400hp 9.2ISL Cummins or 400hp C9 Cat

tropical36 wrote:
I appreciate the feedback so far, and we've been sort of, sort of, looking at the earlier Fleetwood Revolutions which were built on the American Platform and the Spartan chassis, but weren't called American and not until about 2012 or so.
Looks like the 06 and 07 are Cat engines and the 08 being a Cummings.
Really like the 1 1/2 bath model and the quality look of these coaches in general.
So what about parts and labor costs between the two, if and when that's needed and something the average gear-head doesn't want to do for themselves?

I have owned both. The Rev's have been built on the AC line and the early run of 2010's is when they changed the decals from Fleetwood to AC. Currently have a 2010 AC Rev with the 8.9 Cummins. There is a difference. The Cat has all types of power especially from a dead stop to 55mph. The down side to that power is it is about 1mpg lower than the Cummins. With the Cummins, the get up and go from a dead stop is much slower, powerful, just much slower. The up side to that is we are averaging about 1mpg better than the Cat. Once over 50mph, I don't feel any difference in the engines and we are generally pulling a 14000lb trailer. The Cat's do like to eat!

Since 2007 the on road engines have some sort of smog system on them. My Rev is currently at 120000+ miles and we are having various issues with the DPF system and that is costing some major dollar repairs. And by a few months after the government mandated five year warranty has expired on the emissions system to boot.

Given a choice, I would take a Spartan chassis Rev over a Freighliner and the Cummins over the Cat due to the large amount of miles we rack up every year. The fuel savings have so far exceeded the maintenance costs. Your results may vary.

Good luck with the coach search, it can be frustrating, but when you find a good one, it will be worth it!!!