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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.
Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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Wow, that is beautiful! Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you guys and your beautiful coach
36,000 miles? that is awesome!!
--Simon
1993 8v92TA #312
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(08-24-2024, 05:18 PM)BusNit Wrote: Wow, that is beautiful! Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you guys and your beautiful coach 36,000 miles? that is awesome!!
Thank you Simon! Likewise we are looking forward to seeing you guys as well:-)
Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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(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..
Jeff LoGiudice
Temple Terrace, Fl
1984 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT40
1998 Newell 2000 #490
1986 MCI/TMC 102A3 (sold)
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(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!
Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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Beautiful coach. ! CC would be on my list when/if downsizing is needed.
1993 Newell (316) 45' 8V92,towing an Imperial open trailer or RnR custom built enclosed trailer. FMCA#232958 '67 Airstream Overlander 27' '67GTO,'76TransAm,'52Chevy panel, 2000 Corvette "Lingenfelter"modified, '23 Grand Cherokee.
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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.
Will be great to see you again.
1999 45' #504 "Magnolia"
Gravette, Arkansas
1996 40 XL Prevost Marathon
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(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.
Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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(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. 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:-)
Steve & Doris Denton
45' Newell #525, Bath & Half....sold
37' Country Coach, Tribute....Cat C9, 400 hp
2014 Honda CRV Toad
Summerfield, FL
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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."
Jon & Chris Everton
1986 40' Dog House #86
450 hp ISM 5 spd ZF Ecomat 2
2004 Range Rover L322 Toad