Luxury Living On Wheels: The Ultimate Tour of Our Customized Monaco Motorhome
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2023
- Tour our 2008 Monaco Dynasty Motorhome and the RV upgrades we made to it! We live in this diesel pusher motorhome full-time and have turned it into our rolling home on wheels.
Below is a list of some of the upgraded products we mentioned and the discounts available to Mortons On The Move subscribers.
You can also find a list of our discounts on our deals and discounts page on our site. www.mortonsonthemove.com/deal...
PRODUCTS SHOWN:
Battle Born Lithium Batteries: battlebornbatteries.com/?afmc=1x
Blu Water Filtration and Internet - Mobile Must Have - 5% off Code MOTM5 - mobilemusthave.com/MOTM
Awnings and Awning Toppers - Tough Top Awnings - 5% Off Code MORTONS - www.toughtopawnings.com/
Acuva UV Water Filtration -10% off code MORTONS -acuvatech.com/shop/?ref=8tepa...
Gutters, Shades, Water Pump, Furniture, and More -
Rec Pro 5% discount code ONTHEMOVE5 - www.recpro.com/?referral=ONTH...
RELATED READING:
Who Makes Monaco Motorhomes?: www.mortonsonthemove.com/mona...
7 Things Our Motorhome Has That Are BETTER Than Our House: www.mortonsonthemove.com/rv-b...
The Real Reason We Installed Battle Born Lithium Batteries: www.mortonsonthemove.com/batt...
6 Top Luxury Motorhome RV Brands You Won’t Believe: www.mortonsonthemove.com/luxu...
How To Replace Slide Toppers: www.mortonsonthemove.com/rv-s...
Tag Axles: www.mortonsonthemove.com/tag-...
Water Filtration: www.mortonsonthemove.com/how-...
Air Suspension: www.mortonsonthemove.com/air-...
Our 10 Favorite RV Upgrades to Improve Your Camping Experience: www.mortonsonthemove.com/rv-u...
Replace RV Furniture: www.mortonsonthemove.com/repl...
RV Internet: www.mortonsonthemove.com/rv-i...
----
Thank you for watching our videos!
We are Tom & Caitlin Morton, and we are the Mortons on the Move. We are co-hosts of 'The RVers' TV Show on the Discovery Channel, PBS, and Fun Roads TV. We are the Creators of the 'Go North' series available on Amazon Prime and RUclips. We've lived full-time in an RV since 2015.
WEBSITE: www.mortonsonthemove.com
THE RVERS TV SHOW: www.thervers.tv
Watch GO NORTH on Amazon Prime: amzn.to/3Mox42M
INSTAGRAM: / mortonsonthemove
FACEBOOK: / mortonsonthemove
TWITTER: / mortsonthemove
CAMERA GEAR: kit.co/Mortonsonthemove/camer...
OUR RV LIFE GEAR: kit.co/Mortonsonthemove/favor...
Copyright © 2015-2023 Mortons on the Move. All rights reserved.
Any unauthorized reuse, copying, duplication, reproduction, or redistribution in part or in whole without written permission is strictly prohibited.
Smart move buying the old bones of the top-of-the-line Monaco! Most likely one of the best coaches ever built. Congratulations. Thomyt
Welcome to the Monoco family 🚌😊
Congratulations such a beautiful mansion on wheels
These Motorhomes are the Best! Godspeed.
awesome tour i have a 2008 monaco monarch and its beautiful i thought it was cool that you did a full tour all in good quality it helped a lot thanks a lot 🙂😊👍
Thk you. I'm impressed with what you've done to the coach.
Wow. Nice. What happened to the super off road truck camper?? 😱
It takes more than an expedition vehicle to go on an expedition. When you have a Class A no one expects you to go beyond KOA.
❤❤❤WOOW!!!! This is the perfect layout!!!!
We really like it! We thought about getting a newer model, but couldn't find a layout we liked more.
😊. HELLO. MERRY CHRISTMAS REALLY I DO NOT COMMENT TO OFTEN ON RUclips VIDEOS YET WHEN I WAS LITTLE, OUR PARENTS TOOK US ON VACATIONS EACH SUMMER MOTORHOMES. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I THINK BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR WIFE ACTUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THINGS, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU GUYS REALLY CARE AND MAINTAIN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON YOUR MOTORHOME THAT IS SO IMPORTANT I CAN’T STRESS IT ENOUGH IF A PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE A MOTORHOME LIVE OFF GRID WHATEVER THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT AND MAINTAIN IT AND SO MANY PEOPLE DON’T OR THEY DON’T KNOW IT’S VERY EXPENSIVE SO WE GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THATwe would like to see your winterization and do you travel in the snow that would be interesting thanks bye God bless
This is the best motorhome video I have seen! You covered all the bases and very informative.
Lovely setup 😊
Great video!!! Best of luck with your beautiful new home!!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Congratulations on your new rig! Hope your new space gives you both a great travel experience. Thanks for sharing!
Nice rig and upgrades! Hope you have some videos in the queue for all your projects! Best...
We're all over but usually Florida or desert southwest for the winters. We stick to ourselves for the most part.
Congratulations on your new rig! We loved our 42’ 2007 Dynasty , a lot of great memories
We just found you guys with this video and it’s been informative. We will be binge watching your other videos. Funny thing, at the end of the month we’re flying from Arizona, to Palm Beach Florida to pick up a 2007 Monaco Noble III and driving back to AZ. Kind of reverse of your experience. We hope to find and watch your trip in the opposite direction. Keep up the good work.
Hi guys - WOW, we love your motorhome. It’s amazing what all you have upgraded in the last year. Tom can come and geek out on our motorhome anytime. I wish we had a little geek in us 🤣😂. It sure helps to have different Rvs to help make decisions on what you want when you buy. Thanks for sharing your home with us! Hope to see you on the road again someday ~Janice~ 😊❤️🇺🇸 👏👏👏
Wow what an amazing coach. You got all the bells and whistles. A giant diesel generator too!!
Very cool Rig. Looking forward to your next adventure. Thanks Don
Congratulations on your beautiful dynasty. I have a 2000 dynasty that I have been living in for going on six years and still love it. Thanks for the video.
Great video, fabulous looking RV
OMG! You just added a lot of changes to my list after seeing that couch setup. We have a 2010 43’ Phaeton, but it’s very similar to this Monaco except the bedroom is opposite and bath is a little different, but I like yours better with the single sink! I was buying an almost identical 2009 Monaco to this and the Seller backed out after I opened my mouth about all the people having DEF problems! Haha
Very Nicely Done!
What a beautiful rig and you have really worked on the upgrades.
Well done Mortons! Well thought out.
Very nice setup. We drove an old 99 Country coach from Pheonix to Tampa. I understand what that experience can be like !
I loved your Mansion on wheels Motorhome. It is beautiful.
Looking forward to seeing where you travel with your coach
Nice! First motorhome, you pretty much went to the top of the motorhome world (other than Prevost, Newell) . Wish we saw those updates/repairs you have done. Could definitely learn from you and apply on my Monaco Windsor.
Great set up love it!
I really enjoyed your video. Thank you.
Beautiful motorcoach love the upgrades, thanks for sharing. Safe travels
Thanks so much for the tour, beautiful coach! I’m pretty hands on with our 2000 Country Coach but all that cool stuff on your coach would scare the ….. out of me. Way too many things to go wrong. Again beautiful rig!
Safe travels 😊
Glad to have found you all again. I was following you pretty steady during the Alaska trip, but somehow I fell off your sub list. Happy to see you are still adventuring.
My Nana would love this siting on the couch in front of the tv with a cup of coco and slippers on, the perfect cozy granny mobile love it.
U guys did a great job!! Would love to see before and after pictures!
I love your RV . It’s the bomb . Fantastic upgrades & happy travels ❤🌎 .
I’m starting out (now) just like y’all, with a few exceptions. First, I’m 71, just retired (back in October 22). I bought a 2002 small 24’ class A, I pull a 20’ enclosed trailer that has my (toy) 1963 Chevy Nova that I can use as a daily driver, but I’m getting ready to buy an e-bike for going around the area I’ll be staying at the time. My plan is to go around America for a year, then either keep going or find a park in Florida to stay in
You did it right in the size, unlike some people that think that a monster size is cool. we have had RVs our whole lives and were now looking for a 24' class C/B+ so we can drive it everywhere and not have parking problems. wishing you lots of good times and good health.
Congratulations, nice motor coach
💛💛💛
Wow really Uptown !
Wow super nice
Awesome rig you got there ! About wifi I always had signal and appearance issues in my fifth wheel. what i did is go with a Unifi AP centrally located (i fished the rj45 thru the ac duck) and it just blend so well with the ceiling light fixtures , speaker and AC vents. Since it's in a central location the signal in the bedroom is top notch and if you need to upgrade in the futur, it's real easy since it's poe powered.
OMG that is one happy man!
Also note on the Tag Axle, if it is lifted and you start driving it will drop back down when the transmission hit 2nd gear.
I was able to test drive one of the 45ft Monaco Signatures with the Cummings ISX (605 HP), great performance for a heavy coach and the stability on the road is fantastic.
Yea that's how it works, nice that you don't need to think about it. That tag does add a lot of stability.
Wow, that’s a lot of rig. You could tow your truck. Talk about automation those shades voice activation. You have talent in turning out nice upgrades.
Wow. Just wow.
My friend. You really do a much better job of reviewing and providing very clear understanding of the components of Large RV's, then some of the other folks. Hope Prevost, Emerald, Superior or Marathon have you review the new and used coaches. Also you would probably make a good consultant on the purchasing of coaches for clients. WELL DONE1
Hi, new subscriber here. That’s an absolutely beautiful Dynasty and very well equipped, similar to an Executive or even the flagship Signature Series. Somebody really ordered it with a ton of upgrades which is super nice. I like everything about it. You mentioned the need for 3 starting batteries. We own an ‘07 Monaco Holiday Rambler Navigator 45’ and it has a Cummins 525HP. The 2 starting batteries really seemed to struggle to start it. I had a new Denso starter installed as my research really recommended this starter to help with the “slow start” issue pertaining to these higher horsepower diesels. It made a vast improvement, however I am having a 3rd starting battery installed as well. Each battery is 950 cranking amps so it will be close to 3K. I believe that between the Denso starter and the addition of the 3 rd battery, there will no longer be any slow starting issues whatsoever. You might want to google and research some of the forums about the Denso starter to become better informed about this solution. Love your channel and good luck with your travels!👍
Thanks for the tour. Awesome looking rig, so roomy looking with the slides out. Happy for you guys. Question: What do you do with the computer monitors while traveling? Do you just unplug and lay them down on the sofa? On the desk? On the floor?
Looks like you did upgrades and repairs to both the inside and the drive train.
Well done you two.
Thanks, yea it needed a bit of work but it's in pretty good shape now!
@@MortonsontheMove Yall are killing it! Keep up the good work and fun content.
Beautiful coach! Looks like it lives very well. Love the floor plan. Very well presented as always. Best to you both! George
Love the video we are looking to full-time RV in our first coach looking to get a 2006 or newer country coach and upgrade the inside so we can run our business from there and live in it full-time.
Congratulations on your new beautiful home on wheels!
I’m hoping this will be one of many videos of you guys!
I’ve sure missed all your adventures like you guys used to put out.
Happy travels and stay safe..🙏🏻♥️
Beautiful new coach! After watching Less Junk More Journey in Baja, you may want to take the truck camper to Mexico. Looks like the roads are horrible - at least in Baja they are. Good luck on your adventures.
Looks awesome! Did you guys do a video or blog on replacing the air bags? We have a Beaver Motorcoach that had a few in need of replacement.
12:10 I care about all of the technical aspects of these amazing diesel pushers!
Thanks for sharing. We have a 2009 dynasty. Can you please share the airbags you have. We need to replace ours and I can’t find the parts. Beautiful coach. Hope to see you on the road! Safe travels.
Great video. New subscriber.
I have a 2007 Monaco built coach (Scepter 40PDQ) with a similar lighting system, and would love to see more about how you did the home automation. I recently sold my house and now full time and miss my home assistant. Any chance you have a more detailed video on how you modified to lights and tied it to your home assiatant?
We also have a 2008 Monaco, but it's a 40' Diplomat diesel pusher. We've loved it so much, it's been a great coach! The dishwasher was a nice addition - which we'd like to add eventually, as you have! Looks great, congratulations you two!
Then you are in a very similar coach! It was a bit of work for the dishwasher, but it has worked perfect so far.
A beautiful home 🏡 ❤🎉
Thanks! Its different but we love it!
The thing I love most about these huge motor homes is their gas efficiency. They consume almost no gas, so they're extremely easy on the environment. Towing a car also lessens the load, so even less gas is consumed. These nearly zero-emission monsters would never burn large amounts of fossil fuels which add to climate change. That's the cool thing about these land yachts.
Monaco's are good👍🇺🇲 just subscribed 🎉
Great job!
New subscriber. Where do you spend winters?
Do you post places you’ll be? Have meet and greets?
FMCA members?
This was probably one of the last coaches made by Monaco before the BK Filing.
Hello, I am a fellow Monaco dynasty owner and I recently watched your video of the tour of the outside and inside of yours
 You’ve done some great upgrades 
and was noticing your window coverings and I was wondering if you knew the make and model of what you have
Replacing the beloved Norcold reefer in a Tiffin, I too had to remove the driver side window. Very easy actually.
Plus I was wondering what happened to you guys. Last vid I saw was when you started building out a truck camper.
Then again I was on a long rv trip myself with my TT to Florida from Kommifornia
Beautiful motorhome!!
we just picked up an 08 dynasty this month and getting all the things fixed up.. how did you mount that aquahot controller? ours is not staying snapped into the little rivet things on the housing..
I love your videos but I really miss the blogging videos well done tho all the best from Canada xo❤
Beautifully decorated ❤
Is there anyway you could have added the drop down bed over the drivers seats?
Also what rig is this???
27:30 I hope that your are friends with “Gone With the Wynns” because Tom wants a dishwasher so bad, but his wife doesn’t because she cooks and he washes the dishes.
*Jason
The new Class A looks nice. One thing I have been meaning to ask you was how was the Refrigerator update doing in you put in 5th Wheel?
Must take FOREVER to pack up and secure all that stuff before traveling. Literally like packing up a small apartment! Yikes! Great if you are a snowbird taking two trips a year, one in the Winter and another in the Summer, but can't imagine actually traveling with a house on wheels. Glad it works for you and that is all that really counts! I'll take that Lance camper you had up in AK ;-)
Great video, that floorplan and options that are awesome. I did not realize you could get series 60 in the diplomat. What floor plan is that?
It's the dynasty, don't think you can get it in diplomat. It's the Yorkshire IV
Good to hear from you guys...now I know what you have been doing...I think it is a smart move. I like Monaco motor homes. Good job.
Hey Tom, not sure if you noticed it but when you had the back of the fridge access door open the plastic bag that you moved (20:20) is now blocking the cooling fan on the back of the fridge.
Thanks, I went back and checked and I had moved out all together lol.
25:38 Your slide in your living area is carpeted, including in front of your refrigerator, underneath your dinette and underneath your desk. Is that a feature that you enjoy? We would get that carpet so dirty from our experience in our home. With just the two of you it’s probably really comfortable on your bare feet? Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful home!
Is this setup so that you can winter in UP Michigan. Do you solar charge your batteries? It would be extremely entertaining to have Caitlin teach Peter and John how to drive a full size motor home! That would be worthy of a TV show! Hmmmm!! My predictor was way off. I had predicted that you would buy a HDT and the fanciest fifth wheel toy hauler out there making even the Prevost owners jealous!! Perhaps you will still do that someday. THANKS FOR THE TOUR, both external and internal!!! I hope we will get to see videos of both this RV and your expedition vehicle!!! ENJOY THEM BOTH!!!
So no more overlanding adventures? ☹️. It's beautiful but I will miss your off road stuff. I have been watching for a long time. I liked the 5th Wheel you had too.
Incinerator toilet would have worked well in the master bath as well.
Would you share where you purchased your sofa? It looks like it’s the right size for our CC .
It's a Thomasville brand we got at Costco. Haven't seen the same one since, we just had our measurements and came across it randomly.
Guys, please do a video on the engine with the nerd🤣🤣
Hi the Monaco Dynastys are a beautiful coach but i was just curious, has yours got the Cummins engine on a Roadmaster Chassis.
Thank you for a very informative tour and explanations for us layman. No better bang for the buck than these pre-def Oregon built motorhomes by Monaco, Country Coach, Safari, etc. We love our 08 CC Intrigue!
13:21 How do you get your weight training in now that you’ve gone Battle Born lithium?
Did you say in addition to this mansion on wheels you have several properties around the country??
Nice looking coach. How do you keep the electronics compartment (under the driver) from getting wet?
Thank you! The compartment is well sealed and we've never had any issues with water in there.
This was so nice. I bet they feel so free. This makes me wanna buy 1 of these & run off w/ my kids. Lol! I wonder how they receive mail tho. I’m guessing maybe a P.O. Box n 1 place that they visit here & there.
Congratulations on the DP. Did you plumb your Acuva to the countertop dispenser as well or solely to the fridge?
Only to the fridge. The .2 micron is good enough for almost all our water, but I mexico we still only used the fridge.
I had an '05 Monaco but sold it a while back. I installed solar on it and ran into an issue while driving. I got an overvoltage alarm. It was not a problem per se but I did have to research it. Did you run into the same issue?
Could you do a video on how to change the intellitec lighting on your coach I have a 2006 Dynasty would love to know how to change the functions.
I have reprogrammed the panels and can probably do a writeup on that but haven't been able to tap the whole.system for control yet.
Did you record content on your build out? Definitely been missing the updates via RUclips. I might have to go check out your newsletters as I didn't know they existed.
With the new rig, how long can you drive or be offgrid using the residential fridge? Can you use the boiler while underway?
One benefit of a boiler system is that you can use it for under tile heating. Did you go that route? Did you have to upgrade the slide motors to handle all the extra weight? Sorry so many questions. It you kind of hit me with information overload!
Slides are all dual hydraulic pistons synced since they are so heavy. We can run about 4 days off-grid before needing to run the gen. Yes the boiler can run underway, however it can be backed by engine heat so it can be heated by engine coolant. We can run heat in the coach and have hot water off the engine. The hot lines do run under the floor and help warm it, but it's not true in floor heat. Would be a great feature however!!
I'm a little concerned about permanently attaching your potable water system to the flush system. Doesn't that give bacteria a way to enter the potable water system? I know on my house I had to have an air gap for a flush on a rust removal system that entered into my septic tank. Inquiring minds want to know. Nice coach, it's a little to geeky for me but that's Tom. I have a Nexus Ghost Super C that has some of the neat stuff you have but not anywhere near all of them. Good luck guys and keep the good stuff coming.
Congratulation on the nice coach. I also choose a 2007 Holiday Rambler for some of the same reasons. I love a lot of the stuff you have done to your coach and I hate to make negative comments but do you have your fresh water faucet connected to your black and gray flush inlet? If so this seems like a contamination risk. Please take this as a constructive question and health safety concern.
You didn't follow-up on why you disconnected the alternator from the battery charging on your coach. I'm curious b/c we're considering upgrading our RV batteries to LiFePO4 too, and suspect it's due to the draw the new batteries can put on your coach. Did you install a Li-BIM, or at least consider it, or maybe something like a Victron or REDARC DC-DC charging system? Thanks for all the great content you put out!
That's it. Yea we could do that, but it's just not that big of a benefit compared to the solar and gen. Maybe an upgrade down the road tho!
What model Monaco Dynasty is your coach?
Propane is awesome!
Did you sell your Bigfoot/Ram?
What, you didn’t do videos of your trip from AZ? 😢
1700lbs of torque 😮
Cute hubby
Full time RV friends of ours had a 2009 Monaco Signature. Six months ago a nearby lightning strike (Florida) fried the chassis electronics, leaving the house electronics usable. Turns out the electronics were a prototype and no longer repairable. Coach would start and move forward in first gear, but nothing else worked. After months of repair attempts and negotiations with the insurance company, they finally totaled the coach. Hope you don’t have a similar situation.
Wow 😮
OMG!