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We Have Downsized - Latitude 28 - 08-24-2024

All,
As most of you know, we sold our beloved Newell due to a health scare I had last year.  Our travel plans and family commitments still require us to use an RV.  Our main concern is Doris would not drive the Newell as it is too intemidating.  We looked, at length, the B, B+, C, C+ and Super C offerings and at 6'6" tall concluded the headroom was an issue for me in those units.  We settled down to looking at 35' to 38' class A single rear axle for maneuverability.  Still loving the Newell quality feel the market gets pretty narrow.  We zeroed in on the 2001 to 2007 Wanderlodge, Foretravel and Country Coach with a mid 90s Prevost hankering as a possibility if the right unit came up.  Having said all this, we found a 2007  37' Country Coach Tribute that has 36,000 miles.  We took delivery at the beginning of this month and the first project was to do a Propane Refrigerator delete and install a residential fridge in its place.  Now that is done we are off on a three night short hop next week to get a feel for the coach.
   
   

RE: We Have Downsized - BusNit - 08-24-2024

Wow, that is beautiful! Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you guys and your beautiful coach Smile 36,000 miles? that is awesome!!

RE: We Have Downsized - Latitude 28 - 08-24-2024

(08-24-2024, 05:18 PM)BusNit Wrote:  Wow, that is beautiful! Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you guys and your beautiful coach Smile  36,000 miles? that is awesome!!

Thank you Simon!  Likewise we are looking forward to seeing you guys as well:-)

RE: We Have Downsized - [email protected] - 08-24-2024

(08-24-2024, 04:54 PM)Latitude 28 Wrote:  All,
As most of you know, we sold our beloved Newell due to a health scare I had last year.  Our travel plans and family commitments still require us to use an RV.  Our main concern is Doris would not drive the Newell as it is too intemidating.  We looked, at length, the B, B+, C, C+ and Super C offerings and at 6'6" tall concluded the headroom was an issue for me in those units.  We settled down to looking at 35' to 38' class A single rear axle for maneuverability.  Still loving the Newell quality feel the market gets pretty narrow.  We zeroed in on the 2001 to 2007 Wanderlodge, Foretravel and Country Coach with a mid 90s Prevost hankering as a possibility if the right unit came up.  Having said all this, we found a 2007  37' Country Coach Tribute that has 36,000 miles.  We took delivery at the beginning of this month and the first project was to do a Propane Refrigerator delete and install a residential fridge in its place.  Now that is done we are off on a three night short hop next week to get a feel for the coach.

Nice coach Steve, glad you found something that works for you. I did not know that Country Coach made a single axle short coach like that. But I have been living under a rock for a while now.. haha..

RE: We Have Downsized - Latitude 28 - 08-24-2024

(08-24-2024, 06:39 PM)[email protected] Wrote:  
(08-24-2024, 04:54 PM)Latitude 28 Wrote:  All,
As most of you know, we sold our beloved Newell due to a health scare I had last year.  Our travel plans and family commitments still require us to use an RV.  Our main concern is Doris would not drive the Newell as it is too intemidating.  We looked, at length, the B, B+, C, C+ and Super C offerings and at 6'6" tall concluded the headroom was an issue for me in those units.  We settled down to looking at 35' to 38' class A single rear axle for maneuverability.  Still loving the Newell quality feel the market gets pretty narrow.  We zeroed in on the 2001 to 2007 Wanderlodge, Foretravel and Country Coach with a mid 90s Prevost hankering as a possibility if the right unit came up.  Having said all this, we found a 2007  37' Country Coach Tribute that has 36,000 miles.  We took delivery at the beginning of this month and the first project was to do a Propane Refrigerator delete and install a residential fridge in its place.  Now that is done we are off on a three night short hop next week to get a feel for the coach.

Nice coach Steve, glad you found something that works for you. I did not know that Country Coach made a single axle short coach like that. But I have been living under a rock for a while now.. haha..

Thanks Jeff, I found a real nice CC that was 43' I did not have any luck in convincing Doris that was downsizing....ha!  On this model, CC built the house on a Dynamax chassis with an IFS.  It has a 57 degree turn angle along with the single axle makes it highly maneuverable.  We will get a nice work out with it next week and see!

RE: We Have Downsized - HoosierDaddy - 08-24-2024

Beautiful coach. ! CC would be on my list when/if downsizing is needed.

RE: We Have Downsized - Jack Houpe - 08-25-2024

Very nice Steve! You are coming to the No Rally Rally right? Steve M and I will be the black sheep of the Rally you might as well park next to us. Smile Will be great to see you again.

RE: We Have Downsized - Latitude 28 - 08-25-2024

(08-24-2024, 09:00 PM)HoosierDaddy Wrote:  Beautiful coach. ! CC would be on my list when/if downsizing is needed.

Thank you!  The Newell will sure spoil you....we are on a short trip this week to check things out and adjust our M.O.  Thinking on how we use a coach we think this will be a good fit for us at the stage in life.

RE: We Have Downsized - Latitude 28 - 08-25-2024

(08-25-2024, 02:48 AM)Jack Houpe Wrote:  Very nice Steve! You are coming to the No Rally Rally right? Steve M and I will be the black sheep of the Rally you might as well park next to us. Smile Will be great to see you again.

Thanks Jack,  We have a wedding to go to the week after the No Rally (using the coach) and a couple of Dr appointments during the week of the No Rally.  Timing is everything!  Would love to be in the "Black Sheep" line up with you guys:-)

RE: We Have Downsized - MrE - 08-25-2024

Congratulations on finding a better fit for your needs! My coach is single axel 40' and my wife wants something shorter... I wasn't familiar with the DynaMax chassis, but the internet likes it!
"Is a DynoMax chassis good?
Dynomax: A proprietary chassis of Country Coach began in 1998 after Gillig left the RV market. Semi-monocoque, all-welded all-steel construction, including suspension mounting and adjustment, all IFS. A premium chassis with excellent ride & handling."