Considering a Foretravel ih-45.

You will find much to Foretravels consternation at time the foreforums is very honest and straight. A dog is a dog. I have friends who own them and the comments are the nicest and quietest motorhome I have ever driven but with the least storage. He bought his off the lot. The ones who are saying it hey have the storage designed theirs from the ground up. One former owner who just passed away even measured his folded shirts so the cabinets and drawers were big enough. One way to talk to the owners who own one is to go to the factory and take a tour. They always have one or two in for service or remods. They buy it off the shelf and have it changed out before they take possession of it. Most of the new IH owners are not former FT owners though there are someand I have not seen any on here.

John S. wrote:
There are less then 100 of them out there. The IH is a new beast.

Now you're getting the picture.

As I wrote, I'm interested in learning about the ih-45, from actual owners.

mike brez wrote:
Nothing to offer...but what a nice Moho. Never really looked at one until now. IH-45

That's how they strike me too.

I'm not really interested in any comments less than candid - the brand-specific forums in most cases will not allow candid ownership depictions/comments about their brand.

Other than a trek through the Hudson River Valley to visit an old friend on the coast of Maine, I won't be travelling the eastern half of the Country - especially not the turnpikes.

Nothing to offer...but what a nice Moho. Never really looked at one until now. IH-45

You hit the nail on the head. I think that you can shave an inch or two off it with different choices of AC or sat systems. That is why I suggested the Phenix. It is the same and about 6-7 inches shorter. I think the shortest the IH can be is 13'3" which is fine. Depends on what you want on top. It us the sat dish that pushes it up a bit.

John S. wrote:
There are less then 100 of them out there. The IH is a new beast. We have looked at it closely and decided when we upgrade we will go with the Phenix as it is shorter. The IH is 13'6" and the Phenix is less but built the same way. the key it is floor plan you want as a specific but a Phenix is just shorter and has the raised slide floor. They increased the height of the IH to have flat slide floors the rest is the same in construction. There are a number of owners who have ordered one but they take 6 months to build and they only tooled it up a few years ago. You will have a hard time finding them on here but maybe one will chime in.

John, the bridges on the turnpikes in the northeast are set at 13'6". I think our new coach is 13'3". Our current is 12'11".

SRJ, if a new IH-45 is that tall, I think I would reconsider it as you couldn't use it on the turnpikes.

MM.

There are less then 100 of them out there. The IH is a new beast. We have looked at it closely and decided when we upgrade we will go with the Phenix as it is shorter. The IH is 13'6" and the Phenix is less but built the same way. the key it is floor plan you want as a specific but a Phenix is just shorter and has the raised slide floor. They increased the height of the IH to have flat slide floors the rest is the same in construction. There are a number of owners who have ordered one but they take 6 months to build and they only tooled it up a few years ago. You will have a hard time finding them on here but maybe one will chime in.

John S. wrote:
Well there are a couple FT owners on here and 2833 owners on the forum over there. In fact since I have been RVing so long I find I do not come here as often as my questions are usually brand specific and I get the answer over there right away. It is all owner driven and we pay what we choose too and that just started as people demanded to have a way to pay.

I'm only looking for ih-45 owners. The thousands of other than ih-45 Foretravel owners cannot help with the ownership of an ih-45 questions. Thanks!

Well there are a couple FT owners on here and 2833 owners on the forum over there. In fact since I have been RVing so long I find I do not come here as often as my questions are usually brand specific and I get the answer over there right away. It is all owner driven and we pay what we choose too and that just started as people demanded to have a way to pay.

Have not owned one but have owned three Foretravels. The new IH is the best one produced. The fun thing us that they are so well built that we just remodel and keep going. I am on my second remodel and I have 156000 miles on it. There was a FT in just ahead of me with 376,000 miles and one owner. If you want to start with a clean sheet and design your own coach that us a great platform. Flat floor thruout. The foreforum.com will get you more info but they only came out with it a few years ago there are many more GV and U series and Phenix owners on there. That is a testament to the durability of the coach. I see as many 91s- 93s in service as I see newer coaches. My 2001 U320 was top of the line when I bought it. It now has a residential fridge and induction stove and is all electric. I pulled the propane tank and have room for two more 8ds but I only put one in for 4 total. This is a 13 year old coach and it is quiet and not a squeak or rattle.