When we replaced the King's seal I took sections to see if I could find a supplier that would make them and sell direct to POG members. I was stopped dead in my tracks when I found different coaches have different seal dimensions and different inlet locations.

The Prevost seals are essentially 2 extrusions, the outer wiper portion into which is keyed the inner bladder or inflatible portion. I suspect there are numerous extruders of these shapes so the challenge is in finding a fabricator that can make 90 degree corners to the correct radius and then join the four straight sections to the four corners so the overall dimensions are correct. Then the hose needs to be located and bonded to the bladder. I seriously doubt that in any reasonable quantity the seals would cost over $2000 as they are currently priced. The fly in the ointment is the material must be correct for the application, and the supplier has to stand behind the seals. An expert on these types of materials would need to be a part of this.

I think the members of POG who have coaches with slide seals need to get togather, maybe creating a separate thread for a head count and discuss how to get a supplier for XX slide seals. It will not be without effort for the members to develop the necessary information. Slides will have to be retracted so dimensions can be established, including the location of the supply tube. but once this is done and a data base constructed to sort out the data I believe owners of Prevost, Newell, and Bluebird coaches can buy seals for less than their current price. Installing a seal, once the slide room is retractied is really quite easy. I think if any POG members want to pursue this that Roger, or Jim Keller or I would be willing to insert our two cents to help those who have never even considered this understand it is not a real big deal.

One of the benefits of POG is that people who have the same interests and problems can joiun forces and address those topics in such a manner that they are no longer problems but opportunities. This is one example.