Re: Bus Choice
You mention ease of working on a dog nose as opposed to a flat nose, that is not always the case. If you wind up with a front engine flat nose, then yes, you gotta go inside the bus and remove the dog house to service it. If you get a flat nose pusher, the engine is in back, you simply flip the door open and there is the engine... no climbing up and then bending over, most of the engine is acessible as you stand there. Heat & noise are also in the back, so you get a quieter ride. You also get an adantage of NOT having a drive shaft running the lenght of the bus, this provides space to put in a storage bay that runs all the way across underneath the bus. Without an engine in front, the tires can turn a tighter radius too, my bus has an incredible turning radius, I can make a complet 90º turn with less than 15' of space in front of me.
I looked at both extensively, and came close to buying a dog nose DT466, but settled on the Thomas Pusher for additional interior space, as well as the amenities mentioned above (I'm old and have a bad back, I don't want to bend over to work under the hood)...
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...your motor home used to be a school bus!
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1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1989 Thomas Diesel Pusher (Cat 3208/Freightliner)
Chesapeake, Virginia
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