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.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?
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 IIRCJust 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.
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.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.
Not sure what they're referring to but I think Thor makes some B+ models on the Sprinter chassis.Thor makes Sprinter RVs? Oh, right, they own Airstream...
-Randy