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Reply #75 –
Quote from: Old phart phred –
Love the floor plan, the diesel Genny and all of the basement storage.

OPP,
I think that is the same floor plan as Bill Chaplin has, and he really likes his floorplan.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Foretravel Motorhomes with 20 or more years of service

Reply #76 –
Definition of an Antique Vehicle in Tennessee
Under the strict antique license plates rules, your vehicle will be classified as antique if it is more than 25 years old without any changes to its body and engine. Aside from this, your vehicle must be used for travel to and from tours, exhibits, parades or other events of public interest. If a vehicle is considered an antique, it may be used for general transportation on Saturday and Sunday only, or any day if it is used for the purposes of selling, testing or repairs.

Travel the country on weekends only?

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Reply #77 –
Quote from: Travelin' Man –
Definition of an Antique Vehicle in Tennessee
Under the strict antique license plates rules, your vehicle will be classified as antique if it is more than 25 years old without any changes to its body and engine. Aside from this, your vehicle must be used for travel to and from tours, exhibits, parades or other events of public interest. If a vehicle is considered an antique, it may be used for general transportation on Saturday and Sunday only, or any day if it is used for the purposes of selling, testing or repairs.

Travel the country on weekends only?

Man I am always testing mine.. just to see what its boundaries are for the day.. keeps me busy.

Re: Foretravel Motorhomes with 20 or more years of service

Reply #78 –
Quote from: jor –
Damn, that's some loyalty! I wouldn't go that far. There are some good coaches out there without the Foretravel monicker.
jor
Ok. Take your good 2014 coach and drive it down some of the most god awful Mexican roads 25 years from now and tell me how it did.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.

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Reply #79 –
My 1st coach was a 1981 Foretravel Travco with a 3208 Cat. It was all I could afford back in 2003 but I full timed in it for 10 years and sold it fo 5K more than I paid for it. I've been in this 1993 U225 since then and, like others have said here, I wouldn't trade it for any 2014 model. It has 86,000 miles on it and it needs nothing. I installed solar panels, a charge controller and inverter when I bought it. Since then I put new tires on it, replaced the speedometer, the microwave and the Onan voltage regulator. This coach gets 9.2 mpg and will outlive me.
1993 U225 Build #: 4285
500 Watts Solar
Honda CRV AWD
Former 1981 Foretravel Travco
Retired, Full Time Off Grid Snowbird

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Reply #80 –
I still think the GVs in '93/'94/'95 were the best, not only from my experience, but from other owners like Slim. With the heavy CAT, the only modification that needs to be done is the upgrade to a heavier torsilastic suspension (which our boy Brett figured out) . Goodrich is long gone, but I've heard of a aftermarket firm that makes the upgrade. The U225s have the same suspension, but, I believe a upgrade is not needed.  I'm sure we'd all be interested if any of you have dealt with them.  Sulastic. ONE TORSILASTIC SPRING 4" x 4" X 36 3/4"
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
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                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

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Reply #81 –
Hey new at this site and new at the Rv thing!  just Purchased a 1993 Foretravel Gran Villa it has a Detriot 92 Series and a Allison Transmission.  5 days ago  have any knowledge on this?  28,282 miles on it.. has been sitting for two years!  tried to drive it home  a (don shift light on) trans wont shift passed first gear and she is Smoking white what kind of cord do i need to connect it up to have power and where do i connect it?

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Reply #82 –
Bob McGrath the Foretravel salesman for many years and who owned Encore coaches in Nac commented  to me he was looking for a 97-99 U320 for himself a few years ago.  He had sold his last in stock coach and regretted it later
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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Reply #83 –
Mike,I see those springs on Ebay all the time,just search Foretravel.
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.

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Reply #84 –
We have a 95 u280 unihome ( the best model and year that fore travel produced in my opinion)
It has the 8.3 cummins and just turned 200k miles
We specifically searched for this year and model
It runs like a top
In the last 2 years we have put 20k miles on
But one of the biggest benefits of owning a fore travel is access to the wealth of info on this forum
Issues arise when you rv no matter which manufacturer or year but with a fore travel they are less stressful because of the experience and willingness to share knowledge on this site
Nothing but a fore travel for us
Donnie, Elaine & Harley
1995 U280 Unihome 36'
Coach Build 4680
2006 Saturn Vue
Previous coach 1998 U270 34'

Re: Foretravel Motorhomes with 20 or more years of service

Reply #85 –
This seems to be the 'magic time' :
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'