Jeff
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Thank you sir
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Roy: We’ve kicked this around a while also. We have the same lousy cable at home as you do and Dish Outdoors with local channels on the roof of the rig which we only pay for when we’re on the road half a year. We just added NetFlix at home for $13/mo. and have more stuff to watch now at than we’ll ever need.
Wish we could bring back the good old days when, after dinner, everyone walked around the campground and talked to folks and had a campfire…. ‘social distancing’ days excluded of course.
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Have you tried Marathon?
I don’t want to seem pessimistic, but out of our 4500 + members I bet there are few if any 35 year old Marathon owners, and if there are few will have an owner’s manual you could copy.
But, I would guess there are members who can and will answer most of your questions. Pose your questions here, try to use photos that show your area of concern, and keep in mind when you see answers that our coaches have evolved, so your Marathon may have features or systems that differ from those of another coach of the same model year.
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Well got some paint work done today. Hope you guys enjoy.
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I’ve been hanging around this forum for too many years. Jon is rubbing off on me and I’m acting like never before. I threw away a perfectly good refrigerator because it was 14 years old.
I was headed to Vonore for my annual mechanical and A/V maintenance. On my way there the car in front of me swerved, his back tire hit 1 of 3 objects in the road and hit my windshield. Luckily I was in a Prevost and thinking of Boater Al’s “This Video Could Save Your Life” and just kept going without skipping a beat on I-75.
While the driver’s windshield was being replaced, I said to my wife, now would be the time to get a new refrigerator even though I knew it was the wrong window to bring it in.
Planning a west coast trip in the fall Jon convinced me telepathically that I certainly wouldn’t want to have the refrigerator go bad in the middle of who knows where. I”m not handy at all so Jon’s reoccurring wisdom seemed to make sense…replace it before it breaks down on an enjoyable trip.
Done. New Whirlpool.
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Thanks Dick! Thats cool.
There seems to be a connection with bus owners and the need for speed and then the need to lumber. (along in the bus). Strange phenomenon.
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I want to replace the Norgrens on my 96 XL. Zorro has lots of size choices on the 10 packs of Parker fittings. Was wondering if you could advise me which particular sizes to stock up on in order improve my chances of minimizing local trips for ones I will need to complete the project?
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The Big Dog must be Tom. Tom who !!!!!!!
The PC site is getting better to watch than Larry the cable guy or Bill Engvall.
I should have to pay dues for all the laughs I get.
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Never have the hydraulic jack used for support have the piston extended. It could fail. Just leave it all the way down and extend the center screw post.
As to collapsing air bags, those cheap ratchet straps work great to hold the air bag collapsed and if you don’t let the bottom threaded bolts drop into the holes you can release the ratchet, pull out the hook and then give the air bag a little twist to drop it into the holes.
Be careful not to tighten the bottom air bag nuts too tight. The bottom can is pretty thin and too much torque can crack the bottom can near the threaded bolt. I use nylok type nuts, tightened a little. They will not unscrew themselves.
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Andrew Steel doesn’t know the difference between a bus and a bulldozer.
Later
bv
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Definitely, I carried a spare and used it.
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I always did, but never needed it for my bus.
Years ago another Prevost owner needed one at a rally, the one I had fixed his problem.
NAPA sells them and they are very reasonable priced.
AL
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Our most recent last bus, 1999 shell, 2000 Marathon XL40, no slide had an agreed value policy per appraisal of $210,000. Our annual premium thru Nationwide was about $4,500 annual
last August 2019, we sold the 40 ft Marathon for $150K and bought our current coach, 1999 shell, 2000/2001 Featherlite Vogue (depending on bus literature) Rivet coach 2 slide for $150K.
With same insurance carrier using our purchase price of $150K for “agreed value” coverage, not an appraisal, our premium skyrocketed to $6,800 bucks. Same model of coach just five feet longer, and our premium was $2,300 dollars more. The only explanation we received was higher price because of the extra length. Huh? So, we plan on our next premium bill to be close to $10 grand. Ouch. Somethings going to have to give
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But the generator is the same issue. You can’t send any real amps (yeah they think 30 might be ok but who knows ) in to the battery bank until the entire /inside/ or the battery is above freezing.
I get that you are super careful and it would be rare. I’m pointing it out for people who aren’t careful. Who occasionally forget and occasionally run their batteries to dead either unintentionally or intentionally.
so if you wake up and the gen start didn’t low voltage start and the bay is too cold – then starting the generator won’t help either. Because that will start your heaters but also start the charging mechanism. You essentially want the battery to start – and not start the charging methods until the battery is at the right temp – and not the battery bag. Because the battery bay can get up to temp but the mass of the battery might still be an hour away from getting say from 25 to above freezing.
again – all of these are exceptions. But if people don’t know – they can be costly exceptions.
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What’s wrong? The traffic lanes are 12 feet wide and she is only 10 feet wide. Gee, Tom, you are getting pickey in your old age.
(for any SOB coach drivers lurking on this site to see what a real RV is like, this is sarcasm)