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deaton

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Messages
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Location
New Braunfels, TX
RV Year
2020
RV Make
Newmar
RV Model
Dutch Star 4081
RV Length
40
TOW/TOAD
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trail Hawk
I’ve identified about fifty things that are different between our 2017 DS 4018 and our 2020 DS 4081.

Here’s a few more on the list.

2. Switch for activation of electric cable reel has been moved from the reel to the bay door. No more bending over to operate the switch.

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3. Gas struts on front cap.

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4. Strengthened steel plate for mounting of hot water tap at front cap.

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5. Improved access to hydraulic pump and reservoir.

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6. Generator on a slide in 40 foot DS.

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Of course some of these may have happened in 2018 or 19.


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@deaton … these are great. Please keep posting them.

FLSteve
 
Love the generator slide. I didn’t know Newmar had extended that feature to DS. That’s a must-have for me when I upgrade.
 
Love the generator slide. I didn’t know Newmar had extended that feature to DS. That’s a must-have for me when I upgrade.

I think it’s been on the longer DS’s (43 footers) for some time, but not on 40 or below.


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What size generator is on the 40’ DSDP. The 43’ has a 10k generator and I think it needed to be on a slide for service. Is there an option for 3AC on the 40’?


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I was moving slowly towards ordering a DSDP and had some email exchanges. Then....

I do however appreciate seeing the cool new features so do keep posting.

@deaton you ordered yours through NIRVC?
 
What size generator is on the 40’ DSDP. The 43’ has a 10k generator and I think it needed to be on a slide for service. Is there an option for 3AC on the 40’?


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There is no option for 3 AC’s on a 40’ DS. The smaller DS’s do not have the front axle size to carry the larger generator.

I worried about this when I bought my first DS, a 2017 DS 4018, since I was coming from a 43 foot Monaco with three AC’s. But after putting 26,000 mules on that 17 with no cooling issues, I’m convinced you don’t need the third AC.

The 40 foot MA is on the Spartan K3 so it can handle the larger generator and it comes with three AC’s.
 
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What size generator is on the 40’ DSDP. The 43’ has a 10k generator and I think it needed to be on a slide for service. Is there an option for 3AC on the 40’?


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The 40’ and smaller DS’s in 2020 come with the 8k generator. Only the 43’s have the 10k.

Any generator on a slide is easier to service.
 
I was moving slowly towards ordering a DSDP and had some email exchanges. Then....

I do however appreciate seeing the cool new features so do keep posting.

@deaton you ordered yours through NIRVC?

Yes, NIRVC in Lewisville.
 
I was moving slowly towards ordering a DSDP and had some email exchanges. Then....

I do however appreciate seeing the cool new features so do keep posting.

@deaton you ordered yours through NIRVC?
This, too, shall pass, Sheridan. Hang in there!

TJ
 

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