Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 09, 2025 ...

Matt, don't give up as they say you kiss a lot of frogs before you fine the princess!!  when we had our sob coach we had gone to Houston for brother in law to get lung transplant.  While we were there (I had been looking at PPL inventory on line) we went to PPL to look at a Beaver, I really liked the floor plan and could deal with cat engine (not my favorite just me) but when DW opened the door to go inside the mold/mildew was so strong it would take your breath.So we kept looking-- we purchased ours from original owner about a year later in Alexandria Louisiana.  It has had some problems, but overall we really like the coach.  I have had to learn to keep my mouth shut--look at someone else's SOB that is nearly new and think there is no comparison to our FT.
Chris

Matt, Glad you found the right for you coach--that is how we feel about ours--now the fun begins.  Also, remember there will be times you will think it is a money pit, lol, but that too will pass.
Chris

I figured since I'm in nacogdoches anyway I might as well go see what motorhomes of Texas has for sale right? I looked at what they had up on the board and I I walked around going into various coaches from four travels to prevo to a country coach. Some of those things are monsters and I wouldn't want to drive them some of them were beat pretty bad. one to smell when I went in was so bad of mold and mildew I had to turn around and walk back out again. Well there was some really nice looking coaches in the end I came away with the fact that I'm happy with what I have and have no need to upgrade. Sure my coach is in perfect but it's perfect for me right now. the few things that really bother me about it are being addressed one by one and while I'm sure there will always be things that need addressing that's fine with me. I was really interested to see what a slide would do for the interior volume both in and out, and I was happy to see that my choice of no slide was correct for me. Also I really don't like the way the newer coaches are set up. They look like they're built for movie stars or millionaires, or people that are not like me.
so not really sure where I'm going with this other than to say that if you're sitting there wondering about maybe upgrading your coach think long and hard before you put down your money and take a hit on yours. If it's little things that can be fixed or repaired or bigger things that could be upgraded do if it makes you happy. If you have to have the newest and the greatest in the latest then we're on a different category and you won't understand where I'm coming from and I certainly wouldn't understand where you are. I was told before I bought this coach of mine that the 96 is through 2000s or 2001 for the best coaches made. And whether or not that's true or not I don't know for sure but I know that my 1999 is the best coach for me at least right now.
I'm sure there'll be a lot of opinions about this post. Go ahead and let me have it. I'm a big boy. If you really do want to trade your coach in though I would go to motorhomes of Texas before I would go somewhere else except for selling it myself on these forums. They do seem like they have a good operation and there's not any junk there. you can drive a little ways down the road to find that if you want.

Today I'm out picking up cans on the side of the road trying to help my bank account after leaving nacogdoches with a vacuum in my wallet.

I was at MOT Wednesday Thursday and a couple of hours Friday, and Xtreme over half a day Friday. wish I could have met anyone that was there. Today I'm out picking up cans on the side of the road trying to help my bank account after leaving nacogdoches with a vacuum in my wallet.



Keith

Thank you, amigo.  We have owned boats, so we know the score!

Matt B

Keith I'm sorry I missed you I don't hang out at Xtreme during the day. Up at 7:00 out by 8:00 not back until almost 5:00. During that time my coach is in the bays being repaired and there's no point in hanging around here. Usually you can find me at pecan acres Park either sitting in my car reading or eating or walking for hours and miles on the trails there. Then it's off to another Park in the afternoon for more the same. The motorhome of Texas trip was more because I was bored of sitting in my car and thought what the heck why not I'm here let's go take a look. When I walked into the door nice lady at the front said can I help you and I said probably not! But I'm just here to kick some tires while my coach is repaired. They were really okay with that which is smart on their part cuz you never know when I may be back looking.
Yeah he definitely do spend some money here and I'm hoping that it's money well spent. Time will tell. I really do believe though that the best way to get a good coach is to buy from someone who's well loved it for years. They may have an inflated sense of what it's worth and you may have to deal with that but other than that in my opinion it's the way to go. Motorhomes of Texas would be my second option and other RV dealers at distant last. It's like that with anything and especially boats. And boats and RVs are so much alike after owning both. They have different issues for sure but there are a lot of like too.

On a side note for everybody who's thinking about coming to Xtreme at some point to get work done on their coach, these guys work really hard they're here at 7:00 and sometimes not out of here till 6:00 p.m. at night but they are closed on Saturdays and Sundays so just be prepared for that.
Bob

5 or 6 years ago MOT I believe it was had a 88 ORED GV, it was a time capsule. It had blue trim and less than 20k miles on the clock, everything that came with it new was there. The blurb said " maintained with an open check book " and the photo's reflected it. $27,000 and in my mind worth every cent.

Keith, what all did you end up getting done ?  Did you have to replace your slide bladder ?