classy motorhomes are great full of features fun for the family but sometimes you need something a
little bit bigger that's when you step into a super seat diesel engines more amenities
a lot more features but what happens when a super c isn't big enough you step into a mega
sea and that's what we're talking about today with adam gudger this is the all new pasadena
legacy as i call it adam i i'll be honest i have not seen a motor home that is this massive ever it
blew me away so let's talk a little bit about what makes the pasadena so special yeah i mean steve
new to me too you know i've been doing diesel pushers for 22 years and you know i was given this
opportunity to develop a new product and it's hot man i mean it's it's different it's not a diesel
pusher it's a it's really more of a just a big truck rv gives you all the same features you know
gives you a little bit easier driving capabilities just because it's a little bit more automotive in
terms of the feel and and this this market is just exploding and and we've just done so well with the
magnitude and the omni but people want more you always want more big everybody wants better right
that's why it's yeah it's mega and what makes this different is this is still a freightliner chassis
in engineering it's a diesel engine but this is the s2 rv statue so talk a little bit about
that and what makes this different that's correct well and the same too so what's cool about s2rv is
that it's actually built on the same production lines is what you're going to get with the xcr
and the xcs and you know all the chassis that we're using with plaza through tuscany
so you know a lot of the same customization type characteristics really can make sure
that we refine this and make it specific for our particular brands you know move stuff around make
it right so that it's it fits perfectly and you know we get balance you know we get the atlas
foundation that we we developed to incorporate with this it just makes for that really customized
better riding vehicle you know we've added weight obviously when you get into freightliner you know
32 700 pound gvwr and i just checked the sticker this coach has over 8 000 pounds of net payload so
um just tons of available room to put in and like we said before with atlas and with freightliner
you know you want to bring more stuff with you you want to go further distances you know you don't
want to have to sacrifice anything when you hit the road and this is going to be a vehicle that's
going to allow you to take lots of time out there with your family so let's talk about what we have
under the hood because it's neat that you have the diesel engine up front and it is a powerful
beast that's going to give you 15 000 pounds of towing 100 yeah 15k hitch you know cummins motor
so you know similar to what we do with with the pushers it's got allison transmission to 3000 so
it's at 360 horsepower 800 pound-feet of torque and with that 3000 transmission it allows us to
you know obviously put a lot of payload and tow ability on on top of it you know when you talk
brakes you got air brakes on the vehicle now which is a big safety thing and you know i'm
always stressing safety because we just want people to be safe on the road we want to have fun
but we also want to know that we can make sure we can stop this thing it's got exhaust brake
you know same similar to what you see on the other stuff so when you're going down those long
descends with that heavier vehicle you know this is set up to protect you and and so there's all
that stuff going on i mean we even incorporate air seats i know i was just going to mention that you
got me to the punch how cool is that on the other side but the controls you get in and then you just
you just dial it in and that is that is some comfortable stuff sure and then honestly probably
the biggest thing is suspension um you know people that take more time on the road they drive further
distances you know we want to be as comfortable as possible those air seats are great but how
about adding air ride to the mix too because you know when you're looking for you know leaf
string suspension systems they just simply don't have that same luxury ride and feel and so this
is going to be air ride it's got the sac shock absorbers that are custom tuned for the vehicle
and then again when we add that atlas foundation and design this foundation specific for this brand
you know we balance everything out and just make it perfect and because of the atlas foundation
custom made for each of our floor plans it gives you a lot of cargo capacity let's
open up these bays they're tall they're they're tall they're huge and they go all the way down
it's all the way down well you never have enough room you got the nice step up here they're built
in you know you you'll you'll see with the top of the coach with the caps and we'll talk about
that inside you get your side view mirrors pass-through storage nice aluminum baggage
doors that are insulated well instead these are all rotocast so it's nice they're really easy to
clean out you know you can just take a you know standard garden hose if you want just you know
empty the water out at the end but they clean up really nice fresh water tanks tons of tons
of tape capacity this is a 100 gallon fuel tank on this here you go a long way with this coach
that's amazing we have exterior entertainment center on on everything too nice power awning
yeah it's all armless it's got the led built into it you know paint it's awesome you know we we put
you know all the the best you know nicest types of paints and colors and we made it real aggressive
obviously with this new pasadena product so yeah really fired up about it and the tires
are massive as well what are these 32 and a half's i believe right yeah they're huge and
and you know aluminum wheels which is which is a really cool thing and and you know they're large
tires and obviously the larger tires are going to give you that weight bearing capacity and
and they're also going to make sure that uh you know you're traveling as comfortably as you can
down the road and here's here's what one of the things i like about it and you know we're about
six foot is sure if i wanted something out of here i'm under i'm i'm 61. i'm standing under
the slide out yeah that's amazing you don't have to bend down so much to get at everything right
yeah it's awesome and and the inside's awesome too so what do you say we go in take a tour
of the bunk house let's do it where do you want to start i i will turn it over to you well probably
with maureen um you know we don't ever talk about her enough but we just have this fabulous designer
and you know we really looked at the market and who else was out there and what was happening and
you know we just wanted a better looking motorhome and she's done that here i mean it's just awesome
and we did something different where we actually paired our interior decor with the cabinet instead
of just making it you know pick and choose so um with regatta which you know we've had a lot of
success with in the diesel pushers um this color that we have now we have these particular leathers
that go with it and then we have a new one this painted cabinetry and this lighter cabinetry has
really been going over well and so we have a new shell gray color that's just absolutely beautiful
and we really got creative here the big thing about this unit is this what we call a skycap but
this skycab area just makes the whole coach feel so much bigger and you're talking about what 39
foot overall length unit but it feels bigger than that because you know we're really taking
advantage of all the way up almost to the tip of the coach and and so you know gives you this
wonderful 800 pound weight limit area and just it just makes you feel like when you walk inside
you feel the slide being open but you also feel that cap area just kind of growing it and that's
what we need because again getting back to the same point i've been making all the time
we want coaches that customers want to use more and so how we do that we make it more comfortable
by making it feel roomier more spacious more comfortable for whatever type of you know
family situation they have what's nice in as we talk about the overhead bunk is if you don't
use it for sleeping you have somewhere around 91 cubic feet of storage space up there i think it's
37 inches of headroom from the mattress to the top it does really let in just a lot of natural
light when the power shade is open isn't that cool and that window just really is just a it's
a huge one and um yeah they just did a great job with engineering on it and that when i first saw
it that was the first thing and it's it's such a huge advantage for us because nobody else has this
well the other thing that i really like about this is the driving experience and we can kind of walk
through the cockpit and work our way back but we talked about the air adjustable seats uh what am
i in i don't know maybe it's just a guy thing i love the horn right up here it's like whoa yeah
you do yeah you pull down the air horn there but you have apple carplay android auto you you went
all out on loading this up to make the driving experience easy pleasurable eyes on the road type
for whoever happens to be behind the wheel and it's kind of what i referenced you know earlier
when we were talking about the cab but with a lot of people we've found and i ask a lot of questions
because i want to understand this market too and why would you buy this versus a diesel
pusher but um there's just a comfort level like an automotive type experience you get with the truck
and then also just the visibility aspect i mean you just really seem to know where you are all the
time on the road i think that's really important for people you know the more confidence you have
when you're driving you know the more fun you're going to have and we just want people to have
lots of fun so let's talk about uh the layout the floor plan and some of the choices we have going
on in here yeah so this is our bunk model and you know traditionally for us we always like to have a
bunk model and a bath and a half because those are our best sellers because you know we want to make
sure we have plenty of sleeping availability for people and so that's what you get here
we have theater seats and a sofa available for instance with the furniture options but then
you know conversely with the 38mx we have a rear bath and we have a lot of people that like to
have their own bathroom and then have like a shared one up front you know the way we build
our coaches you know we we vacuum bond our unit so we're able to do things like full wall slides
atlas helps us with that too supporting them so we get lots of square footage no matter what
um and then we just want to make sure you know you're not losing things so if you got bunks we
still want ample galley space which we're able to accomplish here i mean this coach you can put a
stackable washer dryer in if you want because it's plumb for it a lot of bunks at this size can't do
that but because of the way that we're designing laying everything out we really do a good job of
capturing every last little piece of storage and and space available so especially when it comes to
sleeping space so let's say because the theater seats are standard you can option in the sofa
so the sofa will fold out they're sleeping there yep you can sleep here right there's a dream right
now that drink breaks down so it makes it easy two in the bunk right if you don't want the bunks you
have a closet we'll talk about that so you got one two three four five i mean you can sleep a
lot the whole crew in here the whole crew which is amazing why not right if you can take it and
just make new friends bring them along absolutely so let's talk about some of the features we find
throughout because i know uh we're talking you know solid surface countertops yeah stainless
steel i love having the fact that you have you know propane plus electric burner on the stove top
um you know it's nice to have the versatility there you know tons of storage um you know within
you've got these huge you know drawers lots of room overhead space you know we really just try
to maximize everything here i like this i i i like it great with all the little attention to
detail things i love you know the backsplashes she picked out for it and everything just really
goes together really nicely yeah the fridge is great too i love i love the i love the bottom
pull out freezer oh i didn't know i had a drawer check that out look at that an ice
maker in there you can get everything pantries are big you know this goes all the way back so
lots of room to bring along all your dry goods with you and then over here let's talk about
some of the other tech because we have we have an inverter we have solar we have our rapid camp
plus multiplex wiring system kind of take us through some of the tech you've incorporated
into the pasadena yeah so 1800 watt inverter um you know solar charging is on everything we
put 100 watt panel but you can upgrade even more if you'd like we have kits available
through the dealer firefly is a big deal because you know you can go through all and you know run
your slides you know do your your temperatures really everything that has to do with the unit
just about is now incorporated through this system and also it's you know available through your
phone we have a complete walk through every single feature if you'd like to learn more about that
bathroom is huge here's how big the shower is tom and the camera on the tripod fit in that yeah it's
really great and you know big sink bowl you see a lot of times with these coaches where you know
they kind of shrink those down but you got plenty of room to be able to deal with that play as
shoulder space for sitting down on the john too i mean i know that can be a frustrating thing where
you're you know i've been in plenty of rvs over the years where that wasn't so much fun storage up
above you have a medicine cabinet in the bathroom so there's really a place for everything in there
yes you do this is a great setup too whether you want to use it as we have set up here for
a closet or if you'd like to set up bunks that's really easy to do we got tablet holders and
there's really like a little a little retreat for whoever is so i said tracy loaned you the clothes
you know what actually these these are a lot of my my wife was like i'm purging you know what
i'm gonna take and and put these into uh into circulation there you go and tablet holders um you
know easy so um yeah and then you know obviously they're big bunks too you know we see with a lot
of the companies where they kind of narrow those down um these are actually bunks that you could
actually put an adult on yeah i can fit in here and i would be absolutely comfortable you got a
window you have privacy shades back there lights really kind of a nice decked out little area here
we talked about washer dryer prep here's another area the the amount of storage we're about to get
into is mind blowing so you mentioned washer dryer prep right behind you so washer dryer or
this incredibly large closet in here correct and we'll have that available in all the floor plans
including the new one that's coming out again the big thing with this particular floor plan is
it's unusual to find a stackable in a bunk layout that's just because of the way that we design our
floor plans and the larger slides have allowed us to do that also plus when you turn around here you
can see uh that we have this tilt-a-view bed which allows us to bring some more depth through and
and gives us the opportunity king right they are true 72 by 80 it's not 72 by 75s you got
to watch that just like with bunks you know bring your tape measure with you when you go to these
shows because you know there's a lot of people that would be really disappointed if they got a
king bed with 75 inch mattress we got the large nightstands we got the charging ports we have
more closet space these closets over here with the tv on it are massive yeah and whose idea was the
uh hamper because i love that that was not my idea but it's a great idea i love the hamper back there
otherwise you know because you walk into some motor homes and that would be wasted space back
there but putting a hamper in there great yeah our group did a really good job this is a ton of
wardrobe you just don't see this in coaches well and then you have this nice shelf in the back too
for you know we have a phone over there so there's charging ports or whatever you wanted
to to do i mean quite honestly if you had a little a little stool you could use that at a workbench
now imagine you're into a backup spot you got the lake behind you you open the window you're sitting
there what what a great little view is that huh well yeah and that window is so nice because again
with these pushers you don't have that ability and so i feel like the bedrooms and the rear bass feel
a little closed in but you know when you have the ability to put the window in it doesn't it feel
almost like the living room in here i mean with how much light and natural light is getting in
so yeah it just it just makes you feel freer and more comfortable it's big i mean it's it's it's
a big motor home with a lot of storage a lot of amenities it's really got all the great features
of of every cloud you got the class c sort of feel and drive you got the the luxuries of the diesel
it's a neat idea it's a great product yeah and it's built on the same production line is
same plant as our diesel products already so we got the same people
you know they understand you know it's our luxury plant essentially 850 is what we call it and um so
they understand you know the expectations of the customer and they're just doing a really good job
building high quality products for us yeah it's the pasadena i call it a mega sea because that's
how i like it when i saw it that was this is a mega sea it's huge uh you're gonna love it get
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some people we can call it yeah we're gonna figure it out yeah we'll get you all of your uh all the
answers to all your questions we appreciate you being here and we'll team up again when the next
one comes out we need to do this more often we do we haven't done it enough we were talking it was
two years it's been two years too long that we've done any of this stuff so i've missed it it's good
to have you back plan on more you planning more and we'll see you next time thank you
you