Our Coach:

Downtown Chicago on our maiden trip July 2017

1998 Beaver Patriot 425 Thunder Brandywine – Built in Bend Oregon

  • 40 foot diesel pusher Beaver motor coach
  • Magnum chassis riding on eight air bags
  • Powered by a 425 horsepower C12 Caterpillar diesel
  • 6 speed Allison transmission
  • One full galley slide (kitchen living room)
  • Queen size bed with no bedroom slides
  • Mid-coach washroom with full size shower
  • Splenda washer / dryer combination unit
  • 12 cubic foot NorCold fridge / freezer with ice maker (with Amish cooling unit)
  • 80 gallons of fresh water
  • 60 gallons grey water and 60 gallons black water holding tanks
  • Hurricane hydronic heating system (with unlimited hot water)
  • 7500 watt Onan diesel generator
  • 3000 watt Victron Hybrird Inverter / charger / with remote
  • 1.5 kilo watts of roof mounted tippable solar panels
  • Three Blue Sky solar controllers with remote
  • Six 100 amp/hour Battleborn lithium GC2 batteries
  • Victron BMV-712 monitoring system with Bluetooth
  • Two 12 volt series 31 flooded batteries for the chassis
  • Our towed is a 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 6 speed
  • Two Pelican 10′ Kayaks that we carry on the Wrangler
  • Two bicycles that are on a bike rack on the coach trailer hitch
  • Roadmaster Falcon tow-bar with airbrake master
  • Gerard 20′ power awning
  • Garmin RV760 GPS
  • Roadmaster spare tire carrier with rim and tire and cover

A lunch stop in Woodstock with family April 2019

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Our wet-bay after a little rework in September 2017
Brandywine
Coach 1
Coach 2
Coach 3