The big boy class A's

I just stumbled across this and I think it relates well to a question I have about Prevost. Why are they so expensive??? I know the short answer to that question is "because people will pay that price", but what is the primary difference between a Prevost and something like a Newmar or Tiffin that costs $100's of thousands less?

I realize fit a finish can really start piling on costs, but is there something inherently different about the engine/transmission/etc on a Prevost which adds to the cost? Please bear in mind that I'm not much of a gearhead, so any explanations about engine related components will need to be dumbed down to elementary school levels.;)

JTHarley wrote:

Bigdog wrote:
Sure they're cool to look at, but I really don't feel out of place in my '01 Tradewinds LTC when I'm parking next to one. The one that I liked was my neighbor at Oasis in Vegas that had sold his 1.8M Prevost to his best friend for 1.5M and was waiting to take delivery on his new 45' Dynamax quad slide.I asked him why and he said that the Prevost actually had some things he didn't like and also, the Dynamax had a 40K tow rate and his cargo trailer weighed in at 25K.
I have also stayed at Pacific in Newport and you can stay there if you meet certain standards and there are spaces available.

That is so funny…..I sold my 45' Dynamax with quad slides for my prevost. The Dynamax Grand Sport Ultra was an amazing machine and I really liked it but my wife was not crazy about the "truck" drive and feel compared to the prevost. Amazing as it may seem, even though the dynamax is a $500K coach there where many resorts that turned me away because it wasn't a class A…..oh well, there was always someone right down the road willing to take my cash…….LOL

I'm pretty sure the Prevosts have a 20,000 lb. tow rating. It really is hard to find anything more unless you go to a truck type motorhome (ie: The Dynamax). Prevosts are made mainly for passenger transportation and to put on lots of road miles. Transforming them into a motorhomes is their 2nd duty and the focus is not to carry a large trailer, that's not what they are made for.

MM.

Bigdog wrote:
Sure they're cool to look at, but I really don't feel out of place in my '01 Tradewinds LTC when I'm parking next to one. The one that I liked was my neighbor at Oasis in Vegas that had sold his 1.8M Prevost to his best friend for 1.5M and was waiting to take delivery on his new 45' Dynamax quad slide.I asked him why and he said that the Prevost actually had some things he didn't like and also, the Dynamax had a 40K tow rate and his cargo trailer weighed in at 25K.
I have also stayed at Pacific in Newport and you can stay there if you meet certain standards and there are spaces available.

That is so funny…..I sold my 45' Dynamax with quad slides for my prevost. The Dynamax Grand Sport Ultra was an amazing machine and I really liked it but my wife was not crazy about the "truck" drive and feel compared to the prevost. Amazing as it may seem, even though the dynamax is a $500K coach there where many resorts that turned me away because it wasn't a class A…..oh well, there was always someone right down the road willing to take my cash…….LOL

Sure they're cool to look at, but I really don't feel out of place in my '01 Tradewinds LTC when I'm parking next to one. The one that I liked was my neighbor at Oasis in Vegas that had sold his 1.8M Prevost to his best friend for 1.5M and was waiting to take delivery on his new 45' Dynamax quad slide.I asked him why and he said that the Prevost actually had some things he didn't like and also, the Dynamax had a 40K tow rate and his cargo trailer weighed in at 25K.
I have also stayed at Pacific in Newport and you can stay there if you meet certain standards and there are spaces available.

Effy wrote:
Stayed at a class a resort in lauderdale last year and it was nothing but prevosts. Must have been 50 or more. A majority Canadian. We must have looked like the groundskeepers in our tiny little mh.

Must have Been Aztec Resort..I stayed there in March and I felt like a pauper in my 40' Phaeton. What a beautiful resort though with some REALLY nice coaches

My prevost has such large capacities (fresh, grey, black) and a big bank of batteries that unless we find campgrounds that are easy in and out while traveling we are just as comfortable staying at rest areas, wal marts or truck stops traveling to our destinations…..I can easily go 10 days with full tanks before we need to find water and a dump. I'll admit it, I like "resort" campgrounds that cater to big rigs and not just the one's that "say" they do. Many people in our prevost club worked our way up to a Prevost. I've had 7 coaches since we started the lifestyle. Started with a B+….Went to a C….then a super C….then my winnebago journey…..then a winnebago vectra….my last coach was a 45' Dynamax truck conversion and now my prevost.

We own a site at Bryn Mawr in St. Augustine which is a campground that allows everything from Pop ups to prevosts and I love the fact that there is such a diverse crowd of campers……fact is we all LOVE camping and are just doing it at various levels of comfort. If you want to see a bunch of prevost coaches just find out where they rally and you can see dozens and dozens of them from 20-30 year old classics to the newest with the latest and greatest. There in lies the difference between the prevosts, newell, foretravel coaches. They are built like tanks and can easily run for 30 years + with regular maintenance. The house portion on these coaches are built to last as long as the million mile plus chassis.

Executive wrote:
They just had a big rally in Alabama.....We are on Hilton Head Island and there are probably 10 in here.....Dennis

Must be your magnetic personality Dennis! :B :B

And have witnessed folks having a campfire in a Walmart parking lot and they did not think they had any problems.

koda55 wrote:
We stay at Walmarts and run our genny all night long. We have never had any problems. We also stay at truck stops and run it all night there.

Thanks for asking, right now we're in dry camping at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. There are several Prevost and Newell coaches here.

J-Rooster wrote:

smlranger wrote:
We saw one in Newport, OR and several at Mountain Falls RV Resort in Lake Toxaway, NC. OH, and saw a bunch at the Marathon factory in Coburg, OR.

X-2, I stayed at a upscale RV Resort in Newport, Oregon in 1999 the RV Resort had a short "irons only" golf course. I can't remember the name of the RV Resort, but the RV Staff stuck me in the middle of the Millionaires Row. I had the only coach there that was under 1/2 million dollars. There was at least a dozen of these high end coaches there. If I'm not mistaken all the RV Spaces were For Sale or where owned and rented out? The RV Resort was high bank waterfront property.

Rooster: That resort you are talking about is Pacific Shores MotorCoach. I agree that most of the coaches there are Prevosts and Newells. Every once in a while you will see lower brand coaches, but not too often.

I stay across 101 at Whalers Rest for free. LOL!