2000 Holiday Rambler Endeavor opions.

[Hotwheelbill]

From one side of the board to the other for me.
Now looking at a 2000 Holiday Rambler Endeavor with Cat. motor. 84k miles. 4 yr old tires. NO RUST. clean. electric awning. All window awnings. Super slide. Some other extras. 32700 out the door.

[Hotwheelbill]

Passed on this as it has some oil leaks , more WAT than pics show, pet hair, need of roof reseal, and just ....did not feel right. Seller was a IN. dealer in FL.......
Selling out of a FL, storage lot.
Long story, but I did not feel good about it all.

...............Looking............

[mike_brez]

Ivylog wrote:
Could not tell what brand of tires but at a little less than four years old you should be good to go if they are a major brand. If I had any doubts about one of the tires I would probably put two new Hankooks on the front and put one on the roof as a spare (255 & 275/70/22.5 is not a very common tire).

Hmmmm we are running 275/70/22.5 didn't know they were not very common.

[JimM68]

thanks for the info Fred, I was for sure not one of those few.

[fcooper]

JimM68 wrote:
Endeavor was always a Monaco roadmaster rr8r chassis, good stuff.
It was the early knight/ambassador that had the ill fated rr4r chassis (also a roadmaster, not a freightliner)

endeavor is a good and solid coach.

Jim, I'll have to disagree with"Endeavor was always a Monaco roadmaster rr8r chassis, good stuff.", as my Endeavor is on a 4 air bag Freightliner Chassis. I think they used up the last of the Freightliner chassis in 2000 or early 2001. Very few folks are aware of the Endeavor being on the Freightliner chassis.

Fred

[Ivylog]

As usual Brett is correct as it's on a Freightliner... that's what it says in one of the pictures. No he did not remove a link but I cannot find it any more on Ebay. May have sold... hope he's the one who bought it as he had negotiated a price from the dealer in Ft Myers.
fcooper, I hate it when people think I'm just a pretty face.:W

[wolfe10]

I was not aware that Roadmaster/Endeavour used any Caterpillar engines in that time frame.

Check, but I suspect it is on a Freightliner chassis.

[JimM68]

Endeavor was always a Monaco roadmaster rr8r chassis, good stuff.
It was the early knight/ambassador that had the ill fated rr4r chassis (also a roadmaster, not a freightliner)

endeavor is a good and solid coach.

[lj2654]

I thought the same thing and had to read again fcooper! Price seems inline to me. I looked at a few similar during my search for a DP.

[fcooper]

I think IVYLOG has some magic powers to find the motorhome listing, or maybe the OP removed the link?

Anyway, the 2000 HR Endeavor is a good unit. If the unit has the onan 7.5 quiet diesel with very little use, it may still be vulnerable to the exploding magnet problem. Onan had a bad batch of parts in the 1999 - 2001 era, and simply extended the warranty to the original owner only. My repair cost over $4,000 (yea...they saw me coming and thought I had deep pockets).

The chassis may be a Freightliner or a Monaco built chassis. The Freightliner (which my coach has) is a 4 air bag chassis that has been very reliable. Somewhere during 2000 or early 2001, Monaco stopped building on the Freightliner chassis, and began using their own chassis. I think the Monaco chassis is as good or maybe better but I have no experience with that.

If you get this unit and have other questions, I'll be happy to help.

Fred

[Ivylog]

Nice looking rig and while twice as much as previous one, but less than half the miles. At 84K miles the Cat 3126 is OK and the right number of miles for 14 years. I like the wood instead of carpet/tile, a desk, and a newer TV. Could not tell what brand of tires but at a little less than four years old you should be good to go if they are a major brand. If I had any doubts about one of the tires I would probably put two new Hankooks on the front and put one on the roof as a spare (255 & 275/70/22.5 is not a very common tire). The generator does not have a lot of use and the inside looks like it was not lived in full time.
The price when compared to Monaco Diplomat's (much the same and more of them) looks good enough. This is not a fixer upper and should give you many years of enjoyment.