Hello all in POG - Greetings from the Sooner State

[BGLogistics]

Update - We bought the 1996 XL 40 Marathon conversion I had flown to go see three or more weeks ago. Hadn't posted been crazy busy since then - previously planned trip to Rochester, NY for my inlaws 60th anniversary - then on to NYC for a few days. Left parking garage in Chelsea Manhattan Thursday eve 8:30 pm (Eastern) and pulled in here Friday 9:30 pm (Central), about 1460 miles. Other than fuel, food, coffee etc. had one 2 hour nap. Got lucky with weather, van looks like it's been through an artic blizzard but roads were fine.
Anyway, coach is bought and paid for, we have the assigned title but need to go get it in FL as soon as we can. There was no time to get it home before the NY trip, and I needed to wire a 50 amp plug in barn (done now).
It has 101K miles, Series 60, Prevost bus air, 3 Cruiseairs, 20K turbo generator with 2400+ hrs, solid front axle. Nothing on roof other than a folding tv dish. This coach actually had every box checked as for ideal for what we wanted, and absolutely loved the interior. It was a trade-in at Marathon in FL by someone in OH that wintered in FL. Possibly a member here? It was listed on RVT in Ft. Myers, FL by RV Resources, an affiliate of Southwest Luxury Coach Sales (Phoenix, AZ) who actually owned it. They are a site sponsor here I believe - thru happenstance I actually spoke to the owner of SW Luxury Coach Sales, Scott Buchannan. He told me it had been a trade-in at Marathon, and they had called him and said "You're gonna want this one". It does appear extremely clean and well cared for - it is absloutely beautiful.
My first question of many more to come I'm sure. What will I need to do to store this thing in an unheated barn? It will be plugged in to power. All ideas/suggestions welcome.

[Gil_J]

Congrats on your new to you coach.

You have 2 options for winter storage. You can rely on power to keep the water bay and interior temps above freezing. If you can't or don't want to rely on power, you should consider winterizing the water systems.

I would leave one inverter/charger on to maintain the house batteries. Keep the inverter mode disabled, if that's an option with your inverter. Keep the generator autostart off given the coach is indoors. Better yet, turn of or disconnect the generator start battery. Keep the chassis battery charger on if it has one and it's a smart charger.

Although not required, if you have jack stands you might consider supporting the coach on jack stands. This will take weight off the tires and you won't be bothered with the coach leaning or sagging.

[BGLogistics]

I would rather rely on power if that is sufficient. I have a lot to learn as far as inverters/settings and what they do/don't charge etc. I can't ask an intelligent question about any of that until I get hands on. Given that......... would the generator start even tho coach is on shore power? I know there are two inverters but nothing beyond that. Would those not keep the house/chassis/generator batteries charged automatically? Or is that all coach/converter specific?

And I do have some 6 ton jack stands, those may not be sufficient.

[Gil_J]

The should only start if the AGS is engaged and the house batteries get depleted. Given it's a Liberty, it may have a Watchdog controller for its AGS.

You'll have to check on whether the chassis and generator batteries have anything that keeps them charged when the coach is off. If you have a chassis battery charger it may be a single stage charger. If so, you should replace it.

Keep your water bay heater on. You likely have a bay heater in the electronics bay too. Electrons don't care about cold and electronics prefer cold. I would not use that heater.

[BGLogistics]

Gil thx for replies. It is one of the not so common (apparently) Marathon conversions with bus air, not Liberty.

[Joe Camper]

Congradulations. My first impressions r u will be a great stuart and happy camper.

Gill, what was that we were recently talking about regarding jake brake chassis?? Max jake only triggers 4 of 6 cylinders, is that what u mentioned?

[Gil_J]

Gotcha. Is your OTR air Marathon's or Prevost's. Both Marathon and Country Coach had their own OTR air for a few years.

[Gil_J]

Joe, correct. I forget what year I looked at. It's low was 2 cylinders and high was 4 cylinders. I wonder if there is a reason why 6 cylinders should not be used? 4 and 6 would make more sense to me. Low is worthless in every coach I've driven.