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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Leisure Coachworks - A Bus...

Last post by plyonsMC9 - June 08, 2026, 11:09:37 PM

Leisure Coach has been excellent to us over the years on our DL3-45 complete remodel.  Can't say enough about them re: how they have exceeded expectations.  Interior & exterior, and patience in working with us, and letting us try out new ideas on the coach. 

Feel free to PM with any further questions.

Take care bus friends, Phil

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by luvrbus - June 07, 2026, 01:18:25 PM

It's not an 8D but I priced a battery for a friend that his Chevy Duramax pickup has the stop and start feature they use an Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB) the price is crazy for those, I am staying with the older stuff

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by dtcerrato - June 07, 2026, 12:18:18 PM

The last set of 8Ds we went through in four years were NAPA commercial. We think we prematurely killed them by keeping a 3 stage converter on them. We replaced them with the Sam's Club brand because we've gotten four years out of them in the past for a lot less money. We have five group 31s in the house bank we purchased the same time as the Napa 8D that are the same level commercial and they're still going strong but receiving more TLC hooked to a Magnum 4 stage inverter/charger. A lot has to to with how well they're maintained, right?

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: This 1995 Prevost H3-41 ha...

Last post by Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM - June 07, 2026, 06:40:22 AM

I'm sure it did sell. That was a great deal for sure
 Was this a widow trying to get it out of the yard?
David

I am not sure why it was listed so cheaply, but in the end, he gave it to his son. He didn't know his son wanted it until after he listed it for sale.

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: This 1995 Prevost H3-41 ha...

Last post by luvrbus - June 06, 2026, 03:38:02 PM

I started to buy that H-41 but never got around to looking at it,it was a super buy, I think he sold it or gave it to his son

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: This 1995 Prevost H3-41 ha...

Last post by David Anderson - June 06, 2026, 03:20:48 PM

I'm sure it did sell. That was a great deal for sure
 Was this a widow trying to get it out of the yard?
David

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by luvrbus - June 06, 2026, 10:34:17 AM

That doesn't look like the sealed 8D-XDS,it has the specs of the MDS 8-D the XDS has 1400 CCA and 1750 CA and weighs more, I did notice in the new Interstate catalogue the warranty for 8D-XDS is 15 months now,something is screwed up I will ask my Interstate guy Monday

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by dtcerrato - June 06, 2026, 07:37:44 AM

When I looked up the Interstate 8D XHD it stated it had a 6 month warranty.
It seem all warrantys are getting shorter.

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by luvrbus - June 06, 2026, 04:42:08 AM

The Interstate 8D-XHD have a 18 month warranty not bad for the 8D

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Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: 8D batteries

Last post by freds - June 05, 2026, 10:12:04 PM

The sealed 8-D like Cat uses and the ones like Interstate sells the 8D-XHD with the thicker plates seem to last around 7 to 8 years, I never got more than 3 years from the Duracell Sam's sells, and  they don't have much of a warranty either,I think it  is only 6 months now   

Does the 8D-XHD have any kind of warranty?

When I got my last set of battery's from Interstate All Battery Center. That the warranty didn't really apply.

So hey a secondary duty for my solar is maintaining the battery charge. I am in the process of redoing the heart of my solar system and have managed to flat line both the 24V and 12V systems in the  process as I get my new configuration into play.