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01-05-2010, 14:34
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potential owner information
we have a 40' 89 widebody -- we will be at Alamo Lake (about 70 mi
from Quartzite) until the end of April. You are more than welcome to come see our Bird. We full-time and are volunteering at the lake for the winter. Jana and Mike Ewart On 1/5/10, Peter/Beth Sanderson > Rob Robinson...thank you for the kind invitation regarding Quartzite. > unfortunately we won't be through there until the 2nd Feb or so. we have > grandchildren birthday parties to get past this next two weeks before we can > leave. will you still be there? > > Peter Sanderson > Comox Valley, BC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob Robinson > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:19 AM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: potential owner information > > > > Peter and Beth come to Quartzsite and see all the birds you want. Don > Bradner gave you the link in his post that will provide you with all the > info. You won't be disappointed. We've owned a bird for over five years now > and fulltime. My wife Sue and I are from Victoria BC. Come over to Q and > we'll introduce you to some very nice folks > > > > 2010/1/4 xz3kg7 > > > Hi Peter and Beth, > > i bought an 87fc35 3-4 years ago. it is the 300hp 3208 turbo. i read > about every post on here i could find before i bought it. i've put about > 30,000 miles on mine since i bought it... so it gets pretty good use and > reliability has been good too (although you need to be mechanically minded > for an older bird like these). > > i have been very happy. i get around 8mpg at 65-70. for my use, i was > also very happy i got the turbo. i often pull a boat, and travel in > mountains. the turbo makes a big difference. based on what i've read also, > the cat gets a lot better gas mileage than the two stroke detroit diesels. > the DDs do have more hp, but they appear to get maybe 60% of the fuel > mileage that the cats do. > > i'm a little over 6' and don't have a problem with headroom. my 6'4" > friends can't quite stand straight up. > > the people on here are GREAT. read as many of the posts as you can about > different questions you have. that helped me greatly when i made the > decision to buy. > > if you haven't had a diesel like one of these you will need some time > orienting. they have A LOT of switches and dials. i was very fortunate to > have another bird owner (Jay Darst), that gave up two long days to help me > get acclimated with mine when i flew to Illinois to pick it up. but now i > can't imagine going to one of the "simpleton" (forgive me) motorhomes that > have 4 dials and a few switches. > > feel free to email me any questions you have about my experiences with > my 87FC35. > > Alan Johnson > alan.johnson@... > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "sandersonpb" > wrote: > > > > We are new to the wanderlodge family, looking for a used 35 ft coach > from the 80's and trying to find basic information. I have looked through > the sites I think but cannot find information about headroom. I am 6ft and > my son is 6ft 2. > > > > At a cruising speed of 55/60 mph will these 3208s make 8-9 mpg? > > > > What are resources I am not finding that would be good for > information? > > > > We will be in Yuma for month of Feb and in California for month of > March so can visit around if we know where to go. We will be using our Class > C motorhome so you can see that we are in a major upgrade mode. > > > > Peter and Beth Sanderson > > Comox Valley BC > > > > > > > > > -- > Rob, Sue and Joey Robinson > 94 WLWB > > > -- Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 144:15) |
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