Monkeyrun wrote:
Those are all fine ideas, the roof, the roadside assistance etc. Going to print the comments and take with me ;-)
I found a 1999 American Dream 40' with 55K miles in Florida, what a beautiful looking coach that is. Quite a bit more unless I could negotiate it down. I know nothing about that brand.
The American coach line is a higher end product ( certainly comparable to the Tiffin units) and very well built with high end appliances. I would encourage you to strongly consider it if it meets your needs and the price is right.
As a side line, I think I remember you saying you needed to measure any coach you buy to be sure it fit in your 40' building. I believe any 40' unit is gong to be too long. My 38' Bus actually measured 39' 4" so I'd think any of the 40' units will be close to 41.5'-42' long. I think you can go to the Tiffin web site and pull up the spec's for their coaches although I don't know how far back you can go.
As far as height is concerned, my Bus had to have a certain amount of air in the bags before I could release the air emergency brake. AND, as long as the engine was running, the bags were being pumped up if they we below ~110 lbs. Due to this situation, I'm not sure you can dump half, or some of the air to lower the coach and then drive into/out of you building.
I feel like I'm throwing a ball bat into the spokes of your bike with my comments here and don't, in any way, want to dampen your enthusiasm for your MH purchase. My hopes are simply to head off any surprises that might cause you a major headache after you find your dream ( no pun intended on American Dream) coach. Best of luck, Ron
