[Mike]

I’m putting together my budget for later this year as we begin our travels.

Can someone give me a rough estimate what insurance through Miller, Explorer, or National would cost on an RV in the $200K range?

[Mike]

It was around when you said as far as the year. However if you are basing the entire selection of a coach on disc brakes you are likely passing up some really good coaches.

There is nothing I can think of on a chassis or a conversion as far as features such as all disc brakes or IFS that would be a show stopper if it was not on the coach. I have never seen a comparison that showed the different stopping distances of comparable weight coaches with all drum, drum/disc, or all disc brakes. I know what we are supposed to believe, but I have not seen the data.

I would say with respect to braking, if you want the best braking possible then rule out a coach with only Jakes, and instead focus on a coach with a retarder, or a retarder with jakes. The supplements to our brakes play a huge role in stopping.

[Mike]

See if you can jump power directly to the motor to test it, before you even think about changing it out.

JIM

[Mike]

ck relay ground and motor ground. If you have 27 volt supply(all good) and selonoid has power signal to activate why is it not delivering to motor? relay must be grounded to complete ciccuit.

[Mike]

I ordered the SS rub rail under the engine bay door for $3450 from Steve at IBP. Not sure what shipping will be. He is having it made in his shop and sent to me. I gave him a few pic’s and he was on it.

I also sent him an email about PC and the type of advertisers here. He would be a great fit. If I hear back on it should I have him contact Jon or someone else?

COPY OF EMAIL:

Steve,

I belong to the Prevost Community owner’s forum. Your company comes up often in conversations for parts and retro fit hard to find components. You would be a great fit as an advertiser on the site. Huge amount of Prevost owners from all over the country.

We have advertisers specific to Prevost as well as the motorhome industry as a whole. If you would like more info on becoming a direct advertiser let me know and I will point you in the right direction and they will take it from there.

Thanks again for getting the rub rail fit for me.

Regards,

Chris Rawlings

CEO/Founder

Prime Industrial/Elite Workforce

C: 918.232.7565

[Mike]

No problem with the dance, providing Jon wear’s a tie..

Ronald – Looks like 4 or 5 at present..

[Mike]

Let’s have a party. Everybody come to the rally. I will sing (not) and Tom will dance.

[Mike]

Thank you, Al! I asked Liberty to make sure I had a complete set, though admittedly I haven’t checked their work. This was the first belt I’ve changed in my life!

Today I took a wire brush to that pulley. It’s better, but not pretty. I’d like to get my engine painted and have them sandblast things like that at that time. It doesn’t seem like it was taken care of by the first owner.

[Mike]

Jerry it is great in the southwest but it is still too cold. If you have to go the water closet you better be ready to get cooled down.

Tom the benefits of haveing a Liberty Coach “stay cool with OTR”.

Hish

[Mike]

Thanks Bob, I will take a look!

[Mike]

I too will have to say, bus life would be pretty hard for us greenhorns without this site. And Jeff Rowe has gotten me out of a jam more than one time. I appreciate the fact he helped me when I was in need and have and plan on spending the lions share of my bus expenses with East Tennessee Luxury Coach. Jon, Tom, and many others have years of experience they don’t mind sharing with us.. What goes around comes around..

Steve

[Mike]

Apparently if you did not have bad luck, you would have no luck at all. You might be safer in the house watching Oprah.

[Mike]

Sure hate to see you go, but I understand and please stay on the site, we don’t care what you drive. We all will get to that point one day in our lives, when down sizing makes sense, nothing wrong with that. Wish you the best on your new adventure. And for what’s it’s worth, I like those Dyna’s….

[Mike]

Relay 76 in the rear run box.

[Mike]

Mark, The other guys have raised some valid points.

As to going the night with heat or air on batteries, not with 4. Maybe not with six because the AC units or kick space heaters have enough of a current draw you will likely not get all night long.

I think batteries are great for getting us through the night when the coach temps are comfortable and that is what I do. But once it starts getting hot or cold, I just run the generator all night. Lightly loaded it probably will consume less than 1/2 gallon per hour so there is no benefit to not enjoying all the comfort the coach provides.

Most of our generators will never wear out. As a rule few of us run them hard enough or long enough. In fact they can be expected to have a 30,000 plus hour life and do best when heavily loaded. Battery life is compromised by deep discharges and charging cycles so I tend to protect mine by not relying on auto-start, but trying to insure I recharge them when they are discharged to around 50% which is about 12.2 (24.4) volts. That is why I prefer to not attempt to go the night if I am going to draw down the batteries with heavy loads but instead just use the generator. That keeps both the batteries and the generator healthy.

I’ll leave the issue of your 2 underbed batteries as a discussion between you and Marathon. Something there doesn’t seem right.