Chad Stevens. After several calls and conversations I made the decision that I could trust him and we started talking in earnest about working out a deal. I was in Naples, Florida at our place in the Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort and a long way from Gilbert, Arizona. After deciding that I wanted the coach, if it was as presented, we started working on the details. I really didn’t see any need to go to Arizona and see the same thing that I could see in the photos and maybe drive it around the block so I told Chad that if he would deliver it to me in Naples and if it was as presented that I would transfer the funds and the deal would be done. The plan was for me to meet the coach about fifty miles up the road and drive it from there. I figured that it would have about a 2300 mile proving run on at that time. He agreed and we had a verbal handshake. I doubt that many purchases of this magnitude are handled like this.
The coach was delivered, I drove it the last fifty miles and determined that it was as presented, and transfered the funds. In the following weeks I found several discrepancies that I’m satisfied were unknown at the time of the sale and made them known to Chad and even that there is a big X in the box (as is on the purchase of any used vehicle) that states the purchase is “as is”, Premium Coach Group agreed to cover the expense of their correction. I think that is almost unheard of in this day and time.
Needless to say, I’m very happy with my purchase and very happy with my dealings with Premium Coach Group and Chad Stevens. I would be very proud to recommend Premium Coach group to anyone shopping for a motorcoach. As far as I’m concerned they are an organization of exceptional integrity and can be trusted without question.
Now if I can just manage to keep it under the “Sure to get you a ticket speed”, all will be well.
Welcome aboard PMG.
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I agree brake chamber or dragging brake or inside dual Guys
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Lady Antebellum tour bus tire catches fire
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“Is this a maintenance issue at all since I would think the vibration going down the road would eventually cause the solder joints to loosen and leak?”
I actually wondered the very same thing. Apparently it isn’t a problem because if it was I’m sure the PC Forum would be all lit up over it!
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Kevin:
Have you contacted Zip Dee directly?
We were looking at a coach during our search that did not have the large, street side awning. I called Zip Dee and the woman I talked to was very, very help and talked me through the information I’d need to provide to order the proper awning. I’m sure getting the parts from Zip Dee that you need to get your coach fixed should not be any more difficult. I see that Zip Dee has quite a few dealers in Pennsylvania, that is another option for you.
We also have a Liberty Coach. We’re only 78 miles from Liberty’s coach conversion facility in North Chicago. Even with Lilberty that close, if I had a problem with my Zip Dee awnings I would not call them … I’d call Zip Dee directly.
Good luck in getting things fixed. Keep us posted.
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Plastic painted cooper colored even for the plastic pipes!
Looks very pretty. When I saw PeterC’s Elegant Lady water bay I had cooper (colored) envy over the less fancy Classic Lady plastic pipes 🙁
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T&C, not nosy at at all, we wanted slides and the XLII chassis. This particular bus kinda fell into our laps and was special enough that we had to have it. We zeroed it out and finished updating it. It was a one owner bus and very well maintained and cared for. At the risk of sounding like you know who, it could very well be our “last” bus ? Geo.
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Fred – if you are unable to repair the pump, Headhunter offers a pretty good trade in program to receive a discount on a new pump.
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Thanks to everyone for the help.
Talked with Leon and he determined something wasn’t working properly with the jump start and walked me thru jumping it with the house batteries manually with a jumper cable.
Thanks to Bernie and everyone for all the help. I will be taking this to the pros to get the batteries changed out and then hopefully lots of summer fun!
Bill
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Rick,
Posting the video of what NOT.. to do when a PC member has a blow out or sudden loss of air has been posted every month for nearly 2 years.
I watch it every month and if it ever happens to me I know which pedal to push. Thanks for your post and referance the U tube video.
AL
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Thanks for the tip Tom! I’ll try that and see what happens.
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The quick and easy answer is the Aqua-Hot has it’s own self contained coolant supply that gets heated with both DC, AC current and engine heat. The Aqua-Hot uses the Webasto diesel heating unit.
The Webasto uses the engine coolant and operates on DC power and engine heat.
You’ll likely get much more than this, but that’s the basic.
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Sounds to me like your coach is cooling just like it should. The good news is even if we fail to note rising temps DDEC will intercede and shut us down before the temps harm the engine.
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The best advice I can give you is go to a dealer and drive each type of bus you are considering. Everyone I have ever talked to said one of the things that convinced them to buy a Prevost over some other brand (SOB) was the driving experiance. For the price of a new Newmar King Aire or Foretravel IH-45 you should be able to get a VERY NICE Provost conversion. I really belive if you test drive a Prevost that is what you will buy.
Good luck with the search and welcom to PC.