Tom
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Earlier this year on another thread I said I planned to stay at Hearthside in Petosky this summer for a week. My new plan is that I never will. Happy to say that as I write this we are sitting in Penninsula State Park in Door County, Wi. 4000 beautiful acres on Green Bay along with tents, pop ups, fifth wheels, bumper pulls, and everyone is happy. No problem respecting the 10 year rulers, plenty of other options that are consistent with our culture, and are willing to take our dough.
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Dave,Did you save the cruise air units that you had removed?
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“If you take a couple of days and combine a training session with an inspection you get that training, plus you are verifying coach condition.”
Jon,
Where do you go to get “training” when you don’t own a coach yet?
“I’m not saying I’d never buy from Chris again…but as someone once put it…”Trust, but Verify!”
I would have a hard time purchasing again from a sales person who furnished poor/deceptive advice. I value honesty when spending this kind of money and would think those selling these machines would want their cliente to trust them for future sales or referrals.
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MM, Bernie has it right. If the tire pressures are consistent with the Michelin tire pressure calculations the tire temps are going to be quite close to one another.
What you are looking for is a change in what is a pattern. Actually that is what holds true for all value measurements because whether it is your tire pressures, coolant temp or oil pressure you get a sense of “normal” and almost always a change from what you are used to seeing is your first indication something needs attention.
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Ageed, Before we had it we thought it was overkill….now we like overkill alot. Besides, it’s AC of last resort if something else goes south you can always run the bus and cool things down. Geo.
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Chris
I almost made the mistake of pulling my engine, do what I did simple cheap test first. pull the oil pan
off, put 15# pressure on the coolant system, let it set with pressure overnite look for coolant leaks on the floor, this will
tell what cylinder is leaking, on my engine it turned out to be the egr cooler, it had all signs of cracked head.
Darrell
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In answer to the “doldrums” that is the story of my life, here in my last vast great stronghold of good rural living, on my little goat farm and road that is being destroyed by salt water trucks from the fracking well behind my house drilled so that others could enjoy cheap fuel while I sat home and sorted out my slides for the funeral home.
Other than that …. I suppose my life is good, spam cassarole for supper and a lawnmower that starts on the first crank .. who could ask for more?
By the way MEGAN & GARY CARMICHAEL FLOYD. it is all fueled up, I packed MY part of it today, when she gets HER stuff in HER side, we will leave Monday.
Road Trip!
BCO
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I apologize for the delay in responding. Life has been hectic as of late.
Getting to the point, I’m red faced about not fulling understanding the floor override switch. Jon was diplomatic in his chastising. Message received about knowing the bus. I have read/studied my cc guide and was fairly confident in operations. Under the circumstances of the breakdown, my confidence is low. This is a Q2 borderline Q3 ( USAF check ride scale).
Things i do:
I do the DOT test as noted prior to each run. I have a note in my checklist to watch the Benny Parson safety video before heading out. Tire pressures, fluids & belts are checked. Awning are verified to be locked in place, all doors and cargo secured. Interior secured, battery charger disconnected, etc following my checklist.
Things i need to brush up on: the prevost xl manual and the CC book. Know the dash 1
Bottom line: For now, I have the ECU set for warnings only, no cutoff. I’ll discuss the thoughts expressed by you folks on having the cutoff with my mechanic and make a final decision.
My prior experience as a FE on C-130s makes me hesitant to allow an engine to shutoff on its own accord. Analyze and take appropriate action. First things first, drive, get over and then take action.
There’s one really bothersome item: I’m pissed that my dash gauge was BSing me. CC should never have taken out the prevost dash and put in their own version.
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There was a great deal of interest in informal discussion sessions so relatively new owners could have the opportunity to ask questions and learn a little more about their coaches from long term owners. especially those with their conversion. Converter specific questions always arise and this will present a great opportunity to get to meet and know others with the same conversion. Sunday moring is open so if there is an interest it might not be a bad idea for Saturday’s round table to be a general session, perhaps with a focus on the Prevost chassis, and then Sunday for those attending to split into converter specific groups to meet at someone’s coach or maybe a corner of the club house to get into questions and information relating to each conversion.
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Check the date codes on any used tire you intend to purchase. Beyond that, I’m very cautious about used tires because you don’t know if it has ever been run underinflated and damaged. By the way, it MAY be possible to change to hub piloted wheels with only a stud change…it was on my 1999 chassis.
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That darn depreciation thing also shows it’s ugly head every now and then.
Think about the convenience of most all the components lasting a good 5 years before you have to even look at it. Only regular maintenance (for the most part) over a fairly long period of time. There is a bit of enjoyment in that even though there is a price associated with it.
We don’t have to worry about Norgrens, plumbing, tires, electronics, hoses, belts, tires, etc., for quite sometime. Just turn the key and go.
Mark
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A motor home, any motor home is a depreciating asset. The newer the coach, the worse the hit.
I have always found it interesting how some owners respond to expenses. When fuel was approaching or exceeding $50 per gallon some owners said they were cutting back their use of the coach in response to the cost of fuel. I have heard owners say they would defer some expenses such as tires or batteries because their cost had gone up so much.
Yet some of the owners saying those things owned coaches that were depreciating at over $100,000 per year, but were more concerned their fuel costs or tires had jumped a thousand or two a year.
If you can afford it, own it, use it, enjoy it, and recognize the costs of operation except on older coaches is very small relative to depreciation.
All things considered there is no way anyone can justify owning a late model Prevost. But that is the whole point. If we can afford it who cares? Sometimes we have to stop worrying about practical considerations and just enjoy what we have earned.
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There was another Prevost coach that burned up over the week end about 5 miles away from the Sanford fire. Heard that was caused by an electrical problem. Was told it was a country coach.
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Dave,
That’s exactly the feedback we need and will make your comment known to the appropriate party. If this should turn out to be a bad deal, it will be history here on PC in nano second.
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I sent the information to Billy about the rally this afternoon – so hopefully he will get busy and make his reservations…see y’all then….hugs
Joe, Sandy and the marvelous Katy Bug