Safari Sahara 3044, 300hp Cat
Today I came across a 1998 Safari Sahara 3044, with Cat 300 hp engine that looks very good. We’ve been looking at 36 to 40-foot motorhomes, but his little 32-foot model would seem to work very we...
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We love our 35' Sahara. No rocking at this length. There are 2 different suspension options for the Magnum chassis Ellipti-Ride and Velvet Ride. There have been complaints about the Velvet Ride (BF Goodrich's torsion bar suspension) but there are after market fixes for the ride and ride height.
In general these are well built coaches and are not like the paper bag buses being built today. Interior fit and finish are good. We bought ours last year and I spent 6 weeks this spring whipping it into shape. I did a few upgrades and found a few things that needed fixing in the process.
1. There was a loose plate in the wheel well under the shower. Should be an access panel in the bedroom to get under the shower. Road dirt/water got up under the shower and made a mess. Sucked out all the goo, reattached the plate with self tapping screws and spray foamed the top of the plate under the shower.
2. The shower door was off kilter. You fix this by loosening the wall frame and pull the walls back into shape.
3. I saw some evidence of critters. I found a hole where all the water piping goes from the wet bay into the coach. I spray foamed the hole.
4. The heater control (a cable from the control to the valve up front) was broken at both ends. I replaced it with an electronic one from www.thermotion.com.
In general these are well built coaches and are not like the paper bag buses being built today. Interior fit and finish are good. We bought ours last year and I spent 6 weeks this spring whipping it into shape. I did a few upgrades and found a few things that needed fixing in the process.
1. There was a loose plate in the wheel well under the shower. Should be an access panel in the bedroom to get under the shower. Road dirt/water got up under the shower and made a mess. Sucked out all the goo, reattached the plate with self tapping screws and spray foamed the top of the plate under the shower.
2. The shower door was off kilter. You fix this by loosening the wall frame and pull the walls back into shape.
3. I saw some evidence of critters. I found a hole where all the water piping goes from the wet bay into the coach. I spray foamed the hole.
4. The heater control (a cable from the control to the valve up front) was broken at both ends. I replaced it with an electronic one from www.thermotion.com.
