[Peter]

Jon,

It will probably start tomorrow when I arrive. Oh, what time should I expect you to stop by with your bus washing gear?

[Peter]

The only pad on my dash is a “post-it” pad.

I’m still trying to figure out where the choke is on this bus so I can get it started.

[Peter]

You bet

[Peter]

I wouldn’t do anything Jerry.

[Peter]

At one ounce per 10 gallons of fuel you can easily determine how much additive you need per year or mile.

For example if you drive 7200 miles and get 6 miles per gallon you will burn 1200 gallons, or just shy of a gallon of additive. In Michael’s case, assuming he gets close to 8 MPG three gallons will cover about 30,000 miles.

[Peter]

ok thanks, i was going to stop at the freightliner dealer tomorrow on the way home from work….thanks again!

[Peter]

If you deduct motorhome expenses on your taxes, wouldn’t that place the motorhome use in the commercial category?

[Peter]

Well Jon, it’s starting to rain here in the Heart of Texas and it looks like my entire trip to Bella Terra will be in the rain. My coach is going to be really nasty.

So you better put your big boy pants on and be ready to wash my coach. We can let Tom wax it and Al can watch.

Oh yea, my doctor said as long as I brung my nurse, I can come to the rally.

Concerning your comment on the length of ownership on my coach, you are correct. I will celebrate 17 years – four months of ownership while at Bella Terra. I picked up my coach from Buddy Gregg in Dallas on December 22, 1998. My Country Coach is a 25th Anniversary model and was the last coach off of the Country Coach conversion line in 1998. It began production in September 1998 after my wife and I made all of the selections, including a custom paint job I had a hand in designing. I was able to view the coach during construction in Junction City, Oregon during November. It was quite sight seeing ten coaches in various stages of completion being converted at once!

The downside to driving the same coach since new, is that I always expect it to work – it always has. Until I joined PC, I just fixed things that broke. After meeting you, Tom, Peter, and Jeff, I have been a lot more pro-active on scheduling replacements of critical parts prior to them failing. I think driving it as much as I have over the years have kept a lot of items from failing prematurely from non-use and dry rot.

I will admit my pre-inspection has improved greatly from the early years. I used to just kick the tires and light the fire. Away I’d go. Now, much like you preach, I take a few days prior to each trip and slowly check things out. But I can’t wait to kick the tires and light the fire. Some habits are hard to break.

[Peter]

I don’t know about the coach, but I do have experience with Chad, the owner of PCG. I bought my XL from him about a year and a half ago and have found him to be an honest man of good integrity. I did have some issues with it that I’m sure that he was unaware of at the time of the sale that he covered afterward without a problem. By all rights he could have said “it was as is and it’s your problem”. I would not have reservations about doing business with Premium Coach Group again.

My two cents worth.

John

[Peter]

You’ve got a good eye, Peter… it is not a DOT fitting, just an elbow I had on hand to illustrate how a crow’s foot fits in a tight spot. And Jon, your design makes the crow’s foot tool unnecessary.

Kirby

[Peter]

That elbow does not look like a DOT rated fitting but might be wrong

[Peter]

The only way a brake can will leak is with the park brake released , not with it on it has no air too it , unless it’s a R12 or R14 relay valve that’s leaking and if they are leaking it still will not be from the brake can

Edit If the park brake is on

[Peter]

Jon that’s all well and good but that does not stop them from stopping you on the side of the road which is not safe period , until they find out it’s a Non commercial vehicle!!!!!

[Peter]

Please explain how you detected a leak at a brake chamber. When the coach is parked with the parking brake engaged there is no pressure beyond the relay valves, and zero pressure at a brake chamber. When you release the parking brake you apply air to the parking brake chamber, but if the engine is running it takes a huge leak to hear it.

[Peter]

I have the 24 volt gauge on the dash, and a battery balance light. But as a pre-trip check that is one of the things I usually check with my meter.