All is well

At 90K miles we have been on the side of the road 2 times. Both with blowouts on RV tires. Now have truck tires. Beyond that it has been a trouble free drive. Do almost all my own maintenance on motorhome. That way I am sure it has been done and done correctly.

Knowing and maintaining your motorhome's powertrain and housebox electrical and mechanical systems, and driving it frequently, helps avoid unpleasant surprises on the road . Tires, brakes, and 12 volt electrical systems in particular deserve attention. You can't expect a box truck full of electro/mechanical and propane operated appliances to be as trouble-free as the family get-around car.

I often thought of starting a thread like this one, my compliments to the OP.

We have had our Nexus Phantom 23P for a little over 2.5 years and more than 29,000 trouble free miles. Our 24'C has every amenity found in the big boys with the possible exception of a washer/dryer and "Frankly Scarlet".... We got very lucky in that we found our perfect rig, used with just 6,205 miles on it, at a smoking good price. Happily we were smart enough to jump on that deal and have not looked back.

We did a 7,500+ mile cross country, 22 state, two month trip (May - June 2014), that was nothing but amazing... other than having to dodge more than a couple tornados. :E

We have done 3 to 4 week trips to northern California and/or Oregon 4 times and spent 3 weeks in the southern Rockies last year... all out of our home town of Tucson.

We are in the planning stages of a month+ long trip to Key West this fall and of course will be returning to northern California/Oregon once again in August/September. The key to all of our successful travels are "our travels".

As I learned during my boating career "use it or lose it" is just a simple fact of life. Regular use and maintenance are essential if you want trouble free miles {of course having a quality coach and knowing how to properly/safely operate it helps a great deal}. Whenever anything shows the slightest sign of needing maintenance (above and beyond the routine scheduled variety), it gets addressed.

When not out on the road on extended trips we camp every month, often more than once in any of the wonderful CG's to be found here in Arizona. By altering the elevation we are able to do so year round in complete comfort (the 35,000 BTU furnace does however get a workout during the winter). :W

We take our time, usually cruising 55 to no more than 65 and only on the interstates out of necessity. Our travel days are typically 4 to 6 hours, rarely longer than that. We start and end our days early and enjoy wherever we are even when just passing through. This country has so much to offer and we intend to continue enjoying it for as long as we are physically able.

:B

Our almost 7 year old Motorhome has been very good to us. With almost 29,000 miles, the only time we were left on the side of the road was a blowout last month.

We had a handful of minor issues repaired under warranty and one big issue repaired under warranty - a failed fuel pump on the Generator. Since then we had a handful of issues over the years, but nothing to get too excited about. Dollar wise, the most expensive issue was a failed IOTA converter that I replaced with a Progressive Dynamics PD9245.

Except for ball joints and tires, the E450 has needed nothing more than regular maintenance. We've been very happy with our Motorhome and expect to get many more years of happiness out of it.

-Michael

In 115,000 miles as fulltimers in our 2006 Tiffin Phaeton we experienced the the "thrill" of watching Phaeton Place go down the road on "the hook" one time. It occurred after we dropped the serpentine belt on our Cat7 on 1-12 east of Baton rouge LA last month. I can't complain, a LA State Trooper was on the side of the road with us in less than 20 minutes until the tow truck dispatched by Coach-Net arrived a hour later. It was discerning, but we got through it and were back on the road by 2PM the next afternoon.

Tom/Barb wrote:
We just made a 7200 mile trip with out a single problem worth talking about. Do proper maintenance at home and you'll not have to do it on the road. YEs I know stuff brakes.

Agree, a bit of maintenance goes a long way.

We just made a 7200 mile trip with out a single problem worth talking about. Do proper maintenance at home and you'll not have to do it on the road. YEs I know stuff brakes.