Count of Sprinter-based RV ownership by brand

Which Sprinter-based RV brand to you own?


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RailwayRog

2008 Freightliner 3500 RV
Picked up a used 2010 Coachmen Prism M240 (rear slide with queen bed), it's has the 2008 Freightliner 3500 chassis. 20K on odometer.
Needs all new tires, 20K and there shot, is this normal?
 

JohnP4216

Ausie Bloke
Bought a 2004 T1N 416 Duals, diff lock, Sprintshift, Windows down pass side, with 333,300km on clock that had been a Wide/Overload escort tender vehicle that had OH cupboards, a vertical wardrobe & 2 high mount beds. An extra approved 2 person seat with Lap belts (probably for the truck drivers to pub or digs). Added a kitchen & 12V frig in the drivers side sliding doorway space, watertank where the spare was. I pushed the 2 plywood bed bases together as 1 & tossed a Queen bed matress on top. Put a 16mm slide out table top under the bed ply. Shifted the seat to face the table. Rotated the Isri/MB suspension seats for 2 positions (forward & Lounge). Added a 4.5m side awning, LED lighting inside & out. Made flyscreens for all opening windows & doors (incl the barn doors at the back, Pass door & Drivers door windows). Rego only required a windscreen, front discs & rear shocks. Total rego & fit cost less than AU$2000.
Getting 10l to 100km's. Want any "how I did it" questions, contact me & I will start a thread to share. John
 

mrwallysprinter

2005 T1N 2500 158"
In 2005 I bought a new Dodge Cargo long wheelbase & converted it myself with solar panels charging 2 deep cycle batteries. I run a 7.0 cu.ft. 12/24V dc refrigerator and have a 2400 watt inverter which runs a small microwave oven plus my power tools when needed. Love it a lot but a little small so last week we bought a 2008 Winnebago Itasca Navion IQ. Looking at installing solar in it and will search the forum for ideas on the project. Will post my project as I figure out the details.
 

mrwallysprinter

2005 T1N 2500 158"
Picked up a used 2010 Coachmen Prism M240 (rear slide with queen bed), it's has the 2008 Freightliner 3500 chassis. 20K on odometer.
Needs all new tires, 20K and there shot, is this normal?
Just picked up a 2008 Navion IQ (rear slide 3500 chassis) with 27K miles. Owner had recently replaced the tires which made me wonder. I guess we are not going to get very good tire mileage.
 

NelsonSprinter

Former Nelson BC Sprinter
Just picked up a 2008 Navion IQ (rear slide 3500 chassis) with 27K miles. Owner had recently replaced the tires which made me wonder. I guess we are not going to get very good tire mileage.
All tires have a 6-7 year expiration from decomposition, it's not just the tread wear that is a safety issue, some states will impound a vehicle for having 8yr old tires on the road IIRC
 

israndy

2007 LTV Serenity
last week we bought a 2008 Winnebago Itasca Navion IQ. Looking at installing solar in it and will search the forum for ideas on the project.
The Navion is a great unit for solar. Be sure to get one of those controllers that uses a shunt to measure how full the battery is, or buy a separate battery monitor. I have the Blue Sky 3000i and the Xantrex Link Lite. Probably get a couple of 160s on the roof of that thing. I know the folks at AM Solar have a REALLY nice 100 watt panel now, but for not twice the price you get not twice the wattage in a package only a few more inches each direction. Without the big overcab bed to block the wind I went with 200 watts of the peel and stick flexible panels. They are flush so have no impact on wind resistance, though the extra 50 watts I had over the A/C unit blew off, so perhaps a little wind resistance. Having rigid panels allows them to be mounted a few inches above the surface so cooling air can get under and bring down the temps, solar HATES heat, drops the output, though not as much as shade does. Also if the panels are offset they block the sun from heating the RV directly under them.

-Randy
 
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synergy_58

2009 Navion and 2015 Crew
Navion - Blue Moon.
Full body paint, diesel generator, 24J model...Love everything about it EXCEPT...
1. The bed has to have some major adjusting, to find the right comfort level.
2. Itasca...Winny, whatever...used poor quality, thin steel panels to rigid up the insides of the fiberglass surrounds...they RUST easily and must be maintained vigorously! Also, there are a few other metal pieces in the undercarriage area that gets rust abuse, but those seem to be a normal wear and tear age thing.

This thing is the BOMB :bounce:



Otherwise...NO OTHER COMPLAINTS!!!!! LOVE IT!
 

nvestysly

Looking for
I voted Airstream even though we don't own one (yet). As I mentioned in my introduction thread we're looking for an Interstate with twin beds.


Thor makes Sprinter RVs? Oh, right, they own Airstream...

-Randy
Not sure what they're referring to but I think Thor makes some B+ models on the Sprinter chassis.
 

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