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Old 06-25-2012, 01:52 PM   #1
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BUS??

We have been looking for years for a bus and can't find the right bus. What about this one, how much is it really worth in some of your expert opinions, because we have no idea, and would it be hard to find another one like it? It would be a cross country trip, we are in al, and I don't know if it would be worth it to go get it. It has everything we think would be important, but it is out of our budget, BIG time. We are soo ready to find a bus, though. We really wanted one with a lot done, but we can't find one with everything the way we want it. Just wanted to know what some bus people thought.
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Old 06-29-2012, 06:11 AM   #2
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Re: BUS??

if it is out of your budget then why is it in your consideration?
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Old 06-29-2012, 07:48 AM   #3
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It's probably worth $8k, tops. Ask them how many hours on it.
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Old 06-29-2012, 08:07 AM   #4
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no way would i own a thomas. read the news clip about them,bad roll over facter,the roof will fold up.thats why u see all them thomas in south fla on e-bay up for sale they have been pull by the Grovement because of this.and look at the rust on the front,and it a Calf bus and rusting all ready,i got a Ga bus 94 and no rust, so tell u its poor made....
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Old 06-29-2012, 08:11 AM   #5
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the roof on my thomas bus accidently caught on fire and i had to replace the whole thing cause it was made of cardboard... next time i will buy a bluebird cause they got horse feathers for insulation....
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Old 06-29-2012, 08:21 AM   #6
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my bird don't have feathers it had 2'' installtion pads in its roof and side walls
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Old 06-29-2012, 07:00 PM   #7
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Re: BUS??

But does it have any horses? "birds of a feather" hummmmmmm
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Old 06-29-2012, 11:38 PM   #8
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Re: BUS??

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no way would i own a thomas. read the news clip about them,bad roll over facter,the roof will fold up.thats why u see all them thomas in south fla on e-bay up for sale they have been pull by the Grovement because of this.and look at the rust on the front,and it a Calf bus and rusting all ready,i got a Ga bus 94 and no rust, so tell u its poor made....
What news clip is that?

I noticed that the backs of Thomas buses in Omaha (active fleet) have rust more often than Internationals operated by the same company. Even way up high, like on the top of the emergency door! Omaha is a rust belt because of salt on the streets in winter.
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Old 06-30-2012, 01:45 AM   #9
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Re: BUS??

Whoa! This is need to know stuff! I will definitely look for one with horse feathers in it... Really though, we are at the searching hard phase and we have been looking casually for a long time. The reason we are looking at a bus out of our price range is because I like to dicker and I know those dealers can come off that price some, just don't know how much. But, yep, if it's worth 8 then we are still too high. We are looking for a rear engine, good mpg, full size, bus with storage bays hopefully for around 5k. That might be crazy, I don't know. It doesn't have to be an 8.3, but I would like to get good mileage and not have to put an engine in it right off. We looked at a 3116 and it had 11,xxx hrs on it. I don't know a lot about engines, but I thought it seemed like a lot. And I have read negative on those. Anyway, that's what we are looking for, maybe around here (al, ga, ms, fl) searched cl, ebay, public surplus, and govdeals.. Thanks for all the info!!
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Old 06-30-2012, 08:37 AM   #10
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i have found many skoolies in the south in cl. and many coach busses as well. i probably wouldnt buy a skoolie there unless i checked for corrosion.. the humidity is high and stuff on the farm in al rusts... (well,right now it is baking from what i hear)
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Old 06-30-2012, 08:41 AM   #11
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buy a blue bird with a 5.9 or 8.3 and be done with it.if u can buy a southern bus no rust,,
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Old 07-01-2012, 08:22 AM   #12
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Re: BUS??

good place to start is public surplus.com... link below . good luck


http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/browse/cataucs?catid=4
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Old 07-01-2012, 09:43 AM   #13
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Re: BUS??

Thanks for all your input, I am being picky because we plan on getting 20 yrs out of it and want to be happy with it. We may be going to look at an amtran with 444e if we talk to the guy and it has reasonable hrs/mileage. It is a rear engine with storage. anyway.. thanks again!
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Old 07-01-2012, 04:20 PM   #14
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if you are looking for that long term of bus make sure that you get something with a very common engine and transmission and brake system. just makes it easier is all.
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