09-13-2012, 05:40 PM
Hello from SW Missouri. I was pointed to this forum by someone on the Wanderlodge owners' forum, and thought I'd introduce myself.
We're a bit over two years from retirement, and between now and then we intend to purchase a DP to use as a full-time coach. We've done our homework (we think) and have settled on an older high quality coach. Newells have been mentioned several times, but they seem to be fairly rare, so we haven't considered them much. Current front-runners for us are 93-95 Foretravel U300's (like the mid-entry and slanted windshield) and a 95 Wanderlodge BMC (like the Cummins engine, the steel body, and Aqua-Hot).
If you know those coaches, you will recognize that they are all wide bodies with no slides and have decent headroom. Those are really the main physical points for us. We're figuring on spending about $30,000 or so for the coach plus about $10,000 for upgrades/repairs. Obviously, then, a coach with all new tires is worth more than one with old tires since we won't have to buy tires.
We're a bit over two years from retirement, and between now and then we intend to purchase a DP to use as a full-time coach. We've done our homework (we think) and have settled on an older high quality coach. Newells have been mentioned several times, but they seem to be fairly rare, so we haven't considered them much. Current front-runners for us are 93-95 Foretravel U300's (like the mid-entry and slanted windshield) and a 95 Wanderlodge BMC (like the Cummins engine, the steel body, and Aqua-Hot).
If you know those coaches, you will recognize that they are all wide bodies with no slides and have decent headroom. Those are really the main physical points for us. We're figuring on spending about $30,000 or so for the coach plus about $10,000 for upgrades/repairs. Obviously, then, a coach with all new tires is worth more than one with old tires since we won't have to buy tires.
David Lininger, kb0zke
1993 Foretravel U300 40'
Build 4371