| [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178374] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 11:31  |
lw8000
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Hello:
I have been in the market for a motorhome for a few years, and recently
started reading up on the GMC Motorhome. I do not own one but am very
interested in getting more information and possibly looking in to one. I
am trying to find out what the lowest possible height is of the motorhome
(to the top of the AC unit), to see if it will clear to get it into a pole
barn. The barn door measures 107 inches high which is 1 inch shorter than
9 ft. I've read the total height of the motorhome is around 9 ft, and I
know that it can be raised and lowered. I was curious if anybody knows
how low that it can go and what the total height of the motorhome would be
(to the top of the AC unit), and if it would be driveable so that we could
pull it into the pole barn and clear the 107 inches.
Hopefully somebody has attempted this before. Thanks in advance!
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178376 is a reply to message #178374] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 11:52  |
GMC Cruse
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| lw8000 wrote on Mon, 30 July 2012 12:31 |
Hello:
I have been in the market for a motorhome for a few years, and recently
started reading up on the GMC Motorhome. I do not own one but am very
interested in getting more information and possibly looking in to one. I
am trying to find out what the lowest possible height is of the motorhome
(to the top of the AC unit), to see if it will clear to get it into a pole
barn. The barn door measures 107 inches high which is 1 inch shorter than
9 ft. I've read the total height of the motorhome is around 9 ft, and I
know that it can be raised and lowered. I was curious if anybody knows
how low that it can go and what the total height of the motorhome would be
(to the top of the AC unit), and if it would be driveable so that we could
pull it into the pole barn and clear the 107 inches.
Hopefully somebody has attempted this before. Thanks in advance!
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Chris
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Mike K.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178379 is a reply to message #178376] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 12:06 |
powerjon
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Mike,
It is 9' 6" to the top of the AC unit + or - a little bit. It will
not go thru a 107 tall opening. The max that a coach will rise and
settle is about 4" +/-. You need to lower the floor or raise the
roof. Actually if you can put a 10 X 10 door in your pole building
and solve your problems. That is what I have in our building.
JR Wright
GMC Great Laker MHC
GMC Eastern States
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78 Buskirk 30' Stretch
1975 Avion (Under Reconstruction)
Michigan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178468 is a reply to message #178374] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 21:35 |
David Greenberg
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Mine was a measured 8'8" with a low profile Penguin II AC unit and a
sat dish on the roof.
The folks at the Jet Ferry (The Cat?) between Nova Scotia and Bar
Harbor didn't believe me and measured the coach themselves.
I didn't have to lower it to do this. I was on 16" wheels, otherwise stock.
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Chris Szilagyi <tux@apex-internet.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have been in the market for a motorhome for a few years, and recently
> started reading up on the GMC Motorhome. I do not own one but am very
> interested in getting more information and possibly looking in to one. I
> am trying to find out what the lowest possible height is of the motorhome
> (to the top of the AC unit), to see if it will clear to get it into a pole
> barn. The barn door measures 107 inches high which is 1 inch shorter than
> 9 ft. I've read the total height of the motorhome is around 9 ft, and I
> know that it can be raised and lowered. I was curious if anybody knows
> how low that it can go and what the total height of the motorhome would be
> (to the top of the AC unit), and if it would be driveable so that we could
> pull it into the pole barn and clear the 107 inches.
>
> Hopefully somebody has attempted this before. Thanks in advance!
>
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> Chris
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178557 is a reply to message #178468] |
Tue, 31 July 2012 12:22 |
lw8000
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On 07/30/2012 10:35 PM, David Greenberg wrote:
> Mine was a measured 8'8" with a low profile Penguin II AC unit and a
> sat dish on the roof.
> The folks at the Jet Ferry (The Cat?) between Nova Scotia and Bar
> Harbor didn't believe me and measured the coach themselves.
> I didn't have to lower it to do this. I was on 16" wheels, otherwise stock.
>
Just to confirm, if you had to lower it, it CAN be moved while it is
lowered, correct? I'm talking about moving it a little to park it (or
in this case to back it in to a pole barn), then putting it back at the
normal height after it clears the overhead door frame. Based on what
I've read, having a low profile AC unit would clear our overhead door
frame, and lowering it just a little more would give us just a little
more clearance just in case.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178559 is a reply to message #178374] |
Tue, 31 July 2012 12:43 |
JohnL455
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9'2" to the top of my front DuoTherm shroud. My door is 9'. Making it 9'6" next week by replacing 2 18" panels with 2 21" panels. Have to move the 2 x 12" x 3deep header up by replacing with engineered lumber beamb
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178706 is a reply to message #178557] |
Thu, 02 August 2012 05:56 |
1275gtsport
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| lw8000 wrote on Tue, 31 July 2012 14:22 |
Just to confirm, if you had to lower it, it CAN be moved while it is lowered, correct?
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You can move it a bit. as you say to back it in....however only the rear of the coach lowers. the air bags are only in the back (which if ride height is set right is lower anyway)
I don't see how dropping the rear is going to do much for the front A/C unit. on mine that is sort of in the middle of the coach. I will go test later today cause I haven't measured mine yet anyway.
Adam
Adam Raeburn
Rothesay, NB
1976 Austin Mini
1977 GMC Palm Beach
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Once you replace everything that is attached to something else. It will all be fixed.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #178806 is a reply to message #178706] |
Fri, 03 August 2012 08:54 |
1275gtsport
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I measured the coach with the air bag set to auto. on a gravel driveway. A 12 foot 2x4 laying across the forward most point of the A/C unit.
Passengers side 108 3/4
Drivers side 109 1/2
Me thinks it is time to re-adjust the height adjustment. it kind of looks level in the driveway. I did not check how low it will go. will take it to a level paved parking lot and do the test over again. and include dropping the bags as well.
Adam Raeburn
Rothesay, NB
1976 Austin Mini
1977 GMC Palm Beach
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Once you replace everything that is attached to something else. It will all be fixed.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Total height clearance [message #197068 is a reply to message #178374] |
Fri, 01 February 2013 11:38 |
JohnL455
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9' header was a no go with OEM Duotherms. I bought 2 new garage door panels each 3" larger and replaced the stacked 2x 12 header beam with a 6" shorter engineered beam. It fits fine and the antenna flexes to get past. So 9'6" is the answer. 9'3" would be right at the rub point as the front AC is the thicker higher BTU model. . Dropping the bags did little to change clearance at front AC.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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