[Ron]

The seminar I refer to is held at ETLC and coordinated and taught by the PC site owners (Jon and Tom) and Jeff Rowe. It is informal, hands on and definitely worth attending if one is new to Prevost as we were. If at all possible attend before buying a coach. You’ll be happy you did.

[Ron]

Thanks Jon,

I take this as advice and a welcome. We are going to be hitting the road for ar least 2years and hitting it hard. We dont plan on sitting inside much…except at night and eating meals. Right now we do not plan on entertaining much in the bus. We like the idea of sleeping in our own home. The Prevost as I am learning quickly has some different systems that need attention, like the otr air. Education and investigation will be key. I hope to be educated from the fine folks on this forum and like you said hope that some of that education will be accurate. (too funny) Thanks

Ron

[Ron]

Davy,

As a kid I lived in Secaucus NJ and we could see the Empire State Building from our living room window. I often went into the city and spent a lot of time in all 5 bouroughs.

To be a survivor in NYC you must possess an attitude. Obviously the drivers of those buses are all from the area.

[Ron]

David the controller does have a time delay after you operate the awning in or out.

You can over ride the time out by simply turning off the controller with the on off switch at the bottom of the white plastic strip below the buttons you have already operated. Turning off the power resets the timer.

Also if you are checking batttery voltage you have to turn the controller off or you will be seeing the 27 volts the battery charger is putting out instead of actual battery voltage.

Also in the future ther is a circut breaker built into the top of the controller cabinet that rests the motor if it trips.

It is a little white button that will pop up if tripped. Just push it back in to reset.

[Ron]

IIRC, there is a fuse in the ECC cabinet that supplies power to the box that Buddy is referring to.

[Ron]

As Tom stated you can use a 315 tire on the 365 wheel when you have an emergency and no 365 tires are available.

In an emegency any of the Prevost service centers should be able to send you a 365 tire. Our deal with Michelin is that we will not compete with their tire dealers and sell tires. But as the O.E.M. we do normally keep 365 MIchelins in stock but our price is not like one found at a Michelin dealer. If Nashville did not have one, they could have had one of the other service centers ship a tire to you but that would take time.

Back in 2010 at one of the Prevost Prouds rallies we had the people from Michelin in South Carolina come to the rally and talk about their tires, It was at this seminar that we were told that Michelin would allow the mounting of a 315 tire on the 10.5 inch wide wheel used for the 365. That would get you back on the road and you could get the correct tire on the tag when you were able to find one.

If you really want to get going, then have the mobile tire repair get you a 315 tire and a 9 inch steel or aluminum wheel ( be sure he gets the correct wheel: earlier wheels were stud-mounted and all the later units , after 2004 or 2005 had the hub-mounted wheels that Michelin preferred) and mount it and go on. Here again you can get the correct tire for the rim that is now in one of your bays from the 365 tire that is no good.

This would also apply if you lost a front tire. Move the 365 from the tag to the front and do as I described above with the 315 tire and wheel. The only reason we use the 365 tires on the tag axle is to provide a “spare” when there is a problem. Plus the 365 is used by Prevost and now by VanHool double decker coaches. So there are not as many of these produced as the 315 and the Michelin dealers do not stock them if they are going to sit for a long time on their shelves. They all can get them but the time element is usually unknown.

The spare tire area in the shells and coaches behind the front bumper was changed a few years ago to allow the entertainer H shell and Xl2 shells to accept a 365 spare. The motor home shells have the space now but no converter orders the shell that way as that space is needed in their conversion plan.

So as Jon has noted many times on the forum you need to check tire pressures are correct for the axle weights and that they are checked often for any blemish that might cause a blow out. They are the bedrock upon which your home rides down the road.