Looking at older coaches
So I am looking to upgrade from a fifth wheel to a diesel pusher. I used to drive tour busses for bands, and know how nice it is to travel like that. I am still a young guy (early 40's) so this is not...
Forum Discussion
mike brez wrote:If the Foretravel company website has this problem listed, I haven't seen it, and I've never heard of it. I didn't say it didn't exist.TechWriter wrote:Skid Row Joe wrote:TechWriter wrote:Skid Row Joe wrote:
I'm not aware of any "bulkhead separation." In fact, I've never heard of this in 30+ years. Can you provide some evidence here to back up your assertions?
Bulkhead Separation
Is that a Foretravel document? It looks like a private owner's blog.
Yes, this is Barry Brideau's blog. The site is a resource for Foretravel owners.
If you had taken the time you investigate more, you would have found this link to a Mark Harvey letter about inspecting for bulkhead separation. Mark Harvey is the Service Director of Foretravel of Texas.
It is a well documented problem in those years. For someone pushing buying a foretravel I'm surprised you have never heard of it. Do a search on the foretravel forum if you don't think it's true. I believe the 2002s had a real bad zipper cracking on the rear caps running from the roof all the way down the side. We looked at a few of them and they have problems like any other coach.
As JohnS. from Virginia states, there's a fix on this, so, I have to wonder why all the panic, and what the motivation would be to make much ado about nothing here?
Foretravel is at the top of the heap in fiberglass, and the Unibody monocoque construction. If anything, far, far superior to the frame 'n rails framing the cheaper units employ.
