(upbeat music)
- Hey, everybody.
Good morning and welcome to Marathon Mondays with Mal.
It's episode #225.
I am as brave as I can be holding on to the scaffolding
as I am about 15 feet above the production floor.
I am going to be showing you a sneak peek
at a beautiful coach this morning.
It's been a awesome morning already.
I had a lot of fun with over the last hour
showing this coach to a couple who are looking at
why they would choose Marathon.
And this is a beautiful coach.
This coach will illustrate so many different reasons
why Marathon builds the best luxury coach in the industry.
And that is Coach #1343.
I'm gonna switch it around so you don't have to see me
but this is gonna be a fun morning.
So hang with us, you guys.
That right there, #1343 H3 Double Slide.
And I'm giving you a kind of a bird's eye view.
You can see those four roof airs at the very front,
that little domed bubble, that's your In-Motion satellite
at the very rear, the up and rotate.
Great awning package with lining.
But this gives us a really good look.
Pardon the dust on #1343.
This coach is, when you get this out,
and I saw this when it came out of paint, you guys.
#1343 really is beautiful and dynamic in the sun,
in the natural light of outside.
But just to give you...
Before we get down from this bird's eye view,
look at how busy this production floor is.
You got Pierre right here, bringing a coach in.
There's a beautiful new ex coming in.
Hope everyone had a good Father's Day.
I know I did.
It is truly the honor of my life.
Whether I say it today or years from now.
To be a father,
I've learned so many lessons
from so many people,
which allows me to strive to be a good father.
I was telling my wife I make mistakes every day
and I have victories every day.
And that's kind of how I'm trying to live my life,
is keeping my eyes open to perspective as being a father.
And I love being the father
of a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl.
It's fun.
And I love the lifestyle of being a dad.
Let's get into the lifestyle of Coach #1343.
Yeah.
Gerald brings up a good, good point.
Seeing this coach roll in,
I mean, that's part of building a lot of coaches.
That's what Marathon does.
We build a lot of coaches.
These things are selling just as fast as we can build them.
I want to walk by here one more time.
Look at this paint.
Wait till you see it outside, you guys.
Coach #1343 is an H3 Double Slide.
This 2022 Marathon will be completed
in approximately 30 to 40 days.
So I am giving you a sneak peek
into what this coach is going to be.
And as you can see, there's no upholstery in here.
The floors are done but covered so that they are protected
while production is continuing to work inside the coach.
Look at this, this is unlit here.
And then if we move over to this side,
you've got the lighting.
Thomas, good morning.
Hastings, Minnesota.
Paul is in Brunswick, Canada,
over on the east side of Canada.
That's not too far from where this Prevost chassis
was built in Quebec.
This, as you guys know,
from watching the Marathon Mondays program,
you know this floor plan is one of my favorites.
Oh, Mike McGill watching in Key West, Florida.
Mike, we miss you brother.
Hope you are well.
Mike McGill,
one of my favorite people.
You know those people, you guys,
when you run into a co-worker after hours or on the weekend,
a guy like Mike McGill, those are the kind of guys
you like running into.
Your half bath right here,
these are all gonna be walled in.
Commode is gonna be over there.
And the cool thing about this floor plan, you guys know
from watching Marathon Mondays, this floor plan,
this half bath, you don't even know it's there
because it's kind of like a hidden wall.
Here's a good view, looking forward.
Mike McGill's probably fishing down there in Key West.
Key West, you guys seen that movie?
Billy Crystal.
Running Scared where they're cops in Chicago
and then they go down to the Keys and they retire.
That's Mike McGill right there, running scared.
Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal.
That's the movie trivia of the day.
Here's a good view, looking forward.
Jake brake,
out there in Mississippi.
I really like being behind the camera
at the same time, you guys,
because it gives me the chance to interact with you.
Let me show you this storage.
I was showing the customers this morning this storage.
I really like what Jay Graham designed in this coach.
A lot of you know Jay from watching Marathon Mondays.
This floor plan,
is in my opinion the best H3 Double Slide floor plan
that's ever been created in the Prevost chassis
in this industry.
Industry-wide, I will put this floor plan
against any floor plan that's ever been created
because it is the most usable
and thought out for the customer.
Not for the converter, not for Marathon,
but for the customer.
Bath and a half, tons of storage.
Well thought-out, usable storage.
There's a difference between lots of storage
and usable storage.
Washer-dryer,
closet.
Kind of in a hidden fashion also.
And when I say hidden, you guys, I don't mean hard to find.
I just mean it's properly put behind walls,
air pocket doors
in this coach.
No worries.
There's the washer-dryer and the closet
on the driver's side, across from the on-suite water closet.
When this coach gets done
and you guys already know this floor plan,
there's the L-shaped dinette that extends out
and gives you more room if you need it.
Stows away if you don't.
This is gonna have the fireplace below,
with the TV that pops out of the cabinetry, right there.
Two recliners on that curb side,
jackknifing sofa on the driver.
And you guys know it's our policy
not to interrupt production.
And as you can see, production continues in #1343.
- Appreciate that, man.
- Hey, I appreciate you.
Look at those boots.
Here's the deal, you guys.
I've been threatening to wear my cowboy boots
and I keep forgetting partially because,
I'm scared to fall over in them.
(man answers faintly)
(Mal laughs)
That right there is #1343.
We're gonna run around to the other side,
the driver's side of this coach before we get out of here.
You know what?
We got time.
I'm gonna show you a few more things
before we get out of here.
So stick with us.
Good storage in bay one and bay two.
Let's take a look at the generator bay.
That would be bay three on the driver's side.
Power tech, 20 kW generator in this coach.
Boom.
Comes out and on a slide out, rides on airbags.
Quiet, very, very quiet scenario
with the Marathon power tech generator
that is installed in our coaches.
We have many, many years of proper engineering
in our generator bays, so that it's insulated properly,
so it's extremely quiet, not only from inside the coach,
but when you are outside the coach.
If this generator is running, it's very hard to tell
that it is, or it is not obtrusive when it is running.
Here's a good look at the plumbing bay.
This is all behind this protective tape
because it is for the most part, completed.
And we wanna protect that cabinetry
while we are in production.
Good look at the fans back here.
About four inverters, look at that.
Charles Jones out there in Motor City.
All right, what else can I show you?
I'll show you what I can show you.
There's a brand new shell right there.
And then if we walk outside,
you're gonna see another shell.
And I can show you a new paint job since we're out here.
It just hit break time here in Coburg.
Take a look at this.
Look at that paint job.
I'll tell you what, we've talked about it a lot lately.
Marathon's painting
is doing amazing work
and I hope it shows up that how high def this is.
Look at the rear of this coach.
We're gonna hit some sun here.
So I'm gonna try and stay out of the sun
but look at the rear of that coach.
And as you see,
it is right next there, right next to a shell.
Albert says he'll take any of these buses.
I would too.
You know, the people that work at Marathon,
they put a lot of heart and soul into these coaches.
There's a lot of Marathon owners out there.
They know this is a custom coach, you guys.
Let's take a look at this.
It's almost completed.
So we're not gonna go in for privacy.
Look at this beautiful paint job.
You already know this, #1348.
Whew.
That's what I'm talking about.
#1348 is a Triple Slide scheduled to be done probably
in that December area.
Man.
But let's walk into #1340 just one time.
Since we have the time, let's walk in.
I'll give you kind of a bird's eye, not a bird's eye,
but I'll give you a kind of a wide angle, again, of #1340.
Oh, Ron Brown.
My man, Ron.
How's your bus?
Hope you guys are safe.
Think you guys are out traveling, I'm not sure
but hope you guys are doing well.
The employees of Marathon, like I was saying,
they put a lot of time and effort into each bus.
Each bus has its own identity.
Each coach that Marathon makes is unique to itself.
And I have seen over the last four years,
our employees from Florida to Texas,
to here at the mothership in Coburg,
where all of these coaches are built,
I have seen our employees
really have a desire for the owners,
whether they be new owners or return customers,
really have stuck in them enjoying their coach.
And as an Oregonian, it gives me a lot
of civic pride to represent this company
and the people that build them.
#1340.
Another floor plan.
So we saw #1343.
That's a different floor plan.
Look at the L-shaped dinette over there.
This one has the appliance dream center.
It has different configuration
of the water closet on the curbside.
It's got the commode or the water closet.
Which you see right there.
And on the driver's side, just beyond that,
this beautiful shower.
Into this beautiful,
I've got that rear bath closed off right now.
But behind that large wall right there is the half bath.
It's gonna be a hot, hot week here in Coburg.
This TV pulls out, pushing it back in.
That TV pulls out so that the people sitting over here
on these recliners can have a really nice view.
This beautiful cockpit, you guys.
Look at that.
What an honor to represent such beautiful,
beautiful coaches, you guys.
All right.
My main man, Adam, is telling me
we're having some interruptions.
So apologies for that.
Be yourself and do good things.
We're gonna get out of here for the week.
We kind of walked all over the building.
And so we're going to actually walk right out this door
and I'm gonna sign off.
Big thanks to Adam in our Marketing team.
About one more paint job before we get out of here.
Interstate 5, which runs from border to border.
Canada to Mexico all the way through Washington,
Oregon, and California, right here.
Marathon's corporate headquarters is right on I-5.
What an amazing building, stop in and take a tour
if you've never been.
M-A-L-W, that's malw@marathoncoach.com.
That's my email, reach out to me.
Let me help you.
If you've got a coach right now
and you're looking to sell it, Marathon will buy it.
Marathon will consign it.
Reach out to me and let's get you taken care of.
All right, everybody.
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