YOU ARE THE BEST AND HONNEST TECHNICTION IN A Z !!!!!!!!

We started looking for a used coach last year and your experience on coaches has been valuable. In all of our experiences of inspecting coaches, I carry a protimeter with everyone we see. I’m own a remodeling residential company is why I own one. Just about everyone we’ve seen has water intrusion on the roof. But what I found is how many have water in the walls, mainly around the slide outs. Why don’t you use one? And thank you for sharing your knowledge it has helped me over and over and as of now we are still looking for that diamond.

Always a pleasure to learn from you James....

It's nice to see what owners are in for on these older coaches. There's so much planned obsolescence and poor designs in RVs including aftermarket items. Cheap plastic some with with holes too close to edges. Too bad Monaco opted for two rolls of aluminum and a seal down the middle for the roof but I guess it's an aluminum roll unit cost saver with about 2x more rolls of aluminum needed. And loud and clear - make sure your RV tech does the repair correctly the first time or you will be in it for a redo.

Always helpful and highly interesting to watch. Glad you are not afraid of heights.

Really enjoy your videos. I've learned a ton and have been able to find some issues on my Tiffen Allegro that I would not have been aware were in need of attention. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.😎😎😎

So much great information as I make up my mind on the type of RV I plan on buying. Really appreciate your attention to detail as you inform of what to look for and what to look out for. Thank you

Thanks James for all the cool info of yet another brand. Great info for the buyer market

Thanks for bringing us along with this inspection, glad to learn about this Santiam. Happy trails!

Filing all this info for my future buying, thx man

Thanks for the video, I have a 2002 Safari Trek with the same style 2 part metal roof, I also need to go up there and do its spring inspection sometime soon, so now you have given me a few things to check more closely. I also now have less concern about where the radius on mine is dented in similar to the one you showed though mine is not as bad.

This is the Good Stuff ! Great Roof Video Man !

Great job as always James. If we are ever in the area I'm gonna get you to look at our roof just to get on the tube. 😀

Great video James! You mentioned the flaking of the clear coat along the roof line, is that mainly cosmetic?

You do such good job inspecting roofs

Love your videos and comments…you bring out great points …. Inspect inspect inspect..😎

James, rockin the Andrew Steele swag. Nice job.

Nice! This was fun to watch. In my limited experiences with coaches, I learned the ropes atop a Monaco Executive, and then a Prevost. The difference is surprising. Monaco built, what I believe, the Mercedes of coaches. Prevost? The Rolls-Royce. Mind you, I come from a few decades of specialty in the automotive realm, I have worked on both cars. The top cap and roof on the Monaco is typical. Nice stuff. Looks like a compromise was made on the top of the ladder. It is absolutely critical, with roof mounted AC units, to address water incursion. Same with the skylights! Been there on addressing the potential problems. Going from a Monaco, to a Prevost? What a difference. I must restate this: the Monaco quality is brilliant in its own right. The chassis are completely different, a Prevost is, first and foremost, different, it is a true commercial bus. It was a real experience to learn about the air packs beneath the Prevost, and an almost completely bare roof!

@AZExpert I have a 2003 Santiam with the metal roof also and need to clean it to get ready for storage this winter. Do you recommend any specific products?

What about these old solar panels? They look to be beyond their life expectancy. Are they still functional and working? I've watched many of your videos and you don't say much about them beyond secure, mounts, original. Thanks for these videos. We learn a lot from you.

Good Video what would it cost to have that all done over Correctly before Purchase?

Hey James, I'm digging those Geico shades:)

@AZExpert what size and type of rivet do I need for that seam? I have a 2003 beaver santiam with the metal roof and a few spots are pulling away. Do I need to seal under the seam also?

My 1998 HR has a metal roof also like that but white coating is gone. What should I coat it with? Thanks

Can you recommend a North GA inspector (TN, NC border within 1 hour, too)? (We're in Ellijay, GA)

Ladder reinstalled by a consistently inconsistent handyman? I have learned if it has not failed yet it is eternabond, once it fails it obviously is not eternabond. Another educational video. I like this style metal roof looks good. Stay safe and healthy James you have taught me to get an inspection before buying something like this. There are so many things that can fail but not be easy to see. Casones has some more work to do.

What's the ball park figure for repairs on this roof?

Have the same roof on my 02 Monaco Diplomat. Need to figure out a way to lift the roof around the rear AC. It’s a common sag. Also I know your on the roof, but Monaco Slides come apart on the bottom edges as well. Talin mfg in Florida has a beautiful plate fix

So, after Monaco bought beaver safari, they stopped using the beaver molded fiberglass roof and went to the holday rambler safari aluminum roofs? Are all Monaco from 2002 through their demise in 2008 metal? Also, what years had the clear coat problem from the environmentalists making them change the formula?

I'm surprised my Fleetwood is holding up as good as it is. I inspect it 3 times a yea minimum. Do whatever it needs to be right and dry

I have an 04 Santiam. Just got home from beach last night. Washing it this morning and noticed 2 areas around slide where the roof rivets have failed and it’s coming apart. Do you have a video repairing this problem?

Good video, now you have me wondering what type of roof a Prevost or Newell has?

We had a 1998 Diplomat with a one-piece aluminum roof. Obviously this was cost-saving going to two piece . No problems with the one piece. Eventually the windows and the slide leaked. Why would you buy a Beaver after Monaco acquired them? Not sure.

- 20 years old but my monical diplomat 2001 and it is still ceiling perfectly metal cap

now you mentioned to drill out old rivits and drill new holes ( if i heard you correctly ) why cant you install new rivits in old locations

Lot of flexing needed in the rear of a coach. Still pretty good considering the age.

Yikes, a lot failed in only 3 years 😉. Geez the issues made me feel panicky to get them fixed asap before things get worse underneath. Expensive coaches to begin with, gotta stay on top of those roofs, lol. And a slide not opening either! Oh boy…..🍻

Would it be possible to replace a fiberglass roof with metal? Curious why Winnebago owners wouldn't opt to do that.

It didn't get it's annual wash and wax...I painted mine with boat top coat.

Anyone else get a quiiiizeeey feeling when camera looks over the edge.

The reason why they're riveted is because that's the area over the engine so a leak won't bother anything there

So, as one contractor to another one question would be, since most homeowners want a price up front, and then you have talking heads saying never give a contractor money up front, would you ever bid this or is it all time and materials, like it should be. My thinking is too many things could go wrong after you start a job like this so you would have to bid it extremely high, and 50% down at least up front so you don't get stiffed. But I am sure you are not desperate for work so it would all be time and materials or they can find someone else. And someone as good and well known as yourself, no one would want to stiff you because who else would do the job.

It is 2024, now, why aren't RV manufacturers coming up with a better roof design like a one piece metal or fiberglass roof. And the next step would be, no luann and if you needed plymood it would have to be preasuretreated. But I guess it only has to last 1 year and then, who cares, except of course the owner.

I don't think the salesman knows what he's talking about. Sahara was Monaco way in the

Have the same roof on my 02 Monaco Diplomat. Need to figure out a way to lift the roof around the rear AC. It’s a common sag. Also I know your on the roof, but Monaco Slides come apart on the bottom edges as well. Talin mfg in Florida has a beautiful plate fix