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Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #50 –
Maybe we look a bit smug... and, after all, brand-specific forums tend to have a lot of self-congratulations for those who made the "right choice". Still... I can't help but think that quality of RVs has changed for the worse. Lots of glitz and surface posh but not a lot beyond that. The last RV show we went to had the newest and biggest including Tiffin and we kept saying that the best RVs at the show were the Airstream travel trailers.

Not only do the motor homes and 5ers look top-heavy but they're underpowered in terms of horsepower-to-weight ratio in comparison to the 1990s and early 2000s. And engine-room access looks mighty difficult. All they had was apartment-sized floor plans.

The guy who installed my thermostat had never seen a Foretravel before (they are pretty rare out here after all) and he was very impressed. Especially when he found out it was 21 years old.

So maybe I am a little smug. :P

Craig





1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."

Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #51 –
The marine community looks very, very favorably upon anything built by Herreshoff, and all of his boats are antiques by now.
That's the main thing about these Foretravels. Built rather like yachts.
Jay
1989 U280 SE, 36', 3208T Cat, build 3292

Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #52 –
Quote from: Tim Fiedler –
Piku

Get a small UPS (Uninterruptible power source) from Best buy - and plug into your outlet and plug your DVR into it - viola no reset (if you want you can add your TV, but I opt for the smallest one that will support my DVR - TV resets in seconds, not so my DVR) Â I only use mine when boon docking at NASCAR.

Yes, I know there is parasitic draw but worth it to me since I have GEN on auto start and don't want a 3 minute or so reboot when the device kicks over.

Actually thought that before I had to replace a transfer switch, the original kicked over with no delay and no reboot. Memory, first thing to go...

I actually have 2 rather large UPS's that i used to have installed in my winnebago.  One is now under my desk and the other is in the bedroom.  The current plan is to remove the tv circuit from the breaker panel and hard wire the tv circuit.  The idea is sound, we'll just have to see how good my implementation is hehe

The transfer switch is odd.  When it's switching between one of the power sources (generator or a/c I can't remember) the transfer is instant and there are no resets.  But the other source there is a delay and everything resets.

Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #53 –
I considered some wanderlodges in the 30-35' range. But they were just too damn heavy! Right around 40,000lb!

Foretravel and hatteras yachts have a lot in common...including the fact neither currently manufactures what made them great "back in the day".
1998 U270 34'

Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #54 –
Quote from: twobus –
The marine community looks very, very favorably upon anything built by Herreshoff, and all of his boats are antiques by now.
That's the main thing about these Foretravels. Built rather like yachts.

True, but per N.H, they are built from "frozen snot."  A carvel planked and calked ft would be a sight to see.
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS

Re: How old is to old to purchase a DP

Reply #55 –
Ours has little carved-wood barnacles here and there. Probably as close as we're gonna get!
Jay
1989 U280 SE, 36', 3208T Cat, build 3292