Peter
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Welcome to Prevost I am sure you will find answers for the 1000’s of questions you have. These guys are the experts.
I have a question for you. What are the details on the park on Long Island?
Davy
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Prevost does pressurize the coach as part of the inspection process, but it involves more than just doing that.
One word of caution to anyone with an XLII………..I have seen an advertisement by a shop that claims the expertise to make skin repairs if needed. In the ad it indicates the technicians are “Prevost trained”. As relates to skin delamination repairs that is simply not true. The repair process and materials used are proprietary and the techniques used were developed by Prevost to insure the repair lasts the life of the coach with no further problems. Tom and I saw the process being done and it is complex, time consuming, requires special parts and highly trained technicians. If an owner or potential buyer has any questions or issues about the problem there is no place better trained or equipped than Prevost service centers to do a complete evaluation and repair if required. Do not be mislead by any company that claims they can do skin repairs to the quality level that Prevost can.
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Great Idea and Great site..Very helpful…thanks
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I was just checking the outside temp this morning and here in Houston we are about to bounce off an overnigt low of about 69 degrees… However, we are getting ready for the two coldest weeks of the year which are usually the first two weeks of January. If we don’t get some freezes here to kill the insects, the mosquitoes get so big they start looking to mate with turkeys… honest.
The basic problem we have during the winter is when we skim the leaves off of the pool at least twice a week….. sometimes the handle on the skimmer gets cold… very irritating.
Pres
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That is not wet that is fresh dirt used to level the area off….come on you all know how clean the outside of that coach is and it is the same on the inside…
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So, from what I can gather, if I get in snow or ice, I will do what Houstonians do when the road ever freezes…
We aim at the cheap cars…
Pres
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Get out the snow shoes! the It seems to be getting pretty deep! Gary
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really hate to say that I agree with Jon on this because his head will get so
big he cannot get it through the coach door, but he is correct.Rubber
that is exercised does not ‘weather’ or crack (as bad). This is why I
would rather buy a 15 year-old coach with 200,000 miles than a 15 year-old one with 20,000 as
all the rubber part of the low mileage coach will probably need to be replaced
due to lack of exercise. The rubber that we use is a compound that need
to be flexed to move them itty-bitty molly-cules around, otherwise they line
up in military lines that will separate and ‘crack’.While
it is all a matter of opinion on the use of tire covers, I used them
religiously on one of my SOB some years back and found that the only thing that
they did was lighten my wallet, and this was in New Mexico (hot dry sun) and
Florida (Hot wet sun) with Michelin tires. -
Just a word of caution for those who might wish to do their own work on the bus suspension.
When the key is off the air in the air bags, by design, is to remain locked in the air bags. That means work on leveling valves can be done without fear of the bus suddenly moving. But do not trust the bus. Ever.
Our buses are 50,000 pounds of danger if we think we can get under or work on anything without first supporting the chassis at the body support points. If you do not know where those support points are please go on line to your service manual on the Prevost web site and learn where they are.
Even if you do not work on your coach you may have occasion to have someone else do some work and they should work safely. Support the chassis any time work is being done, especially if the work involves the suspension or someone has to be beneath the coach.
Air bags will leak down. The suspension system will leak down, and there have been several reports of an air bag bursting and the chassis suddenly dropping without warning on a coach that was just sitting with the engine off.
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Mark has room in his driveway for people that want to experience real weather. When we lived in western NY our winter snowfall average was 240″ because we were in the lee of Lake Erie in the snow belt.
Ain’t nobody here with enough money to get me to go up there in the winter ever again.
And for you southerners that close the schools when the long range forecast calls for a snow flake to fall, man up. With all the snow we got we never ever competely used the 5 snow days in the school district and I am unaware of any business ever closing because of snow. Ask someone to take photos if you are not used to snow. You do not belong driving it it because the locals still drive the speed limit even with snow on the roads.
Ask Tom. He drove professionally in it for years.
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Pres, the Redhead and I are thinking we’ll be in Santa Fe around Christmas. We’re in New Orleans for the weekend, then wandering west from here. Gonna try and visit Bill and Tom mid January in SoCal.
I talked to the lady at Riodosa, they are closed, but she said to give her a call when we get close, if the weather is ok she might be able to accommodate us. She’s awesome.
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…and what about Tire Covers for protection from the sun? I know Camping World has them but is there a good, better, best?
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Gee I feel good now, but I was hoping for a response from Melissa..
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I am now playing with thermal image….
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Colt
On mine the relays are under the bed. All the relays are black in color except the 2 that power the black and grey dump valves, they are clear and marked B and G.
Later
bv