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Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #25 –
Welcome nice coach👍
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #26 –
Lovely coach, great exterior and a lovely interior, we bought our 99, 36' in April, have already put 6000 miles on it and enjoy heading out every minute we get a break from work.
Hope you enjoy yours as much as we are enjoying ours.
We are heading to Nag at the end of the week for a headlight conversion, restricting, changing out interior colors etc.
we love the solid ride and the shorter rigs are so much easier in some of the older campgrounds.
Have fun, we have used the forum extensively and everyone has been a great help.
Have you applied for the fuel card?
David
David & Emma Roche
Dino (Golden Doodle)
1999 U270 WTFE 36' Build # 5534
Xtreme "Lights, Stripes & Roof"
Motorcade# 18321
Dayton, Ohio
Towd: Jeep Grand Cherokee
Two Townie Electra Bikes

Life is made to enjoy, the Foretravel helps!

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #27 –
We had looked at that coach before it was sold. And I quote; my wife said if ever there was a coach built for her that was the one. Just beautiful. Congratulations. Nice coach. Just curious did you ever get it weighed? Was curious on how heavy it was.
Scott and Kim

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #28 –
I'll second the question about the weight.  I'm curious.

jk
Jack and Cathy
1992 U280 Unihome 36' Build #4034
Cummins 8.3 /  Allison MT647/ PacBrake
Apopka, FL / Barre Center, NY

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #29 –
I'm curious also as to what the weight of the front axle is and what tire pressure is being run.

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #30 –
I also looked at Country Coach and Dutch Star before going with Foretravel. 1998 U270 36' is our ride; forum and factory support were two key factors in final decision. The company of "owners" on the forum are amazing.
1998 36 foot U270 Build No. 5328 WTFE, 900 watts solar, Victron controller, B2B, bat monitor, 600 AMPH lithium with 2018 Chevy Colorado toad, SKP #110239, Motorcade #17781, 2021 Escape 17B for when Coach is broken down and campsites are too small, retired and full-timer since Dec. 2020. Part of RV family since 1963.

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #31 –
Hi Everyone,

Some how right after we bought the coach work got really busy.

On the weight, we have not been able to go out and get it weighed yet. I did discuss this with the prior owner.

Counters were solid surface originally so this should be similar weight. Backsplash is probably additional weight.
Flooring originally was probably a mix of carpet up front with tile in the kitchen and bath. So it is the additional weight of replacing the carpet . Granite tile vs ceramic might also be a bit heavier (I just read granite 23 lbs/sq ft vs ceramic tile 21 lbs/sq ft).
The shower was solid surface and a glass door originally so this should be similar weight.
Replacing the desk and chair with a small sofa is probably about equivalent.

Without measuring the amount of new granite tile, I would guess that maybe 1500 lbs have been added but it definitely would be good to get it weighed. Most of the weight addition would be on the front axle. We aren't full time so we aren't overly loaded with belongings.
Bruce & Linda
2004 U295, Build # 6268, ISL400 CAPS
2016 Ford Explorer Sport or 1985 Jeep CJ7

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #32 –
Beautiful coach.  Welcome to the club!
Donnie, Elaine & Harley
1995 U280 Unihome 36'
Coach Build 4680
2006 Saturn Vue
Previous coach 1998 U270 34'
 

Re: New owners of 2004 U295

Reply #33 –
Quote from: hdff –
Be sure to call Beverly at Foretravel and join the Foretravel motorcade club and get "your" numbers to go on the front.. we just got home from the grandvention, there were over 60 coaches there... pretty impressive and met a lot of nice people!
Keith

I believe we were # 83 getting there and I was told they were still a few more that had not made it yet.
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