Jim/Chris
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I think was a test for you Liam:)
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Jon
do you run equal in all your tires? I thought I read somewhere that only on the steer?
Is there any way to confirm you have equal?
Bill
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Gil,
I put Balance Masters on Peter’s bus, they are great. Balance
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if you are a member of FMCA, check out the tire prices you can get through their tire program. May be much better. I would tell that shop they are full of crap. ALL tires should be balanced, not just the steering ones.
There are many people who use Equal or balance rings or just balance with weights. You have to decide what you want. I have only weights so far, but may go the balance rings at some point.
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That’s something to look forward to. I will celebrate it. (more than my birthday, Christmas….)
Susan
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Someone recommended I install a check valve near the Prevost aux air connection. This makes a lot since for multiple reasons. The compressor air will be cool and it prevents any air leaking through the compressor’s regulator, if you have one. This is not a substitude for the one your replacing but rather an augmentation.
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Al,
Thats for your comment.Susan,
I do not remember where I purchased the check valves. The catalog that Gil attached will provide choices for check valve. Mine are rubber seats (better for tight shutoff). I installed double checks and be sure to install as far away from the compressor as possible. If the aux air compressor runs often, the air will become very hot( the hot air can damage the rubber tight shutoff seat in the check valve). Very Important, manage leaks in the aux system such that suspension leaks are at a minimum to decrease aux compressor run time. Mine will run once every few days.I am heading to high country Colorado, so I am sure the cool weather will bring out leaks.
Buying a bigger compressor is not the answer.
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Sorry to here about your mishap but that’s why I take my bus to Prevost for my tire needs because know what there doing. I might pay a few bucks more but piece of mind rolling down the road ” Priceless” I would go back and demand your hard earned bucks back or tell them your going to post pictures of their work!!!
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Great feedbac Jon…..lots to think about.
I know we want 2 slides…..opposing sofa’s are nice especially when entertaining but 2 euro chairs would also work for us. 2 vanities (sinks) are a must, his and hers. I personally like a large shower…my coach now has a larger than normal shower and I’ve grown fond of being able to move without doing a pirouette. Funny but side windows in the bed slide is somewhat important because our oceanfront site in St. Augustine has great views while laying in the bed if you have the windows…..same in the salon. I hated the AC in my class A’s when driving (dash AC) and have become spoiled with the freightliner columbia air on the dash. It literally cools the entire coach without kicking on the roof airs when in transit so I guess I will look into the bus air. I didn’t particularly like the basement air in my Vectra and it really was a pain to service and never seemed to function that well when in really hot climates.
We have set our budget and it does give me some flexibility if we find the right coach….the low end is about $450K with the upper end nudging $600-625K. For years I’ve never been a believer in extended warranties so I’ve made it a habit to put $250 per month in my “maintenance fund” and it has grown to well over $10K. Tires, batteries, and a complete PM are things I am prepared to do if they need it. With all of my coaches, I take them in once per year for inspections…roof, aqua hot service, genny service, systems ect….although I enjoy doing simple things myself I leave most of the systems to the pro’s.
Although I’ve read the “delam” thread that worries me a bit but I guess inquiring if the coach has been inspected by prevost could put that to rest. I’m taking lots of notes my friends so please keep the thoughts coming.
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I have a strong bias, proven by three coaches from Liberty, but I NEVER recommend a Liberty unless and until buyers actually decide what they want and need in a coach.
Start at the beginning by setting a budget, and that budget has to recognize if you do not buy the coach completely gone through and backed by the converter you need to set aside money to make sure it has fresh tires, batteries, and all maintenance events are current. You need to decide how you maintain the coach when setting aside the dollars. For example I change air bags when they are ten years old. There is nothing anywhere in the Prevost service manual that says that, but empirical evidence and personal experience have taught me that is about the end of their useful life. Same with most valves. Then there are coolant changes and transmission fluid changes that have a life span.
So bottom line is you must first establish your budget.
Then start creating a list of your wants and needs. Needs are the things that you will not do without. Wants are the things that you would like, but they are not deal breakers. We recently had a thread in which a potential buyer wants either the boxed roof mounted awmings, or manual awnings on an XLII. Either or, but anything else is the deal breaker. Some folks want a private toilet, or two sofas instead of a sofa and chair, or a table instead of a booth, etc. Some (like me) will not own a coach without whole bus air. And so there is no confusion, whole bus air to me is that installed by Prevost and which uses a big six cylinder compressor. Others do not need bus air, but they want roof airs. Some are OK with 3 some insist on four. Some want no slides, some want one slide, others want two slides. So you can see you have a lot of choices. I can say that there are no conversions I know of with bad systems. Gil talks about how Vantare sets its electric system up in a unique way, but that does not mean it isn’t a good reliable system.
Once you complete the exercise defining wants and needs, you may already find you have answered what converter builds a coach that most closely fits what you want. Every converter creates a coach with its own “personality” and some owners have selected their coach based on how those coaches present themselves. What is important to my wife and I may have no bearing on what you need. So we can all blather about how great our particular coach is, the real judge of the best coach for you is………..you.
Your friend with a Liberty sounds like a lot of Liberty owners because Liberty not only builds a great coach, they stand behind it in ways owners have really come to appreciate it. But if you and you wife are looking for a less complex coach for example, and especially one with a wood interior what we Liberty owners think means nothing because the coach for you is a Royale.
What questions you should be asking (and then sitting back and watching the dust fly) are the hard questions about why we owners like roof air or Cruiseairs, or ZipDee awnings versus Girard, or why the bed should go north/south instead of east/west, or if we need 365 tires, or whether an H3 is a better choice than an XLII.
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I’m sorry I didn’t notice the damage, Tom. Either it happened after I looked at it or I am a dunce. Your choice.
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There are people that want to drive a Prevost so bad they will pay for the opportunity. I wouldn’t trust a soul with my coach. Hell there are times I don’t even trust me.
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We use Passport America when we can….We use our Coast to Coast when we can ,which seems to be getting less and less, but home park is a great feature for us. The Allstays App is GREAT and seems to be pretty much kept up to date. I have used it a lot the last year and it is handy. I like Jim’ thought, Drive the Red Roads….