SO, I'm getting ready for the first real trip since purchasing my coach in December. It's going cross country, from CA to NY and back this summer, and in preparing for the trip, several niggling questions have come up. I'm not sure if they should normally be split into separate threads, but many of them are very simple, so hopefully this is OK.
1. How often should I change oil? This is a '92 8V92 engine.
2. Other than checking fluids regularly, are there any others which should be changed on a regular interval, like oil? Especially anything which needs to be changed/serviced during a 6000 mile trip?
3. How to know which roads you can't drive on in a bus? For example, I've been told that you can't go on the Palisades Parkway in NJ. I purchased a motorcarries atlas which seems to confirm that for commerical trucks, but I don't have any reference as to what privately owned coaches can or can't do.
4. Speaking of roads, coming from CA we have very few toll roads, but I think I'm going to hit a lot of them on the way. It that really going to get pricey in a bus, or should I try to avoid? Is it a pain getting through a toll booth in a bus?
5. How to know about mountain or hill climbs? A simple example. I'm going to Salt Lake City next week. I just happened to see a reference that it was located at 6500 feet! Obviously there is some large uphill road from CA to get to 6500 feet. Not that this is all that high, but I'd like to be ready in advance if I'm going up or down steep grades enroute.
6. I had brakes checked and adjusted at Prevost. How often should that be done?
7. Do all of the Prevost facilities allow an overnight stay whilie traveling? I know the Mira Loma facility in CA allows it.
8. Has any of you travelled down Route 66? Any areas in specific which are not bus safe?
Well, that's the questions off the top of my head. Thanks in advance. I've never driven cross country before, and am looking forward to it. I've driven all over the west coast, from Canada to Mexico, but really never much east of AZ, so it's kinda new to me.
Ray