Joe - which site?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
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Joe - which site?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
www.busforsale.com is I think where he said they ended up.
I'm guessin he bought "Tumbling Dice"
I miss the way more used to name there stuff.
busforsale.com is a class act - top to bottom. I bought an Eagle entertainer conversion through them about 10 years ago and even resold the same bus there a few years later. John Spellings,the founder and owner, is one of the nicest and most experienced guys in the bus business. He has a great group of professionals working for him and all are truly "bus people."Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
Vita and I intended to buy our next (current) bus through John and shopped there regularly for several months - always treated more like family than "customers". However, when I happened on "the one", it was being offered by an RV dealer in London, KY and Vita & I agreed that it was the one we wanted. Maybe one day I'll see another bus at busforsale.com that I just can't do without and will buy from them again. For now, I'm still in love with the Prevost that I have and hope that the day that I start "jonesing" for another bus is far in the future - if ever! :)
As for naming the bus - we really want to give our bus a name! I just have not been able to come up with one that seems to fit yet! My heart says that a bus is like a magnificent woman, and for that reason I tend to lean toward feminine (women's) names. Perhaps I'm needlessly limiting my choices? <shrug> I don't know - naming is such an emotional thing.... :o
Michael, how about "Heart Beat". You know Drums and Love, ;):D
JIM:)
Jim - thanks for the suggestion! I'll run it past "the boss" tonight and see if it flies.Quote:
Originally Posted by JIM CHALOUPKA
We're taking some family in the bus to the Georgia Renaissance Festival this weekend! Turkey legs, shows, lusty wenches in period dress - a good time will be had by all! :D
Looked at http://www.busforsale.com/ tonight and there is a picture of Bob Stretch (Fixrim) standing in front of the "Fiddleback Bus." Looks like a great ride for your big family.
OTR air and 5 roof airs! Holy crap you guys won't worry about getting hot in that coach!:cool:
Congrats.
Yeah that's me.
We picked up the coach a couple of weeks ago, took it on a maiden voyage this last weekend. On the way back from Nashville I realized it had a 72mph limiter in it, so I had that removed. WOW, what a difference, it drives like a car and I find I have to let off the throttle a lot or my speed creeps way up. Feels like these thing could cruise at 90 or 100mph and be perfectly fine, though I am sure that is a little unsafe!
The guys at busforsale.com were very nice, but their inspection missed a few things. A defective water pump, valves stuck, aquahot with a big leak. I think this coach suffered from sitting too long not in use. Minor repairs and I can't complain, I bought it as is and expected to have to do a few things.
I have a couple of tech questions however, not sure if anyone can help. The inverter seems to only come on after I hit the battery merge button, like it has to be "shocked" into coming on. Most times will not invert, takes minutes to hours to start inverting, and is inconsistent. It is a xantrax unit. I would prefer not to run the genset while driving, but that is exactly what we have had to do. The water pump is a headhunter mach5 110v unit, makes great pressure, but goes into fault mode after about 2 minutes unless the water is always running. Any advice on that issue? And lastly we have a Catcon tank level system which appears defective. I have called catcon but they are either out of business or won't return my calls.
I also am on the hunt for a stacker. I called Prevost and they claimed 20,000 lbs of trailer is no problem for an XLII. I hope they are right, my trailer will end up in the 14,000 range.
Also anyone know about an aquahot? Is it also my hot water heater> If so it does not supply constant hot water, rather, we run out after a few minutes. Fine for people who take regular showers but I like longer ones and am wondering what to do here..
As for the Newell vs Prevost, well, the ride in the Prevost is nothing short of amazing.
Oh and one last thing, I was totally unprepared for an insurance bill that is FOUR times what it costs to insure my Renegade! Is this normal?
Thanks in advance everyone for all the help
Bob, below are a couple of links to get you started on your issues. You don't say who you insured the bus with, but Explorer is a company that a lot of bus owners use. I'm not kidding when I say they will be one third the cost of Foremost or other regular RV insurance outfits. The Prevostman link is a ton of info put together by one of our members who is in the witness protection program. There are other helpful links on the POG home page under "articles," including a complete manual for your Aquahot.
Click on the red bus in the upper left hand corner to go there. Just take um one at a time and you will get a handle on all problems.
http://www.prevostownersgroup.com/pu...3021&publicati
http://www.prevoman.com/index.html
Who is the converter and did you get house manuals with the bus? You have just 1 large inverter not 2? Does the inverter still function as a battery charger?
Does aqua-hot have and electric heat source as well as the "heat exchanger", anybody?
If you want true continuous on demand hot water I think you need natural gas or propane but I could be wrong.
You are going to make a good test platform for this issue with your 5 children and wife. Have you thought about a second bathroom in the stacker:eek::D
Joe,
On our old coach, we had Aqua Hot heating and it did have an electric heating element that could be used in addition to or instead of the diesel fired heat.
When running both, it pretty much was continuous hot water.....
Lots of looooong hot showers :)
The Aqua-Hot should have both diesel fired and electric. On the ones I've had, electric is good for small amounts of hot water (depending on heater size). On the diesel position, it should give continuous hot water without running out. The heat exchanger should make very hot water while driving.
I think the Aqua-Hot is a great system since it's self contained and has both electric and diesel vs our Webasto.
That is what I thought but I was not sure.
Either something is not entirely correct or you are not operating it correctly possibly both.
Who is the converter and is there any documentation for the house stuff:confused:
Fixrim,
You ask a lot of interesting questions about your recent problems with your coach.
Is the reason you listed all your kids and ages is because you think we are the family doctor forum. By the way, we have 8 kids but no one knows that here unless we are personal friends. It makes no difference anyway.
What I getting at, list the year and converter of your coach in the childrens list so we can take some shortcuts.
There you have been reprimanded by the grouch.
Tom why can't you can run the webasto along with the electric element in the hot water heater when the need for much hot water is anticipated, that cuts the recovery time in half.
Joe, when I run my Webasto I get hot water so fast it's remarkable.
The added electric heater will not shorten the time in a meaningful way.
Maybe fixrim doesn't have his water valves for the Webasto/Aquahot set for maximum hot water flow through the heat exchanger of the potable hot water tank?
JIM
Joe - Hot water from the Webasto and the electric is never an issue, tons of hot water from either source and we have never run out. Our tank is 20 gallons.
The Agua-Hot has to heat the self contained anti-freeze tank and then the water heater. The two that I have had would heat the water with no problem on electric, but there just isn't enough volume to even get a shower. Ok for washing dishes and things, but anything beyond that takes the diesel. You can run both electric and diesel.
Where is really shines, is in the winter you can set it on electric, turn on the bay, engine and coach heat loops and it warms things up nicely. Not hot, but warm enough to keep things warm when freezing.
Mine were in plastic coaches, a CC and Foretravel and lots of friends had the same systems and it was a given rule, if you want a shower, hit the diesel button.
My comments were suggestions for fixrim who has 7 on board not 2.
We have only 1 10 gal hot water heater currently warmed only by the electric element and lack of hot water is not an issue for us.
Only 2 people with 2 hot water heaters and 2 heat sources, Tom what do you do in the shower:confused::o:rolleyes:
Joe,
Don't you have important things to do like fixing broken pipes or are you going to pick on Liberty owners who have good systems and don't have to worry about stuff like lack of hot water. With an 80,000 BTU webasto and a 22 gallon electric water heater we don't have to worry about details like hot water.
We can focus on draining our water system so pipes don't break.
Hey Joe,
Why you wanna know what the Trucster does in the shower?:confused: Sometimes it is better to wonder in silence than to give voice to a question like that. Heck, Tom might even answer the question and embarass all of us!:eek:
Only Joe and Houdini could get creative in bus showers!:eek:
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Originally Posted by fixrim
Congratulations! Looks like an awesome coach. Beautiful woodwork!
We have four boys and recently ordered a Prevost conversion. Its a few years old but still looks new (as i guess all XL2's do). We're having some mods done to provide sleeping for everyone and should be taking delivery in a few weeks.
You definitely made the right choice. Before placing our order, we had looked at everything under the sun (and also previously owned a freightliner truck based coach similar to Renegade). The ride, handling, and braking of the Prevost is by far the best out there.
Good luck with it!
PS: we saw some nice lightweight all aluminum stacker trailers made by Featherlite that might work for your needs. We're considering one of those as well to fit the car and the quads.
How are you bedding that many bodys without bunks?
it has a big sleeper sofa (two people), and being added is another sofa across the aisle with motorized extendable seat cushions (one person), plus a pull-out trundle feature (one person), and l-shaped dinette with extendable seat cushions (one person). Plus of course the back queen bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi