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Yes, not only a great reputation, but great tire covers. I have six of the new ones that have the open center so the rims of the wheels are visible. There are pics on the web site.

I too have AGM coach batteries. No problems yet...second coach with them. However, you must have the correct charger. Re Brett and his boats, in my last sailboat, a Catalina 320, I had two 4D 12v wet cell. They were "okay" but lots more trouble than the AGMs.

The Dutch Star is not in the same class as the King Aire, Essex or Heritage. In fact, Newmar does not place it in their "Luxury Motor Coach" section... it is in the "Diesel MC" section. http://www.newmarcorp.com/

Bite the bullet and get the AGMs. Truly a set up and forget battery, plus no bad gases. Just be sure your charger is set up for AGMs.

When I had my blowout, as stated above, it took many hours to find a 295/80R22.5....and it wasn't $750...it was $800!

But don't take your fire arms.

One deceiving point regarding number of views is the number of times the same person has viewed it. This is post number 83. If the thread has received five posts a day, that means it's been a topic for about 17 days...which means I've been counted as a viewer 17 times. Herman makes a good point about the gas vs diesel...my coach holds 50+ quarts and it takes 41/42 at change time. I change oil in my other vehicles...not this one.

For sure!

There is absolutely no standardization on these beasts.

Can't go wrong with OEM. I spent many hours trying to find a basic oil filter for my DD 500. The filter part number is a dozen numbers long and I could find many filters very very close, maybe off by a number or two...and they all looked "right." I finally tracked down a DD tech who told me it must be the exact number...period. After many hours, I finally found a Freightliner dealer who sold OEM filters...got a couple. I had a Cummins ISL prior to the DD...Cummins filters are everywhere!!

The inverter does not charge the batteries...the charger does. Therefore, unless you have one switch that controls both functions, you do not need the inverter on. I have two sets of switches...charger on/off and inverter on/off. The charger is on all the time, the inverter is turned on when we need to to "invert" something.

There are very few mid entry DPs on the market.

I called Magnum this morning and asked the tech this question. Bottom line is it makes no difference...leave it on or off until you need it. The only thing she emphasized was that it should not be left on when in storage. If the power should go off and the inverter start working, eventually it would run down the batteries. I leave mine off, until we need it.

2009 Allegiance 40X...FYI, that dealer is no longer in business.

Also, the diesel burner will not work if the fuel in the main tank is lower than a certain point.

I'm following an interesting discussion on another forum re the subject. Some say "on" never turn it off. Others say "off" never turn it on (except to use it). I don't see why you would leave it on and subject it to all that wear and tear for nothing. On the other hand, I can see leaving it on if traveling or if expecting to lose shore power. What's the consensus here?

Can't help you much with your problem, however, the inverter does not charge anything. You have an inverter/charger...the charger seems to be the problem, not the inverter.

I travel with three separate security systems. One each in the front, by the bed and in the rear. The disadvantage is that they only work when the coach is occupied. The bad guy/gal won't know about them until he/she hears the racking of the slide or sees a red dot on his/her chest.

Did you make a request to take your coach to the factory? I had a serious issue with the factory missing some welds under the front end. The first guy at the factory I talked to said it was out of warranty, so I was out of luck. However, I kept after them and talked to another employee. After I very briefly explained the problem (part of the problem was that the dealer knew about it when he sold it to us, but did not mention it)...he said "you need to bring that coach here, so we can fix it." Which I did, dropped it off, picked it up fully repaired in two weeks. They even reimbursed me for 1,500 miles worth of diesel fuel.

This may be a dumb question, but are you sure the sewer pipe coming out from the tank will not swivel? I thought I had the same problem you do, until I was told that plastic end piece will swivel. It only swivels side to side (side of coach to side of coach) it will not swivel longitudinally (front to back of coach). Once I discovered it would move...it is right over the outlet hole in the floor.

We have a nice very user friendly group here...unlike some forums. If you don't value or like somebody else's opinion...that's fine and your prerogative. But kindly refrain from making inane comments of no value.

Old aviation rule, when using your check list and get interrupted, start the checklist over from the beginning.

Carl...seems to me if you get a mid to high quality coach, you'll get a good chassis and enough engine. The problems are with the lower or entry level coaches.

Couldn't make this one, where is next year's?

We like to stay a day or two after rallys are over. It's quite a parade watching everybody leave.