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03-02-2012, 01:42 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vancouver
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New Units Towed or Rail to Dealers
Okay, newbie question... Are all Montanas towed from the plant to the dealerships, or do they ever use rail to get them to a central location like the west coast, and then tow from there?
Reason for asking is all these Marathon threads - I am assuming I already have over 2,000 miles on my "new" Marathons so they must be closer to detonation and I wanted to see if this is correct. Oh, and do the truckers torque the lug nuts on the way like you're supposed to when they're new at different intervals?
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03-02-2012, 01:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
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Have never seen one on a railroad car...
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03-02-2012, 01:45 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Siloam Springs
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They are towed, so they do have the miles from Goshen to your dealer.
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03-02-2012, 01:52 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vancouver
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Thanks Rich and Ron, I thought they were always towed.
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03-02-2012, 02:49 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Portland
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That looks like the exact same location ours was when we picked it up, Burlington?
Looks a very nice unit.
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03-02-2012, 03:14 PM
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Site Team
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Location: Wilsey
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Not only are they towed, but we were passed by three on the way home from Goshen all of them doing 75-80mph!
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03-02-2012, 03:15 PM
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Montana Master
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Towed, and I know there used to be at least one hauler here on the MOC that could tell you for sure about the torque question.
Personally, I would not assume that all drivers are created equal and that it was not done. Safer to check and NOT assume.
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03-02-2012, 04:00 PM
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Montana Master
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by grampachet
That looks like the exact same location ours was when we picked it up, Burlington?
Looks a very nice unit.
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LOL, yes - Burlington... Did you use Costco too?
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03-03-2012, 03:20 AM
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Montana Master
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Also in their rush to get them delivered so they can return for another you never know if they hit a curb or anything else that could do invisable damage to the tires. Could be the cause of some very early failures.
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03-03-2012, 04:38 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
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I got stranded once in september on I80 in Wyoming for 3 days becuase of a blizzard. Thare was a guy there pulling a new 5er to a dealer. He spent the 3 days in his truck baeause he couldnt stay in the camper, and he had the keys to the unit.
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03-03-2012, 12:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Land O Lakes
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by mhs4771
Also in their rush to get them delivered so they can return for another you never know if they hit a curb or anything else that could do invisable damage to the tires. Could be the cause of some very early failures.
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My thoughts, exactly!
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03-03-2012, 01:00 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Portland
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Nope did not use Costco, did not even know about that.
I did get it at 6 percent though from Bank of America
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