A few dollars more
We have a Bailey on a Peugeot Boxer chassis we purchased in 2019 and I am surprised and dismayed at the lack of simple basics that I would get if I purchased any vehicle and the lack of safety information that could easily lead to disaster. For example the plate on the passenger door pillar is still that for a Boxer van so the tyre pressures and weights are incorrect and trying to find the correct ones in the manual was so difficult I had to ring my local supplier for the correct pressures. What would happen I wonder if you (under) inflated your tyres by over 20psi as recommended on the door pillar? I am also amazed at the Sat Nav which again is for a van that is half the size of the motorhome. My Bailey is nearly 1meter higher than a van and has on two occasions taken me on a route that had a low bridge that would have been a very expensive day out. Also the Sat Nav has taken me to bridges that have a weight limit lower than our motorhome, more turning around and rerouting. We now have a Sat Nav that has our weight, height and length that cost just a shade over £200! Come on people when we are paying anything from £74 - 80 thousand pounds plus I would expect it to be logical if not a legal requirement for the plates and possibly the Sat Nav to be appropriate to the vehicle. The cost to a company the size of Bailey of a sticker to go on the door pillar with the correct appropriate and safe information would be peanuts and an appropriate SD card for the SAt Nav to Bailey would be a lot less than the £200 plus we paid for ours. Has anyone else experienced this with their motorhomes? and I wonder, God forbid if anyone has inflated their tyres to the recommendation on the door pillar or worse still struck a bridge? Come on, would we really notice an extra £200 on the price of a new vehicle that would ensure we were safe?
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I am now on my second Bailey motorhome on Peugeot cabs, the second one like yours, was purchased in 2019. Both motorhomes have had Bailey specific tyre pressures on the passenger door pillar. Although many have complained that the rear pressures are particularly high I am not so sure that is down to Bailey? They seem always to use Michelin tyres and and Michelin as a company seem to insist that rear pressures should be the same as their maximum recommendation, seemingly because they can't control the loading of the motorhome. If anyone has had more luck with Michelin in changing their viewpoint I would be interested in hearing.
As to the sat nav I suspect its a case of what Peugeot provide on that grade of van? Having seen the price of some of the replacement head sets some have used I somehow doubt that £200 would cover it!
I would agree that Bailey do make some funny decisions like putting a solar panel on the roof of a motorhome, installed a dual controller but only connect it to the leisure battery! What would that have cost to install to both batteries?
David
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Motorhome tyre pressures are a tricky subject and there has been much written. Generally the pressures on the side pillar are for the commercial vehicle and the coachbuilt Motorhome will be lighter so the tyres may be over inflated, however, this is a question of comfort not safety.
To reduce the pressures (generally at the front) you need to take the fully loaded van to a weighbridge then seek the tyre manufacturers advice on the correct pressure based on those axle loads with a safety margin. Many owners find that they can reduce the front pressures for a better ride. This was certainly true for our Peugeot Boxer based Autosleepers with Continental Vanco tyres but with our new Mercedes base vehicle with Michelin tyres it isn’t necessary due to the superior Mercedes chassis.
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