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jack

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November 17, 2015 at 6:14 pm in reply to: Private “Campsites”

The best source of campground suitable for Prevost owners is the PC Map. You can trust the campground lived up to one of your fellow PC members needs. I continue to be disappointed that more people don’t add campgrounds or even pay any attention to the map, it’s a valuable resource that seems to be ignored.

I also look at Big Rigs if I don’t see anything on the PC map, but I have learned over the years they pay little attention to tree’s and obstacles that can ruin your day.

jack

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November 13, 2015 at 12:05 am in reply to: No Hot Water! Headed to Colorado in a week!!

Thank you! I’ve been reading some of his posts. I even went back out and tapped the motor to see if it “had a flat spot” on it or something.. But nothing happened. I’ll call Rudy tomorrow for sure!

jack

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November 12, 2015 at 4:50 pm in reply to: Bad Drive seal leads to bad Bearings

Here is a graph showing failure reasons…..

jack

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October 11, 2015 at 8:14 am in reply to: Parliament Open House – January 5 – 9

Tim, plus (if you don’t yet have a coach) central Fla in Jan is a great place to continue your search. Geo.

jack

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October 10, 2015 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Cycling

What kind/type water pump do you have? Ours started doing that and Leon at Marathin said it was the pressure switch going out. We have the Grund Fos 110v. We replaced the pump and all is ok now.

jack

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October 2, 2015 at 2:09 pm in reply to: PC Welcomes Elreg Distributors as Advertiser

great company to work with…

jack

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October 2, 2015 at 8:57 am in reply to: Looking for XL40 with Series 60

Alvie,

Thank you very much for the link! I haven’t seen that one. I’ve been using the search engines and they miss a bunch, so I individually go through each CL City they have listed, but that still only captures what they consider to be “big enough” city.

Thanks again and have a great day!

jack

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September 19, 2015 at 4:17 pm in reply to: Headlight Mod(s)?

I completely forgot about James, but thanks to Rudy he corrected that oversight. I’ll second Rudy’s suggestion.

jack

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September 15, 2015 at 12:30 pm in reply to: Prevost Gold Pass and United Engines

The First 5 years, service and parts are free, after 5 years, Prevost Gold Pass locate an approved service provider for you at Prevost negotiated rates, per Prevo Customer Service, 9/15/15

jack

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September 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm in reply to: safety points to support bus

If my understanding of where they placed the jack is correct you are fortunate no damage occurred.

People who do roadside service are likely not familiar with the safe lift poins for the axles or chassis. As owners we have to understand where those points are because there is a great deal of danger associated with using the wrong points to place a jack.

I would urge each owner to learn where those points are, and if necessary spray them with some real obvious colors so you can tell a service technician to jack up under the yellow post or something like that.

jack

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September 4, 2015 at 6:38 pm in reply to: COACH APPRAISALS

Just knowing what OTR is gives the appraiser instant credibility with me.

The acid test (for me at least) will be if the appraiser asked whether the subject Prevost is a fifth wheel or bumper pull.

I’ve been dealing with real estate appraisers most of my working career. I tried to sell real estate in the late 1970’s and got into the residential mortgage business in 1980 where I’ve been ever since.

Appraisals on anything (Prevost coaches, aircraft, real estate, antiques, etc.) is part science, part art, and part having access to accurate and current market information (what is for sale and and recently sold).

I have dealt with a thousand or more real estate appraisers over the years. Many were honest, hard working, and open minded. Some were arrogant, condescending, and thought their flatulence had the fragrance of freshly crushed rose petals. Some were lazy, stupid, and ignorant. Some where absolute crooks; and have served time for their trangressions.

One problemy with appraising anything, is that all too often the general public thinks an appraiser should be able to arrive at the value of something within a few dollars, when that couldn’t be further from the truth. Some things are very homogenous and very easy to appraise … like a condo unit in a 500 unit project that has just two different floor plans on two floors and there is a 5% to 10% turnover every year. Many other things are much more difficult to appraise. Like large, customer built homes.

At best, I would expect an appraiser to provide a value range for a coach appraisal. The hardest thing for the appraiser is going to get accurate, reliable information on the actual sales price, condition, specs, and component times of coaches that sell … especially those that sell as private sales without a broker, converter, or dealer involved. Armed with that information, our coaches should be fairly easy to appraise.

While I value the ability of the appraiser to do appraisals on our coaches, I’m not sure if I would share information about my coach transaction with the appraiser or not. I would ecourage all of you to share information about your transactions.