a few quick BB questions

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "George Witt"
<mrdonut12@...> wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
> wrote:
> >
>
> Bruce,
> You just really don't understand overkill, do you? :o)
> I swear, some of the Blue Bird Engineers must have worked on
the
> space shuttle, they have so many backup systems.
> If you have 3 and lose one, it's not a trip-interrupting event.
> You also get to have separate temperature controls for
different
> areas.
> Mine has the motor driven generator, I took it out and put in a
> Xantex invertor/charger. The motor driven unit was the best
> technology available at the time. Many owners update things with
that
> in mind on the updates, going to the best available when the update
is
> done.
> Blue Bird's engineering motto was: If some is good, more is
> better. ;o)
> My '81 is still an engineering marvel 25 years later and has
many
> features even new "other brands" don't have.
> We had a little get-together here and had 5 Birds show up. We
> all gave tours of our coaches and wowed the group with the cool
> features each one had. It's just amazing to see what they put in
> these things.
> The one thing that stands out to me from a design standpoint is
> that it all makes sense and whoever designed these things must have
> used them a lot to come up with the neat ideas they had.
> One of my favorites is the ladder to the roof. The top bars go
> over 5 feet onto the roof. This lets you get horizontal safely
before
> you hang one leg down searching for that first step on the ladder.
> Every other ladder I've seen makes you try to find that step
> while precariously perched almost upright with little to hang onto.
> The more Birds you look at, the more awed you'll be by the
design.
>
> George Witt
> 81 FC 35
> Lincoln, Nebraska
>
>
> > Why do the older FC's have a 12.5 KW generator? Our Bounder DP
has a
> > 7.5 and it sure seems adequate. Why do they use the powerline
gen. as
> > well? Did all the FC's use the motor driven gen. or was it an
option?
> > Why do many BB's have 3 A/C's? Most coaches use 2 and I have
never
> > needed more. I just know that BB had a good reason for more.
> >
> > Thanks: Bruce
> >

Question? why did they install a telephone in the bathroom? Was it in
case the door got jamed and you couldn't open it from the inside?


Jon Lechich
1978 Wanderlodge
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