[tom]

Al,

Thanks for you advise and concern. We are aware that jumping in such a tight
knit community of like minded folks will keep us busy fielding phone calls
throughout the day. But we don’t mind
it.

What makes us want to help coach owners is when we read
posts that end up with someone spending more than they should, and the solution
takes a month or more to complete. If we
can provide engines and transmissions that will eliminate these types of scenarios
then we are thrilled!!

Thanks

Brian Stanton

American Fleet Inc

http://www.americanfleetinc.com

417.865.4420

417.234.7334 Cell

[tom]

Geo..sounds good. I don’t have a site number yet, but will look you up when we get there.

[tom]

Any idea how many are coming across from Petosky? I’ll be coordinating with Al as to where I’ll be waiting on 401 at the Morrisburg service center at mile marker 756.

[tom]

All I use is the iPhone or iPad to post it always works never a problem , once in a while pic is upside down so I just take a new pic and turn iPad until pic is the way I want it, usually takes a couple pics to get it right

[tom]

Here is a great idea for lighting under the coach when it is over the pit. You will need to use a concrete saw to cut grooves along the length of the pit on each side. Install these LED strip holders in the grooves and place the High Intensity LED strips inside, then snap the clear covers on to keep dirt and grime out.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/housings/

LEDs strips to install in these channels are each 16 feet long and, while a little expensive, give 1700 lumens of super white 5000k light and are water proof. Kits come complete with the transformers and IR controls.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/universal-led-strip-kits/universal-waterproof-led-light-strip-full-kits-led-tape-light-with-9-smdsft-3-chip-white-smd-led-5050/2580/

Just doing what I can to help you spend your money…

Triple F

[tom]

Shortly you will be asked to pay as we were waiting until we had enough response so we would not have to refund funds in the event the class was not filled. We look forward to another class and meeting many new coaches…

[tom]

That’s a sad deal, you did everything right and still ended up with a nightmare.

FWIF Chris, as time goes on and you keep the bus, the 20K will be a distant memory, although painful and you’ll get years of enjoyment out of the bus. In the long run, that fresh rebuild may be a big plus when the time comes to part with the bus.

Hoping to brighten your day a little… Jon and I have decided to forward the dues we collect for the next 6 months to help ease the pain. As you can see, your PC buddies are shoulder to shoulder with you.:)

[tom]

My bad. Missed that.

[tom]

Tom’s (Two Slide Tom) getting excited with that bit of news, he’s saving for that two slide coach some one will trade into Marathon.

[tom]

Tom, can you please indicate/photo of where these fans are located?

Thanks

[tom]

Was really hoping to make this one only to find out Larry is in Trial that week… so disappointed… we are now trying to plan our trip to Vonore in late August.

[tom]

One thing all buyers of older coaches should understand is not every coach is a cadidate for $30,000 in repairs. Not all owners neglect maintenance. But the purchase of an older coach should be approached carefully. Actually if all the needed maintenance is done to a schedule the coaches are fairly cheap to maintain relatively speaking.

[tom]

Per,

Bring what you have. You might be someone that gets more benefit than anyone because the seminar is going to make you a very well informed buyer. You not only get to hear the three buskateers talk about Prevost coaches, you will have a class filled with owners who can tell you what they like, dislike, and recommend based on their ownership experience.

[tom]

This is just an opinion based on my limited experiences in looking at coaches and reading forums.

As a coach ages it needs repairs as a result of the aging process. The owner of a coach that needs repairs learns quickly that those repairs cost the same as they would on a much newer coach. When a coach was worth $500,000 repairs that cost $20,000 are viewed as reasonable. But if the coach is worth $150,000 the same repairs appear to be far more than can be justified so until the owner decides to trade or sell the coach maintenance and repairs likely get deferred.

If you found $20,000 in repairs in the house and without looking real hard, try to imagine how many dollars of repairs would be needed if you looked hard at the chassis. The chassis is the first thing to be ignored because the cosmetics and flat screen TVs are seemingly more important.

What is really sad to me is the number of coaches whose maintenance is ignored as they age, which impacts the value of all our coaches. If the average older coach requires some money to bring it into good shape the selling price is going to reflect that. When the selling price is low all owners of the same vintage suffer because the marketplace assumes all coaches are worth the low value regardless of condition. It is almost an Olympic sport to pay very little for a coach regardless of condition.

Buyer’s beware.

[tom]

Mark, at the risk of thread drift I want to point out that one of the topics discussed at this weekend’s seminars was the Liberty rose petals. As a result of your original post regarding them most non-Liberty owners were looking for evidence of them around all the Libertys that were at the seminar.