buying a Prevost H3-45

[robertglines1]

Personal choice: won't get in to that .  Mainly for me it is when the deal came along. I paid 1200dollars for a 98 45XLE salvage shell that I am rebuilding. I like stainless and rivets.   personal taste.  I had a Mci also and have done a Blue Bird. Did you get your message to look at interiors if not look at the blue strip above and click on my messages.   Bob

[H3-45]

go to prevost-stuff.com they have all kinds of H3's for sale.


Robert

[Darkspeed]

Personal choice: won't get in to that .  Mainly for me it is when the deal came along. I paid 1200dollars for a 98 45XLE salvage shell that I am rebuilding. I like stainless and rivets.   personal taste.  I had a Mci also and have done a Blue Bird. Did you get your message to look at interiors if not look at the blue strip above and click on my messages.   Bob

Yes thank you!

My problem is I dont know enough to know what I want.
My goal is to get a good deal on a bus and convert it for full time living.
I have the tools and the skills, just lack the experience to select the correct bus.

[TomC]

On my truck conversion I'm working on, I purposely kept the length down to 40ft.  At least here in California, you get above 40ft and there are many roads you cannot drive on (only allowed on truck routes).  And any motorhome over 40ft requires you to have a Class B non commercial license.  With a 40ft'r, you can still pull up to a 10,000lb trailer being 65ft overall with a class C license (remember Calif.-each state is different). 40ft will be easier to maneuver, a bit less to operate (a little lighter), and you'll have plenty of space.
If you notice most full timers with bus conversions do not have slide outs.  That's because slide outs are maintenance intensive, can and do leak, some campgrounds don't allow them to be slid out, I don't think you need them on 102" wide bus.
As much as I like the 2 stroke Detroits (like the 8V-92TA), it is getting very hard to find competent mechanics to work on them (even though the 6V-53TA, 8V-71TA & 8V-92TA are still being made for the military). This was one of the deciding factors on doing my truck conversion with a Caterpillar 3406B mechanical engine (in my opinion one of the most reliable engines ever made).  Look for a pre 2002 (year the EGR [Exhaust Gas Recirculation]) model for the best fuel mileage. Starting with a mechanically controlled 8V-92TA-an electronically controlled 8V-92TA will get one mpg better and the Series 60 will be another mpg better then the electronically controlled 8V-92TA.  Good luck, TomC

[Boomer]

I forgot to mention one important thing.  Starting in the later '90's Prevost began  installing the Knorr-Bremse (now marketed by Bendix, Knorr bought out Bendix) disc brakes on all wheels.  This is the best brake system out there IMO.  Prior to that they had a combination of Rockwell drum and discs, and prior to that all drums.  Coupled with the Knorr brake system is anti lock of course.  Occasionally a sensor would fail or throw a code, but all in all the Knorr brakes are great.  Easy to maintain, just be sure to keep the calipers lubricated on the tag (they have spring brakes on the tag as well as drive); once in a while a caliper would hang and can get a brake hot if you are not on top of things.