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Newer unit in WA state

Wondering if anyone in WA state has a rig with the knoedle drivers seat and villa passenger like the ones in the picture. Need to have the wife sit in them before dropping big bucks on the upgrade
1998 u320 3600 build 5200

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Reply #1 –
I can't say that I've sat on a Knoedler seat in a coach but I did find a dealer with these seats on the showroom floor and I can say that the seat is very well made and is a huge improvement over the Villa drivers seat that is in my coach now.  I'm seriously considering ordering a new seat because mine is terribly uncomfortable and has a broken spring.  The options on a new Knoedler seat are myriad and price runs the gamut.  I too would be interested in hearing from someone who has spent some time in one.
George Mann
2002 U320 #5934
2017 Rubicon
2013 BMW GS
Waterford MI

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Reply #2 –
Not in WA.  I love the seat that is in my2014 IH45.  I can drive all day.  I do not mess with any of the adjustments.  I love it just the way it is.  It has where you can raise it up with an air bag.  Most times I leave the seat with no air.  A number of people complain when they air the seat up and you take a big bump the seat will go up and then bottom out.  When you do not air it up you  do not have the sudden stop over a big bump.  While driving I do not really notice the difference between air in it or not.  You do notice it when you get in the seat with you weight it will sink down.  I have used the cool and heat only a few times.  Most times I forget that I can turn this on.

The passenger seat my wife hates. Since she has gotten a cushion that she sits on when riding shotgun I have not heard a complaint out of her.
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

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Reply #3 –
Not a fan of the air adjustable seats.
Sat in them during my time in the fire department bobbing up and down as we went down the city streets.  I would fill it up completely to  stop all the vertical movement.
Frank & Daisy
NO LONGER  "looking for the perfect Foretravel
36' or less non slide preferred."  She has been found and is ours.
2003 U320 36' non slide  Unit 6103
Cummins ISM 450
Allison 4000MH

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Reply #4 –
Vertical movement was a problem with the one I had also as the seat belt is constantly tightening up on you.  I left the air out.  Otherwise it was a comfortable seat.  Foretravels ride so smooth anyway, I wondered if they were needed.
Bill and Joyce, The House2 and Dashboard Pig III
2000 U320 4210 CAI (The House2)
Build # 5733
2019 F150 King Ranch FX4

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Reply #5 –
Guess I am not a connoisseur of the VERY EXPENSIVE seats touted here.
I have found our 1989 GV Flexsteel seats quite comfortable since we put long-haired sheepskin covers on them.
Although, I must admit that the most comfortable seats I have experienced were in our granddaughter's husband's Nissan pickup.
Couldn't believe how nice they felt even after a long ride. And this truck wasn't anywhere close to being new!!
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD
 

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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Bill B –
Vertical movement was a problem with the one I had also as the seat belt is constantly tightening up on you.  I left the air out.  Otherwise it was a comfortable seat.  Foretravels ride so smooth anyway, I wondered if they were needed.
They were not needed is correct.
Dub McBride 1996 270