Coffee Grinder wrote:
Anybody have any opinions on the Itaska Horizon DP 38โ
Coffee Grinder,
Well, not the same year but, the same coach. Ours is an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the CAT C-7 330HP. We've owned it now for about 6+ years and, while I've done quite a bit of repair/issues corrections, I consider it a very nice coach. ANY coach is going to have issues. Some less, some more. While there are some that are not happy with Freightliner chassis's, I think they're just great. Ours has performed flawlessly.
I don't know if there was/has been any construction changes in the body side but, ours has held up real well in it's 13 years and, 81,000 miles. And that's pretty darn good considering many of those 81,000 miles have been on some of U.S.A.'s most terrible roads and freeways. Heck, after driving through Michigan, I'm surprised I still have a pair of windshields.
Back when ours was built, Winne and Itasca used HWH for it's leveling and slide operations. Hydraulics can have issues but, for the most part, ours has done well. I did have to rebuild a bedroom slide ram twice. The CAT C-7 is a great engine. We just finished a 6,500 mile trip and, it performed flawlessly and that was with pulling 6,700 lbs of GMC 1500 toad which was carrying an '08 Honda GL 1800 Goldwing. We averaged about 7.5 mpg. That coach doesn't move an inch without one of our toads.
If that '08 you're looking at, is anywhere near built the same as ours and, has been taken care of, I'd have zero issues with that purchase.
Scott
