Host Everest vs the Eagle Cap 1165
As I age I am looking at upgrading my Eagle Cap 1160 with either a Host Everest with its dual access to the bed area, triple seat sofa and tray accessed external storage or the EC 1165 with it's wide...
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From several trips to the factory due to the sliding door design (which is now fixed), I saw several mammoths under construction.
Things I know:
I did not see a vacuum system in use; I did see a large pinch style system.
The frame is all aluminum, welded together, foam blocks between the framing, luan/fiberglass outside, paneling inside with the wall paper already attached (btw, if it gets too damaged, they cannot repair it properly..) pinched/glued/laminated together.
They build from the basement up, floor, hang walls, build up the front cabover, place roof, place slides.
Roof is TPO type material, with a very thin 1/4" plywood sheet.
The slides are also wrapped totally with roofing material. Top, bottom and sides, so no water penetration.
In the Mammoth/Everest, the water tank is at the front basement bulk head, the grey is behind it, giving almost 6+ ft of storage in the basement. The grey dump valve is inside in the basement near the grey tank (cannot freeze that way). Adding water also shifts the center of gravity forward and places more weight on the front axle (and of course, the rear axle)
All plumbing is pex (red/blue) based with the crimp style connections. The gas line is copper except for the slide flex connections.
There is a city water fill in the generator compartment that is open to the elements, along with a shower system (which I changed from shower to pluggable spray system). The furnace dumps heat near a 8"x8" cut out in the basement to keep it from freezing in that area.
The battery compartment is sized for 2ea 6v batteries. 2ea Group 29 batteries will not fit (I tried.)
Things I know:
I did not see a vacuum system in use; I did see a large pinch style system.
The frame is all aluminum, welded together, foam blocks between the framing, luan/fiberglass outside, paneling inside with the wall paper already attached (btw, if it gets too damaged, they cannot repair it properly..) pinched/glued/laminated together.
They build from the basement up, floor, hang walls, build up the front cabover, place roof, place slides.
Roof is TPO type material, with a very thin 1/4" plywood sheet.
The slides are also wrapped totally with roofing material. Top, bottom and sides, so no water penetration.
In the Mammoth/Everest, the water tank is at the front basement bulk head, the grey is behind it, giving almost 6+ ft of storage in the basement. The grey dump valve is inside in the basement near the grey tank (cannot freeze that way). Adding water also shifts the center of gravity forward and places more weight on the front axle (and of course, the rear axle)
All plumbing is pex (red/blue) based with the crimp style connections. The gas line is copper except for the slide flex connections.
There is a city water fill in the generator compartment that is open to the elements, along with a shower system (which I changed from shower to pluggable spray system). The furnace dumps heat near a 8"x8" cut out in the basement to keep it from freezing in that area.
The battery compartment is sized for 2ea 6v batteries. 2ea Group 29 batteries will not fit (I tried.)
