Originally Posted by
Jon Wehrenberg
Converters all use the engine area differently. Virtually all the space accessible through the rear doors is occupied or required to access something, like the electrical box.
That leaves the RH side door above the batteries. Unfortunately that space is occupied in various ways also. Some coaches have house batteries above the chassis batteries and some have boxes designed to hold sewer hoses or other stuff like emergency reflectors.
I don't think AFO can approach every Prevost as a custom installation. They would go nuts trying to fabricate brackets and supports and other mounting devices depending on the type shell, the age of the shell or the converter.
So if the engine area is out, the next logical place is on the forward bulkhead in front of the drive axle. Unfortunately Prevost has used that space to mount the system for the hydraulic stabilizators on some coaches, and some converters like CC have used that open space to hold a condensing coil for their AC system making access to the bulkhead out of the question.
Behind the front bumper? Nope, some fill it with Cruise Airs, others have a drawer there, and some use it for things like the aux air compressor.
Steer compartment? Nope, some owner have hose reels or aux air compressors there.
In a bay? Nope, no two converters use bay space the same so there wouldn't be anything standard there.
That leaves between the tag and drive axles, and even that is going to be tough standardizing because of the accumulator tanks.