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Lin · January 15, 2010, 04:54:17 PM

Dave,

Although I have never seen it happen, I have been told that the accumulated dust in a dryer or water heater can actually accelerate fast enough to be called an explosion.

JohnEd · January 15, 2010, 07:37:25 PM

Lin,

Your reservations about propane are so very very well placed. On a BOAT. I have friends in the USCG and they are all terrified of propane. Not really all that fond of gasoline either. Seems that the boat acts as a container for the propane and all the leaking gas settles to the very bottom of the bilge. get enuf in there and then add the spark and the entire boat looses its top decks. They tell me it is NOT a question of IF this happens but more WHEN. I wouldn't even allow propane to come aboard my boat for any reason....if I had one.

In my RV and in my future bus I will cook, refer., and heat with propane. I want to go out with a BANG and have them launch a search for my remains. I have leak detectors that are checked regularly. Propane and CO, both.

Clifford, I am with you...except on boats only. Airplanes would be OK, I guess.

John

Lin · January 15, 2010, 08:03:20 PM

John,

I think propane is fine in a coach. The lint/dust issue is simple maintenance and, as Dave said, should be looked into even at home. A boat could be a different issue for the technical reasons you mention as well as having nowhere to go in case of an emergency. You could run from your bus if you had to, but running from your boat requires Biblical talents.

This brings up a real issue in buying a converted coach. Your investment, and maybe your life, can be dependent on the electrical and plumbing skills of the builder. Those beautiful cabinets and appointments could hide his desperately deficient mechanical construction and planning ability.

luvrbus · January 15, 2010, 08:15:50 PM

Lin, that is a good one a friend of mine in Pryor Ok where the Vogue's were made told me all the time the whistles and bells on a conversion hide a multitude of sins and he was plant manager at Vogue

good luck

JohnEd · January 15, 2010, 08:22:07 PM

Aw, Clifford! I simply love those Vogues. Love'em! Never even occurred to me to ask on here if they were any good.

I have been told that Marathon was not really all that hot....they sure look good to me. I was told that Feather Lite was a superior built item. What else out there, in the converted Pres, is considered a high water mark. Thanks,

John

Lin · January 15, 2010, 09:14:06 PM

I was talking to a man that deals in used, highend Prevost conversions. He says his opinions are based on the work he does on them to get them ready for resale. Liberty is the only one he praises. He did not seem to have any respect for Marathon.

luvrbus · January 15, 2010, 09:43:46 PM

I would have to agree with Lin's guy the Liberty would be my choice after owning 2 from other converters.American built a good coach but he is gone now and did not build that many.
My Vogue was so/so I had a lot of problems with the conversion and the bus, 1996 was the first year Prevost used the independent front suspension guess who bought the very 1st one Lol.
Fwiw John Featherlite bought Vogue then it was changed to Vantare and now they are gone my understanding not many Prevost approved converters around now last I heard it was 5 left and shrinking.
There are some bargains out there Karl Blades called me last week and he had a 2005 H-45 some Nascar guy traded in on a Newell the price he offered that bus to me for was unbelievable and I think the price will continue to drop in the high end market.

good luck