2010 Winnebago Journey Express 34Y for sale

Well maintained. One owner. (OK, there’s two of us but you know what I mean.) No smoking, no pets. Spacious.

This unit is on a Freightliner chassis and has a Cummins 340 engine and Allison transmission. We put about 20,000 miles on this RV in the year and a half we’ve owned it and never had any trouble getting to where we wanted to go including over the Rocky Mountains a few times. Plus, the almost 35-foot length means we fit into some campsites that 40-footers could not have gotten into.

We updated the electrical system including installing four LifeLine AGM house batteries (6v, 220AH), a Magnum pure sine wave inverter/charger (MS2012), a Trimetric battery monitor (TM 2025-RV) and a Progressive Industries Electrical Management System (LCHW50). The latter has saved us from damage that could have been done by either high or low power in various RV parks where we’ve stayed.  The circuits for the 110 volt outlets and the microwave were moved to a sub-panel which gets its power from the inverter/batteries when you are not on shore power or running the generator. But, we never tested that to see how long you could run things on just the batteries. We had that done to make it easy to upgrade to a solar system which we had planned to be this winter’s project.

The Onan diesel generator has quick start buttons on the dash as well as at the RV’s power management center which means we can start the generator from the cab area if we want to use the oven to make lunch while on the road so the generator has time to warm up a bit while we gather and prep whatever we plan to cook.

The air-conditioner is in the basement (lots of storage down there including a pass through compartment) and is a full-house system which is MUCH quieter than a roof A/C letting us actually talk with friends when it runs. Using the generator to run the A/C while driving makes for already comfortable living when you stop for the evening.

Automatic hydraulic jacks make leveling the rig very easy to do. The pads are large enough to not dig holes in asphalt when extended but we still choose to put pads under them sometimes to keep them from having to extend quite so far if the ground is very uneven. You get to keep our pads.

The air-horn lets you please kids who stand by the road pumping their arms (we only did that once but it was fun) and the exhaust brakes stop you well on big downhills even if the neighbors don’t care for the noise.

There’s an outside shower so beach sand can be washed off before entering the house.

Extra security features include an automatic fire suppression system we installed behind the refrigerator and another one ready to install in the engine compartment. Plus we have various hand held extinguishers stashed around the rig in addition to all the standard alarm/monitoring systems.

All recalls have been done plus we did suspension/steering upgrades. And because we are compulsive, you can have the complete set of manuals and maintenance records we’ve accumulated.

We towed a 2010 Honda CR-V (which we could be talked into selling with the RV but are very willing to keep if you don’t want it) using a Roadmaster All-terrain towing bar which lets you hitch and unhitch the car without it having to be perfectly aligned with the RV. We also have an SMI Air Force One braking system for the car that runs off the air pressure of the motorhome. Hooking and unhooking the towed car is so easy even I can do it. The rear view camera let us keep an eye on the car while we were driving down the road.

Upper and lower pull-out pantries let you store an amazing amount of food. The four door refrigerator/freezer adds to that. Plus there are seven, count them seven, drawers in the kitchen in addition to the upper and lower cabinets.

The combination microwave/convection oven works well and there are instructions and cookbooks included to help you learn how to use the combination cooking feature.

We bought and had installed whole house MCD window shades which allow for full sun, solar blocking/privacy option, or light blocking night shades. Those that are hard to reach have powered remotes.

There are four TVs, two in the living area (we used the big powered retractable one which stores in the buffet to watch movies and the end one over the cab for Wii exercising), one in the bedroom, and one outside under the powered patio awning which makes for fun tailgating parties. There is a stereo system with CD/DVD in the bedroom in addition to the home theater sound system in the living room. The driver and passenger seats swivel and the passenger seat has a foot rest turning it into a recliner for watching movies. The powered queen-size sofa bed also has a reclining position for those who choose to watch TV from there.

There’s also a powered awning over the door, separate from the patio awning, to protect you when coming home in the rain.

The shower has a skylight that brings the outdoors in even in this private space. And the bathroom is large enough to let me store everything I want stored in there while still letting me move about comfortably–no bumping my elbows in this shower. In fact, I had a seat in the shower for awhile until I got strong enough again to stand through an entire shower. The two-height post with the hand-held upgraded shower head helped enormously during that time. Plus, of course, there is a ceiling vent fan to help dissipate the moisture that could otherwise build up in the room. There’s another vent fan in the kitchen area.

The dining table retracts to allow more space for movement in the RV or extends with a leaf to make it long enough to seat four people for dinner or game playing. Two folding chairs with upholstery that matches the other chairs complete the seating there but store in the closet when not needed.

The floor plan allows you access to everything except the dresser and back closet when all the slides are in. Yes, even for those like me who are wide loads. With at least one bedroom slide out there is room to walk all the way around the queen-sized bed. There is a cupboard plumbed for a washer/dryer unit in the bedroom but we chose to go to laundromats so as to be able to do all our wash at once. We did make use of the dirty clothes hamper next to that cupboard, though, and installed a cup hook in it so my bag of delicates would stop migrating to the bottom of the hamper.

For those of you who want to camp out in the boonies here’s what you need to know about capacities: 90 gallon diesel fuel, 92 gallon fresh water, 81 gallon grey water, 57 gallon black water, 28 gallon LPG, and 440 amp hours due to our battery upgrade.

Pictures? You bet we have pictures.

                

What else do you need to know? Price? Well, we turned the RV over to PPL Motor Homes in Houston, Texas, today so you’ll have to wait a couple days for them to get it listed on their website to see what’s happening now. Their website is http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/ and our RV will be listed as unit D135.

We loved living in this RV but it is time for us to move back home to be near friends, family, and our doctors. I like to think whoever buys this RV will enjoy it as much as we have.

TTYL,

Linda