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- Well, good morning, everybody.
Welcome to marathon Mondays with Mal.
It is a prerecord, something's going on with Facebook.
I don't even know. I don't want to know.
Actually I want to know.
What's going on with Facebook?
Anyway, 1348, I'm standing in the door entryway of 1348,
and we're, we're going to do a live version
of this this morning like we always love to do
and bring you the live shows,
but we're going to do a prerecord
because something's going on with,
what is it Abigail?
Facebook, Instagram,
WhatsApp, PayPal, eBay.
- [Abigail] Yeah.
(laughing)
- You know, I5, a I10 that goes over, anyway.
- [Abigail] Yeah.
- That's a joke, but you know, something's going on.
One thing I want to show you before we head that way,
which means down towards service,
is take a look at this.
Jeremy's is this 55 inch?
So that's one of the things
that I really like about when we do this type of bay entry,
excuse me, entertainment bay, television.
We can put a 55 inch in here
because of the way we stow it.
I'm not going to mess with it right now,
cause I know they're working on it,
but it gives you a lot of options.
First, the number one option it gives you is the,
the size of this TV, 55 inch,
which I think is the industry leader.
This is the largest TV you're going to find
in a bay from a stock standpoint
or from a standard standpoint.
And it's got a great soundbar,
if you haven't heard our quad slide,
this is actually a triple 1348,
but this is what we do on our quads.
It can pivot all the way around both ways.
So depending on where you're sitting on your patio side,
you can take a look and also this arm moves.
You take this little guy right here
and this whole arm move.
I'm not going to move it
cause these guys are here working, but very cool.
Lots of options and a big size TV,
which I'm a fan of.
Let's go this way you guys.
Hope everyone's having a good Monday morning.
Obviously Facebook is not,
but that's why we're prerecorded,
we're going to bring this to you.
We're still going to show you what's going on at Marathon
and uh
yeah.
So let's take a look.
We're going to walk down here.
We're on the East side of the production floor.
Here is, this is a quad slide.
This is coach 1359.
We were actually in this coach.
Gosh, what was it? Two weeks ago.
Showing the difference between
an H quad and an X double slide.
So that's 1359.
Going to move, this is another custom coach.
A lot of, lot of work being done
on the production floor right now.
Oh, and another thing I wanted to show you this shirt,
this is kind of the latest style from Marathon.
That cool?
So you're going to see that at shows
and events and down in the desert here in Indio soon.
Yeah so coach 1350 right there.
Custom coaches, designer choices, 1353, another custom.
This one's also a custom,
looks like we got all customs
on the East side of the building right now.
1351.
And we're going to walk down to the service department
and I want to, what a walk through there,
show you how a busy Monday morning looks.
We've seen that before,
but there's a floor being done on a,
on a, like a 20 year old coach.
I think it's 21 years old
and just a beautiful floor that Wes
is working on down there right now.
So we're going to go, we're going to go down.
We're going to go right through here John,
Cause I want to walk through the parts department
before we walk in here,
this is kind of the front lines of production.
You've got this side of the building.
There's your, there's your guys.
We're we're working on the show here.
Facebook had problems this morning,
so we're doing a prerecord but,
so you got Danny and Shane over here
from our shipping department.
And then we're going to go in
and show the parts department.
You got to ask the right guy.
All right thank you, Danny.
So this is the parts department
and this, this room runs pretty much the entire length.
And there's lots of things in here
from wiring,
to prefab parts.
And then this is kind of a lockup area
where lots of electrical appliances,
all kinds of different things,
but what it's, it's got a lot of,
parts that are used in the coach building process.
Here's bedding so, you know,
this is also an area where for our service department,
they can access everything
from bedding to cleaning supplies.
And then this door will take us right into,
see, huge wrench.
Take a look at that, two inch.
And then right into our service department.
And as you can see,
it's a busy Monday morning down here.
All right, I know that this, this guy,
this is 1250, he got a new slide seal.
And I know they were working
on just the finishing touches of a new slide seal on 1250.
Excited for the new owner of coach 1250.
This is a beautiful coach, 1256.
Here's a new coach, 1332.
That's another thing about our service department
is you'll see coaches that are brand new, like 1332.
And then you'll see coaches
that have been around for a couple of decades.
Like this guy right behind me.
This is coach 0573.
I want you to get a shot
of the exterior of that paint job
because it's really cool.
Riveted side, non slide,
XL.
It's just a classic look
and the owners are upgrading their wood floor.
Took out the carpet and we're putting
in this beautiful wood floor.
And it's a lot of work.
I was talking to Wes earlier about this
and how much work goes into doing this.
And John, you don't even have
to come all the way in here
because we're going to, we'll show them later
because I want to take them back
to the bedroom when all of this gets done.
But as you can see you guys,
there's a lot of work as the sofa's
been elevated and taken up.
But each piece had to be
cut, sanded,
stained.
This is very, very good hardwood floor.
It's a stranded bamboo.
And Wes was showing me
just how much work went into it.
And they had to do some hand sanding on this project.
I know they started with like,
after they got the piece kind of was watching Wes,
I think he started with like 80 grit
and went all the way up to 400
and then they sprayed it and stained it
and so it's just,
it just looks beautiful in here.
Man. Okay.
So this is a coach that we're going to come into.
This is coach 573
or 0573.
This coach we're going to come in
after it's done and after everything's cleaned up,
so you can see the entire floor,
but I wanted to kind of show you
that we're working on this project.
Probably another, judging from what I see,
probably another week,
we might be able to come out here next Monday.
Hopefully live if Facebook comes back
and then you know what,
let's go back this way, John,
we're gonna go outside.
I want to show you a couple of coaches that are outside.
Hey Jeff.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Everyone's out there doing their thing,
being safe.
Fall weather has come to the Pacific Northwest.
And uh,
gosh, we had some serious fog this weekend
in the Eugene area.
If you haven't been to our service department
here in Coburg,
and you'll see behind me,
all the pictures of the staff.
Now that, that staff reflects not just our service guys,
but our paint team.
Paint team for production and for service.
So I know that Chris and Kurt,
Chris, Chris Welch and Kurt Nelson,
the manager and assistant manager in this department.
Those two guys were just in the process
of updating these photos.
So we got some new photos up there,
but another thing that's really cool
and we're not going to show all the details of that,
but every work order gets posted on the wall.
So the guys that are working
on whatever coach they're working on,
they get a chance to,
they get a chance to go to that work order
and sign things off.
It's just a really good,
organized way that a Cobra does it.
All right.
So wanted to bring out here and show you a couple of things.
Gosh it is, it's a nice morning though,
I like this no rain yet this morning, it's cool.
Supposed to be about mid sixties
today here in Coburg.
But as you can see, and I'll let John pan around,
there is a lot going on
from a service standpoint with coaches.
That's 1265 you're seeing right there
and then lots of coaches over here.
We could still work on coaches when they're in the,
what we call gazebo lane.
Cause we've got a gazebo back here also,
but I want to show you this paint job over here.
This was one that we show, ah,
this was close to two years ago.
Maybe not that long.
Jackson hole floor plan, quad slide.
How many of you guys remember this paint job?
This is one of those custom paint jobs
that always impressed me.
Not just because of the little details,
but the candy paint on this is absolutely beautiful.
Take a look at the detail, John,
if you want to get some close shots in here.
That candy paint is just beautiful.
John, take a look down, take a look down here.
The barbed wire.
This is coach 1318 guys.
You'll probably remember this one,
but it's got a nice pin stripe of uh barbed wire
that runs throughout.
This is a really cool thing.
Take a look at the private coach with the Marathon logo.
And then if you, if you go to your left, John,
you'll see that smoke and that smoke
runs all the way through the side of the slide out
and up and then away.
Isn't that neat?
It's just too cool. Too cool.
Well, since we don't have you live this morning,
we're not going to have any questions,
but a big thanks to John and Abigail
for tailing around with me today
and a big thanks to all of you for hanging with us
and a big thanks to Facebook for, for being down today.
So it gives me the opportunity to be prerecorded.
Other than that, you guys be safe,
be yourself and do good things.
I'll see you next Monday.
And don't forget,
if you're looking to get into a new coach,
I'm also a salesman, that's my paramount job here.
Mal W. MALW w@marathoncoach.com.
Get at me and let's get you into a coach.
See you next Monday.