Nice looking coach and congratulations on the upgrade. When you were taking about the slide you said they were powered by air instead of hydraulics. The Prevost installed slides are powered (moved) by a very large electric motor. Air is used to inflate the slide seal and to extend/retract the slide pins. The slide pins only lock when the slide is retracted, not when extended. I can tell you are going to love this coach.
You have a great bus. It will give you many years of travels. We purchased an 06 M450 Lxi Wanderlodge in 2019 Currently doing some upgrades. You are correct about more miles in a day. At 63 I did 650 so far in a day. Good luck. Look forward to your future travels.
Covid turned me into a bus nut, a fan of kyle at Bourder Coach, all the different converters and even keep up with them on Facebook groups so you got my like and subscribe. look forward to your Prevost adventures and I can already tell I'll learn a lot more about their maintenance and up keep from your channel. Best of luck to you and the family. There's nothing like a Prevost!
Appreciate the kind words! Yes, Kyle and Bordur coach are good folks. We've been wanting to make this move for a while, and are looking forward to it. I spent the day working on the bus and there will be more videos coming.
Congratulations on your new purchase, I have an 04 Prevost ex Hemphill Bros coach w/ almost the same floorplan. I’ve had mine since 2012, the Series 60 is rock solid . It does get expensive for maintenance, you just need to stay on top of items…however it is night and day versus a regular rv in terms of comfort. Congratulations again and good luck, nice shop by the way
Congrats on the upgrade. You are correct about being able to put more miles in a day on a commercial bus as compared to other RV's. We have an MCI bus that was done my Bruce coach up here in Canada, & prefer to drive it than my pick up truck which we flat tow behind the bus. I have enjoyed your previous videos with the upgrades you did to the other RV. Can't wait to see what you do with this one. Cheers!
Lived in many Prevost's as a roadie for some bands. The kid with the top bunk will be getting the best sleep of their life while over the road. Rocks me to sleep up there. lol
Thanks for the great video - and I love your Prevost choice…. The interior is much simpler as you mentioned - and I like that too!! There are probably less problems with simplicity. Luckily you can do most repairs yourself- as I would have to learn also….or I could never afford to own a Prevost. I’m always looking for a used Prevost… and the Series 60 engine is a definite huge plus!! Save travels - and thanks again!!!
Glad it was helpful! I definitely think the Series 60 is the way to go but the 2-strokes offer a good value. I’ve got more videos coming so stay tuned!
Great video. Been watching a tonne of these and this is exactly the setup I am looking for. Bunk (double setup is okay), tv position, a washer dryer in the position of the other bunk, full shower, and queen bed. Anyone see something like this, please comment. Question is, would you move up in year or anything else unpractical you would want to change? Hoping you're well.
Good questions. I'm happy with the year I have. I would prefer a 14L Detroit, but not one new enough to have EGR and the other emissions equipment on it. However I do like the updated front end which mine has (looking at a normal 2001, you can see the difference). I definitely am glad to have an IFS, and supposedly the first few years of the IFS were harder. So I think the only thing I'd want to change that's impractical is the engine, and there's really nothing wrong with mine. I suppose I would like to have Jake Brakes.
Congrats, that’s a gorgeous coach, it will last a lifetime if cared for properly. I have a safety suggestion, that 20lb propane tank in you storage bay is a bomb waiting to go off, it’s so close to those inverters that could easily be an ignition source. Not being critical, only concerned for you and your family. Safe travels
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought about the propane being in the same compartment as the inverters, and that could present an ignition source if a leak occurs. I’ll look at alternate locations. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@TedsGarage The propane tank cannot be in a fully enclosed compartment. Usually they are permanently installed and the bay bottom is either open or expanded metal. DOT requirement.
So let me tell you speaking from experience and having done my front air bags on my 06 H3-45 when you think the air fitting is tight on the top of the air bags go at least one if not two more turns if you don’t want your coach leaking down every night. I could not believe how tight I had to get them anyway just a little advice from a fellow Prevost enthusiast.
I got the scoop off of eBay. Take measurements of the area for your air inlet and then look around, there are a lot of different options out there - you'll just need to search and measure until you find one that fits.
Congrats on your new ride ! Great review ! Look forward to your new vids & mods on it. Ck out Camp Prevost youtuber mods on his electrical upgrades with Lithium LG4 batteries/Victron system/By passes/Solar etc.
Nice rig!! I just found your channel and I like what I see I am curious what does a rig like that go for you didn't mention that. I have a 2012 Georgetown motorhome and I too like to do all the work on it myself I have a hard time trusting these RV shops to do the work. Looking forward to more videos on your new bus.
Thanks! There are many more videos coming. I didn’t include the price intentionally - there’s a lot of variation in what a Prevost is going to cost. However several people have asked this so I may do a video in the future discussing what the variables are. Compared to a standard purpose built RV you’ll be spending more/going older to trade up to a Prevost, but you get more for it. It’s absolutely an enormous upgrade for us. Most of my upcoming videos are discussing the work I did/am doing on it and will include ongoing repairs and upgrades.
Good morning Ted, can you tell me what Sony AV units are in the coach?We recently purchased a production DP and the the TV's were upgraded they removed the AV reciever. Thank you
The units in my coach are Sony STR-DH590s. They aren't RV specific and not something I'd had any familiarity with before. Overall I find they work well. On my previous RV, I simply installed a sound bar setup for both front and rear. This was simpler to do and overall I think a better solution. The Sony units work but they'll automatically switch sources and that can get a bit annoying. Plus they do take up a lot of shelf space. The good part is that they have outputs for standard speakers, so if you already have speakers wired in your RV this could be a good solution. Sound quality is good, but no AM/FM built-in natively.
It did come with Bridgestones all around, and yes they’re 365s on the steer and tag. Apparently they were available with a commercial program the previous owner had. I’ve since replaced the drive tires with super singles (also Bridgestones), which I’ll cover in an upcoming video but I’m very happy with.
Finding air leaks is still ongoing. I replaced the push to connect fittings behind the dash going to the air gauges and that helped, I found another push to connect fitting just forward of the drive axle that was leaking and I replaced all the air bags and the push to connect fittings on those. It’s all helped a ton but my air compressor is passing oil and the governor is leaking, so those are next. I’m expecting a fairly constant game of whack-a-mole with it given how many air fittings there are.
Great video! I will subscribe and follow your journey. I should have waited and bought a used Prevost rather than my troublesom 2023 Phaeton. Just wondering what fuel mileage you gor on the long trip home??? At least no DEF to worry about.
Thanks and hope you enjoy my upcoming videos! I’ve got several in the works on the Prevost. My mileage coming home ended up averaging out to 6.8 with the cruise set at 75 most of the time, and slower when required. I’ll get a better picture on mileage as I drive it more.
29:31 Love watching your videos. I currently have been in a 2000 Monaco Diplomat and have followed your conversions and maintenance from your last RV since the Holiday Rambler part of the Monaco family. Have had mine for 10 years. Love the Prevost. I have wanted to get a Prevost also but Cost is always a killer. If you don’t mind me asking what kind of price was for your Prevost. .. Would love to see videos of you driving it and detailing wind experiences from your last Rv. I have done a lot of chassis mods to my rr8r, (safety plus, Koni shocks,trw steer, rear cross braces, air tabs). Still get pushed hard in wind at 65. Looking at Monaco watts front end next and possible front and rear sway bars. All of which costs a lot of money so trying to decipher which one to get next. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated. I spin my own wrenches a little bit, but don’t have indoor storage. Have to grease front seals, not sure on the process yet because truck shops want $1200 to do it. Love the video looking forward to the driving part comparisons,
I'm glad that you've been enjoying my videos and that they've helped you. I'd rather not go into the cost of this bus, but Prevosts in decent condition are going to be a significant increase vs. a similar era RV like yours and my previous Endeavor. I'll add a driving video of the Prevost to my list of videos to make on it, thanks for the suggestion. The next items I would suggest for you are AirTabs and the sway bars. I'm not sure if you've watched my videos on those, but those did make significant improvements (especially my DIY rear sway bar, but that also takes welding and a decent bit of fabrication albeit cheap to do). However I will also tell you that, even with everything I did, there are still times where 60-65 was as fast as I could go simply due to how much wind buffeting I was getting bouncing the bus around. If you're fine with a 40' and willing to go to an 8V92 instead of the Series 60 (which comes with a fuel economy penalty) and get rid of slides, the early 90s Prevosts offer a good value if you want to upgrade. However for us 45' was a requirement as was a Series 60. The 2-strokes are harder to keep cool and they do come with a significant fuel economy penalty. Also of course an older bus is going to be an older bus, you'll have another ~10 years of aging on everything. I will say I walked through a few non-slide Prevosts and I was surprised how much more space they had vs. my Endeavor slides in.
Thank you. It is so great that you replied so quickly which I appreciate and shows that you are a good man of character. I have watched all of your videos on your last motorhome. Yes I have installed the air tabs . Source engineering sells a rear sway bar and front sway bar for the Monaco. Can hardly wait to see more of your Prevost videos now. 7:54
This has 98k miles on it. I’d rather not share the cost on it, Prevosts have a wide variety of costs depending on the specifics of the unit (age, slides, conversion status, etc) and so you have to look at each of them individually. They tend to be a bit more unique than standard RVs in that regard because of the variety in their builds.
Thank you very much for answering Ted. I do understand what you are saying with regard to options and so on. These have always been my favorite as they just seen more classy and better built. I will need to do my research but thanks for the review of the one you purchased.
I can definitely say they're better built and higher quality. There's a lot of variety to choose from in terms of options and conversions. It makes choosing hard, but when you find the right one, you'll know it.
Don’t get me wrong but the person who bought it from they didn’t do a very good inspection before they sold it to you. I think I know who you got it from. I’ve been talking to them about one.
I bought it from Premium Coach Group in Arizona, who was selling it on behalf of Bordur Coach. I'm still happy with the bus and we're glad we bought it. It's also a 22 year old, complex vehicle and so I don't expect it to be new and perfect, we knew what we were buying. The custom work I had Bordur do I'm happy with and is definitely better than it would've been if we'd done it ourselves. That said, there are a lot of things on there that were missed, not properly taken care of/vetted, or otherwise not addressed. I've got other videos that I'm working on that will be coming on this, including an "Everything wrong with my Prevost" video, so stay tuned for those to be coming in future weeks.
Nice looking coach and congratulations on the upgrade.
When you were taking about the slide you said they were powered by air instead of hydraulics. The Prevost installed slides are powered (moved) by a very large electric motor. Air is used to inflate the slide seal and to extend/retract the slide pins.
The slide pins only lock when the slide is retracted, not when extended.
I can tell you are going to love this coach.
You have a great bus. It will give you many years of travels. We purchased an 06 M450 Lxi Wanderlodge in 2019 Currently doing some upgrades. You are correct about more miles in a day. At 63 I did 650 so far in a day. Good luck. Look forward to your future travels.
Covid turned me into a bus nut, a fan of kyle at Bourder Coach, all the different converters and even keep up with them on Facebook groups so you got my like and subscribe. look forward to your Prevost adventures and I can already tell I'll learn a lot more about their maintenance and up keep from your channel. Best of luck to you and the family. There's nothing like a Prevost!
Appreciate the kind words! Yes, Kyle and Bordur coach are good folks. We've been wanting to make this move for a while, and are looking forward to it. I spent the day working on the bus and there will be more videos coming.
Congratulations on your new purchase, I have an 04 Prevost ex Hemphill Bros coach w/ almost the same floorplan. I’ve had mine since 2012, the Series 60 is rock solid . It does get expensive for maintenance, you just need to stay on top of items…however it is night and day versus a regular rv in terms of comfort. Congratulations again and good luck, nice shop by the way
you have an amazing shop...will serve you well!
Bought my Prevost in 2021...what true steel horse
Awesome vehicle, it should last many years of trouble free trips. Very good video, thanks.
Congrats on the upgrade. You are correct about being able to put more miles in a day on a commercial bus as compared to other RV's. We have an MCI bus that was done my Bruce coach up here in Canada, & prefer to drive it than my pick up truck which we flat tow behind the bus. I have enjoyed your previous videos with the upgrades you did to the other RV. Can't wait to see what you do with this one. Cheers!
Lived in many Prevost's as a roadie for some bands. The kid with the top bunk will be getting the best sleep of their life while over the road. Rocks me to sleep up there. lol
Ted....wow, just wow. Beautiful. Congratulations!
Thank you!
WOW this is amazing please make more videos❤❤❤❤
More videos coming!
Congratulations beautiful bus
Congratulations.
A tremendous upgrade!
Thank you! We're very happy and excited.
Ted i hope you got all the asbuilt dwgs for this rig . Enjoy 🇺🇸
Congrats!! Beautiful Coach!!
I agree on drinking water through the bus system if not full time. We use a Burkee water filter system on the counter for drinking water and ice.
Another great video, I know a lot more about Prevosts than I did before. You could almost fit your Cobra in that front bay...
Looking good Ted, nice upgrade
Thanks for the great video - and I love your Prevost choice…. The interior is much simpler as you mentioned - and I like that too!! There are probably less problems with simplicity. Luckily you can do most repairs yourself- as I would have to learn also….or I could never afford to own a Prevost. I’m always looking for a used Prevost… and the Series 60 engine is a definite huge plus!!
Save travels - and thanks again!!!
Glad it was helpful! I definitely think the Series 60 is the way to go but the 2-strokes offer a good value. I’ve got more videos coming so stay tuned!
Probably the only way I’ll get into a Prevost is the 8V92….. I do believe that’s also a great engine….👍
@@thomash681 Nothing wrong with an 8V92! Still great engines and plenty of them still on the road.
Sweet Coach!
Great video. Been watching a tonne of these and this is exactly the setup I am looking for. Bunk (double setup is okay), tv position, a washer dryer in the position of the other bunk, full shower, and queen bed. Anyone see something like this, please comment. Question is, would you move up in year or anything else unpractical you would want to change? Hoping you're well.
Good questions. I'm happy with the year I have. I would prefer a 14L Detroit, but not one new enough to have EGR and the other emissions equipment on it. However I do like the updated front end which mine has (looking at a normal 2001, you can see the difference).
I definitely am glad to have an IFS, and supposedly the first few years of the IFS were harder. So I think the only thing I'd want to change that's impractical is the engine, and there's really nothing wrong with mine.
I suppose I would like to have Jake Brakes.
Congrats, that’s a gorgeous coach, it will last a lifetime if cared for properly.
I have a safety suggestion, that 20lb propane tank in you storage bay is a bomb waiting to go off, it’s so close to those inverters that could easily be an ignition source. Not being critical, only concerned for you and your family.
Safe travels
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought about the propane being in the same compartment as the inverters, and that could present an ignition source if a leak occurs. I’ll look at alternate locations. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@TedsGarage The propane tank cannot be in a fully enclosed compartment. Usually they are permanently installed and the bay bottom is either open or expanded metal. DOT requirement.
Was always my goal.
Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Look forward to future videos!!
Quick question-was wondering were there any delamination issues on your Prevost??
Thanks! I haven't found any delamination issues on it at this point.
So let me tell you speaking from experience and having done my front air bags on my 06 H3-45 when you think the air fitting is tight on the top of the air bags go at least one if not two more turns if you don’t want your coach leaking down every night. I could not believe how tight I had to get them anyway just a little advice from a fellow Prevost enthusiast.
Cool ,neat coach. Where did you get your air intake scoop on your HR? Would like one like that for my fleetwood.
I got the scoop off of eBay. Take measurements of the area for your air inlet and then look around, there are a lot of different options out there - you'll just need to search and measure until you find one that fits.
Congrats on your new ride ! Great review ! Look forward to your new vids & mods on it. Ck out Camp Prevost youtuber mods on his electrical upgrades with Lithium LG4 batteries/Victron system/By passes/Solar etc.
Thanks! I’ll check out the Camp Prevost channel, I’m starting to think about my solar array for this.
Nice rig!! I just found your channel and I like what I see I am curious what does a rig like that go for you didn't mention that. I have a 2012 Georgetown motorhome and I too like to do all the work on it myself I have a hard time trusting these RV shops to do the work. Looking forward to more videos on your new bus.
Thanks! There are many more videos coming. I didn’t include the price intentionally - there’s a lot of variation in what a Prevost is going to cost. However several people have asked this so I may do a video in the future discussing what the variables are. Compared to a standard purpose built RV you’ll be spending more/going older to trade up to a Prevost, but you get more for it. It’s absolutely an enormous upgrade for us.
Most of my upcoming videos are discussing the work I did/am doing on it and will include ongoing repairs and upgrades.
Good morning Ted, can you tell me what Sony AV units are in the coach?We recently purchased a production DP and the the TV's were upgraded they removed the AV reciever.
Thank you
The units in my coach are Sony STR-DH590s. They aren't RV specific and not something I'd had any familiarity with before. Overall I find they work well.
On my previous RV, I simply installed a sound bar setup for both front and rear. This was simpler to do and overall I think a better solution. The Sony units work but they'll automatically switch sources and that can get a bit annoying. Plus they do take up a lot of shelf space. The good part is that they have outputs for standard speakers, so if you already have speakers wired in your RV this could be a good solution. Sound quality is good, but no AM/FM built-in natively.
Awesome
What tires are you running? It looks like the fronts and tags are Bridgestones, but I didn't think they made a 365
It did come with Bridgestones all around, and yes they’re 365s on the steer and tag. Apparently they were available with a commercial program the previous owner had. I’ve since replaced the drive tires with super singles (also Bridgestones), which I’ll cover in an upcoming video but I’m very happy with.
@tedsgarage were you able to find and fix more air leaks? If so, where were the leaks?
Finding air leaks is still ongoing. I replaced the push to connect fittings behind the dash going to the air gauges and that helped, I found another push to connect fitting just forward of the drive axle that was leaking and I replaced all the air bags and the push to connect fittings on those. It’s all helped a ton but my air compressor is passing oil and the governor is leaking, so those are next.
I’m expecting a fairly constant game of whack-a-mole with it given how many air fittings there are.
@@TedsGarage hopefully no slide out air seals are leaking 🤞
You bought it from a dealer and it immediately had airbag/air leaks and U-joint problems. Did you pay for a pre-delivery check?
Great video! I will subscribe and follow your journey. I should have waited and bought a used Prevost rather than my troublesom 2023 Phaeton. Just wondering what fuel mileage you gor on the long trip home??? At least no DEF to worry about.
Thanks and hope you enjoy my upcoming videos! I’ve got several in the works on the Prevost.
My mileage coming home ended up averaging out to 6.8 with the cruise set at 75 most of the time, and slower when required. I’ll get a better picture on mileage as I drive it more.
29:31 Love watching your videos. I currently have been in a 2000 Monaco Diplomat and have followed your conversions and maintenance from your last RV since the Holiday Rambler part of the Monaco family. Have had mine for 10 years. Love the Prevost. I have wanted to get a Prevost also but Cost is always a killer. If you don’t mind me asking what kind of price was for your Prevost. .. Would love to see videos of you driving it and detailing wind experiences from your last Rv. I have done a lot of chassis mods to my rr8r, (safety plus, Koni shocks,trw steer, rear cross braces, air tabs). Still get pushed hard in wind at 65. Looking at Monaco watts front end next and possible front and rear sway bars. All of which costs a lot of money so trying to decipher which one to get next. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated. I spin my own wrenches a little bit, but don’t have indoor storage. Have to grease front seals, not sure on the process yet because truck shops want $1200 to do it. Love the video looking forward to the driving part comparisons,
I'm glad that you've been enjoying my videos and that they've helped you. I'd rather not go into the cost of this bus, but Prevosts in decent condition are going to be a significant increase vs. a similar era RV like yours and my previous Endeavor. I'll add a driving video of the Prevost to my list of videos to make on it, thanks for the suggestion.
The next items I would suggest for you are AirTabs and the sway bars. I'm not sure if you've watched my videos on those, but those did make significant improvements (especially my DIY rear sway bar, but that also takes welding and a decent bit of fabrication albeit cheap to do). However I will also tell you that, even with everything I did, there are still times where 60-65 was as fast as I could go simply due to how much wind buffeting I was getting bouncing the bus around.
If you're fine with a 40' and willing to go to an 8V92 instead of the Series 60 (which comes with a fuel economy penalty) and get rid of slides, the early 90s Prevosts offer a good value if you want to upgrade. However for us 45' was a requirement as was a Series 60. The 2-strokes are harder to keep cool and they do come with a significant fuel economy penalty. Also of course an older bus is going to be an older bus, you'll have another ~10 years of aging on everything. I will say I walked through a few non-slide Prevosts and I was surprised how much more space they had vs. my Endeavor slides in.
Thank you. It is so great that you replied so quickly which I appreciate and shows that you are a good man of character. I have watched all of your videos on your last motorhome. Yes I have installed the air tabs . Source engineering sells a rear sway bar and front sway bar for the Monaco. Can hardly wait to see more of your Prevost videos now.
7:54
Looks like a $250k coach
where do you get your parts
Mostly direct from Prevost.
Tell me how much you paid for it and the name of the company you bought it from through don’t care. Thank you for the video Kentucky.
Hello Ted i may have missed the cost and mileage on this unit. Can you share?
This has 98k miles on it. I’d rather not share the cost on it, Prevosts have a wide variety of costs depending on the specifics of the unit (age, slides, conversion status, etc) and so you have to look at each of them individually. They tend to be a bit more unique than standard RVs in that regard because of the variety in their builds.
Thank you very much for answering Ted. I do understand what you are saying with regard to options and so on. These have always been my favorite as they just seen more classy and better built. I will need to do my research but thanks for the review of the one you purchased.
I can definitely say they're better built and higher quality. There's a lot of variety to choose from in terms of options and conversions. It makes choosing hard, but when you find the right one, you'll know it.
Don’t get me wrong but the person who bought it from they didn’t do a very good inspection before they sold it to you. I think I know who you got it from. I’ve been talking to them about one.
I bought it from Premium Coach Group in Arizona, who was selling it on behalf of Bordur Coach.
I'm still happy with the bus and we're glad we bought it. It's also a 22 year old, complex vehicle and so I don't expect it to be new and perfect, we knew what we were buying. The custom work I had Bordur do I'm happy with and is definitely better than it would've been if we'd done it ourselves. That said, there are a lot of things on there that were missed, not properly taken care of/vetted, or otherwise not addressed. I've got other videos that I'm working on that will be coming on this, including an "Everything wrong with my Prevost" video, so stay tuned for those to be coming in future weeks.
Less is more.