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Jerry

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May 24, 2016 at 8:37 am in reply to: Need a New Tracstar Dome

Bill B

What lot are you going to be on? I am at Mountain Falls now on my lot 136 or 144 Resorts Blvd.

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 9:05 pm in reply to: I-75 in Kentucky and Ohio

No I don’t think they take that into consideration Per and most don’t spend a dime on tree work. You’re the luckiest guy I know not have 50 amp power issues, especially in the summer, in 26 years, I’ve had plenty.

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 7:25 pm in reply to: Power door window operators

I was told the motors develope a “Dead” spot, I had a toll window to act the same way. If I waited a few minutes, it would always continue in either direction. It is not the regulator mechanism, but in the motor itself. Not an easy replacement on an H, but, Not as bad on an XL

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 3:26 pm in reply to: I-75 in Kentucky and Ohio

Sorry Jerry did not mean you could not stop but did not know how far you where going you are right 500 miles a day is good enough 900 to far now days

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 2:01 pm in reply to: I-75 in Kentucky and Ohio

Per,

From my perspective it’s not the fact of mixing it up with all the various RV’s, I like that, it’s usually the campgrounds lack of maintenance in trimming tree’s and being able to get to your site without scrubbing tires, scraping tree branches and sites designed for 35 – 40 footers. Lots of times they boast about having pull through sites 70′ long, but by the time you get there, your pride and joy ends up with scratches or worse. I’ve had my share of having to unhook just to get in the site.

Not to mention 50 amp plugs in poor condition with voltages approaching brown out. I’ve had too many instances of having bad power only to have the campground dude come stick a meter one each leg claiming all is well with 120 each. Try explaining to them that as soon as you load it with amps, your 120 is now 108. They give you you the same look Jon does when you hand him an IPhone.

Hopefully we can continue to populate the PC map so folks have peace of mind knowing another PC member has been there.

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 11:37 am in reply to: Looking for information

Harley,

First, while you may read in the history of posted comments we take shots at one another’s conversions The bottom line is there are no conversions (motor home) that I would tell anyone to avoid. Every conversion has strengths and weaknesses. Some I would favor for a lot of dry camping. Some are ideal to use as a second home used a often in RV resorts. Some are excellent for use for travel. The weak points of some conversions is always reflected in the selling price because the market establishes values, and the lower purchase price of some conversions compensates for those issues.

Your desired model and model years in two years is going to be one that may be on the brink of needing some chassis refreshment. But those model years are also going to be relatively trouble free because of age and normal use. They won’t be worn out unless they have been abused or lacked any maintenance. The flip side of that is a coach of the vintage you desire may have had a very good maintenance program and those typical items due to age may have already been done. Good coaches are going to have a documented service history that is focussed on prevention and while they may cost more will not last on the market for very long.

Buying a 10 to 13 year old coach could have you facing slide seal replacement, air bags, Norgren valves, brake chambers, and maybe some refreshing of the interior upholstery or floors. Assuming the coach has been maintained to a schedule you likely will not expect any big ticket surprises such as engine or transmission repairs. The coach is going to have anywhere from 80,000 to 150,000 miles which means it isn’t even close to wearing out. Except for interior refreshing the common theme in items you can expect to deal with is they all have rubber in common and as rubber ages it cracks or hardens or loses its effectiveness. That is why you will buy a coach that is as low as 1/4 or less of its replacement cost. What you save in purc hase price will have a small offset to refresh the entire coach. When you have done that you can enjoy 10 or more years of just routine maintenance until you have to revisit a chassis refreshing. If you are a risk taker, don’t do anything prematurely, just wait for stuff to cease performing before you replace or repair things.

Jerry

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May 22, 2016 at 8:27 am in reply to: Looking for information

Thanks for all the information.

Just trying to do my home work and learn before I make a purchase. It will most likely be 2 years before I bite the bullet and make another RV purchase so I have plenty of time to read and learn.

Are there any conversion companies I should stay away from, or maybe better put, are there any conversion companies I should look at? I think I prefer the H3-45 platform with at least 2 slides and by the time I’m ready to purchase probably looking at 2005-2008.

Jerry

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May 21, 2016 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Wanted to buy

Al,

i came upon your post that you may be selling your Marathon. We are in the process of building our bus barn now and intend to start our search soon. Could you please send details of your coach . We are located in Nebraska about four hours from KC.

Bob and Gerri McIntyre