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Picked up my re powered coach - wepaddle4 - 02-26-2015

My wife and I left WI this morning in a near blizzard.
Picked my coach this evening around 6.
The 8.3 cummins and 6 speed has much better acceleration than the 903.
Quieter, runs down the road nice.  
No more smoky blue clouds when it's idling; very happy.

We are camped at the Quaw Paw casino in Miami.
We're going to stop in for a factory tour in the morning.

Scott

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - Yachts - 02-26-2015

You know you can park at factory and have plugins.. Qua paw doesn't have any

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - wepaddle4 - 02-27-2015

We're plugged in, 50 amp service, free for the first three days.

Scott

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - Retro - 02-27-2015

Thats great Scott, I feel the same way about mine, how is it on fuel?
When I was at Newell last spring they were excited to see my repowered coach. Im sure they will like yours.

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - wepaddle4 - 02-27-2015

Great people at the factory.  We were there for almost 2 hours, nice tour, very friendly, took the paperwork to get our coach registered in the book, even though the only thing they could sell us was a t shirt and a hat.
I spent several hours by Mike today taking care of a few minor wiring issues and stripping the donor coach of a few items.
Power is good, not sure about fuel mileage yet, only put about 300 miles on so far.
It's been headwinds and pretty hilly on 44; lots of up hills at full boost.

Camping in Cuba Mo for tonight.  
Hope to make it home tomorrow before the snow rolls in.

Scott

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - Retro - 02-28-2015

Good luck and safe travels home Scott, hope you beat the snow!!
Let us know how the trip went!

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - wepaddle4 - 03-01-2015

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Made it home yesterday afternoon, dry roads all the way.

8 mpg, I can live with it based on the hills and bucking a headwind.  
I don't think taller gears would have helped, the egt's were near max and it dropped out of 6th a couple times on the hills.
The 903 would have been atrocious.  

We're headed to Mississippi at the end of March, I'll see how it is going downhill.


Scott

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - wepaddle4 - 03-01-2015

Couldn't attach more than one photo, not sure why.

Scott

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RE: Picked up my re powered coach - MrE - 03-01-2015

Thanks for the updates Scott! Looking forward to hearing more about your re-powered coach!

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