I know someone who has a diesel 38' Elite, and another owner of a gas version that caught fire while climbing a mountain.
Don't know much about them, but they do look like it was top of the line back in 1985 when his was new. The gas one was replaced with a Country Coach, a REALLY nice unit.
Do you have a gas or diesel version?
The deisel one my buddy has - it is equipped with a 6,000 watt LP gas generator that used liquid propane, so it ran through the tank pretty fast when dry camping and running the A/C.
I have owned my 97 RV since it was new, and only referred to the owners manual a dozen times, for things like how many gallons of water the radiator can hold, or where to locate the fuse on a certain item. Really it is overrated. I could have figured out everything without it, and it took more time to look up the things that just figuring it out another way.
Good luck, and have fun camping!
Fred.
Money can't buy happiness but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a
Porsche or Country Coach!
If there's a WILL, I want to be in it!
I havn't been everywhere, but it's on my list.
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