Peter
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I have a fireplace with a fire going right now. It burns wood.
Everything else is pretend.
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I guess that would be more evidence that I am a plastic coach Prevost owner. I replaced the desk in the living room with a desk / fireplace combo. It opened up additional space in our non-slide bus, looks good and the extra warmth on the cold days is very nice. It’s been used neary everyday since we installed it at the end of last year.
I guess that was Emerald Coach was thinking when they installed the fireplace in their Prevost conversion.
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Hard to find a reasonable answer to why you guys had so many issues. We seem to run in the worst conditions also, constant high heat. When I had my blowout it was 70 degrees, 250 miles from home in AZ. No good reason why, checked them 30 minutes earlier in Gila Bend. Don’t want to jinx myself but never an issue, for a Goodyear tire they are ok.
The main thing is you guys found a solution.
Later
bv
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Think back, 99% of all our problems are self inflicted.
Later
bv
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Peter,
I’ll have to look into the Geostars next time, I’m sure the price point is alot better then the Goodyears. I hope Michelin will step up next time I need tires. It’s good you found a solution.
Later
bv
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OK, OK, it was me! Phew, got this off my chest and now don’t have to worry about the idle threats, grins and promises about hidden pictures. I had head up ass and pulled the truck with the steering locked. There, now you all know. I can tell you one thing, the bus never new it was back there.
Now I may consider coming forward with information about Jon and a sewer hose. Na, I’ll keep that for awhile.
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Bernie,
You need Pressure Pro’s for all those rolling tires, contact me if you want a price. Al was going to get a set, but decided on LED’s instead.
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Towed 2010 Ford FWD Ford Explorer and now 2013 Ford SuperCrew F150 4WD. No Fuss No Muss. Falcon tow bar that self aligns. Quick and easy. Be ready to tow in a few minutes. No brake system on tow vechicles. Didn’t really need with jakes on bus.
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Robert: “Presently Chev HHR Automatic–Just put in N unlock steering and pull/bypass #11 fuse so battery don’t discharge”
I have a 2008 HHR with A/T. Was told I can’t tow it without a pump to lubricate the transaxle. How many miles have your flat towed your HHR?
Speaking of towing … a number of years ago (2009?) “stock cars” for the “feature marque” at one of the vintage sports car races at Wisconsin’s Road America. At the time NASCAR had been to Road America only once: 1956. A number of the drivers from that race are still around (including Junior Johnson). The promoter had one of the original racers from that Connecticut race travel to Wisconsin with a replica of his 1956 race car. When he saw had one of Junie Donlavey’s Heilig-Meyers cars he came over and visited a few times. I asked him what it was like back in the 50’s racing. He remembered the Road America track, but was surprised at the how the trees had grown so much. I asked him how he got his race car from Connecticut to Wisconsin in 1956. He said, “Do you know what a Y-bar is? and keep in mind there was NO Interstate back in those days!” I thought wow … what a way to travel. But I guess history repeats itself!
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Now your starting to see the light!!!
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We tow a Z71 4WD suburban and love it… cannot tell its back there… we use the BlueOx 10,000lb tow bar… easy hookup and unhook… no fuses to remove… no stopping every so many miles and running engine… some toads have certain things you have to do to make it work for you but many don’t.
With 3 teenagers and a dog I would say a jeep would be too tight… just saying, even a tahoe size might work for you, but in all honesty what ever you have back there will pull very well, provided you heed all the safety precautions. You will not be aware that anything is back there 99% of the time. Just remember you WILL NOT be backing up so you will be cautious about what roads you turn down !!!
Good luck… go for something that fits your lifestyle !!
Cheers, Diane
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Yep, the new module is due in today. I am very excited to give it a try.
More news as it becomes available.
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Paul,
We have been on the road for 260 days with our three kids… 13,10, 8 we have an 07 marathon conversion with two bunks and an extended booth dinnette for 5-6. We looked for the perfect bus for around 3 years. Marathon has made a fair amount of bunk coaches and even more that are easilly convertable to them. Like others have told you we use big rigs, RVparkreviews.com and confirm what we read by looking at Google Maps satellite images.
We have been to around 28-29 states and our plan is to cover all but HI before we end the adventure in August.
It has been an amazing trip and we have seen and done a ton… For us it’s been about getting the bus close to what we want to see or do… so far the consensous is that Acada National Park in Maine and Big Bend TX are the two favorite spots for destinations… in terms of favorite parks. MCC in Indio CA is amazing and we will be spending a month there in March while I travel on business…. next to that would be Hilton Head Motorcoach Resort where we own a lot.
I’m in the production business so we have a blog with pictures and videos of most everywhere we have been…. I would be happy to share a link to our blog if you are interested.
Good Luck
Bill
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MyPrevost… Marathon uses Kohler gennies from what the salesman told me.
Mark
PS. I’ve been following another thread where someone is going to send you a module or something to help with your engine power. I sure hope it works, that would be such an easy fix. Good Luck!
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Since I usually travel in areas where it’s too hot or too cold, opening a window is never an option. I have tried it a couple of times on those rare moderate days and I find that this is louder, not quiter.
In any case, that’s not the info I am looking for. I really liked this modification and it really eliminated the road noise (and looked pretty cool, too). I was hoping to find someone who knew what I was referring to.