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May 01, 2018

Thoughts/advice on 2008 Fleetwood Providence 39V

Sort of poking around and thinking about upgrading from our Sightseer 35J with bunkbeds to a DP since the kids really don't go with us much any more.

I came across this 2008 Fleetwood Providence 39V which intrigues me. I've been doing some looking around and appears the most common problems are with the leveling jacks and early on some slide issues.

It has 40,639 miles, a Cat C7 350 HP and sits on a Freightliner chassis.

Are there other issues for this era Fleetwood? I do belive this was about the time that they went belly up, but I'm not sure that matters much now.

Thanks for any thoughts you have.

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13 Replies

Y-Guy
Moderator
May 01, 2018
Belgique, thanks and yes I do recall talking about our 35j's!
Belgique
Explorer
May 01, 2018
Ironic because we traded our '08 35J for an '07 Fleetwood Discovery 40X, which is similar to the 39V. We love our 40X. We've had no problems with the jacks once we learned to be careful and follow the manual. Or slides. There is no comparison to the 35J, which we loved BTW. The 40X fell into our lap at a great price so we couldn't pass it up. So happy we did.

PM me if you want more commentary. I think you and I PM'd years ago about our 35J's.

On Edit: BTW, the electric jacks and slide motors are just like the ones on our 35J's. So, you are ahead of the game!
Ivylog
Explorer III
May 01, 2018
Full wall slide and no counter space in the kitchen...NEXT.