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07-03-2015, 07:37 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Originally Posted by Polarweasel
If it's anything like Boulder, it's not that your neighbors are "unsavory", it's that the rent on "affordable housing" is still higher than we can afford!
(Just the other day, I saw a couple of over-$400k houses for sale that are officially designated affordable housing. That actually is cheap for Boulder, but way the hell more than we can afford!)
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After spending a few hours in Boulder, I could see that.
Seemed very "money".
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07-03-2015, 09:28 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Posts: 429
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Money indeed. Starting to inch toward Silicon Valley pricing and character. I really like the area, but we're pretty priced out, even as a technical writer working (contracting) for a big old tech company in the Valley. Guess that's why we're trying to find a bus, eh? 
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07-03-2015, 09:34 PM
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#43
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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It looked like the yuppiest place I'd ever been... at least downtown.
That mall...
But the people I've met from there are super nice.
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07-03-2015, 09:47 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Posts: 429
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I have a bit different view of the area, having worked 911 in Boulder and Denver, and rescue all over Boulder County. Lots of entitled douchebags, but also a ton of super great people — and money doesn't dictate which group is which nearly as often as you'd expect.
(Now, if only there were a way to make a real living in EMS around here, I wouldn't have to keep being a techie!)
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07-03-2015, 09:59 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 43
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Well know what you mean but when money is low & people are making good of finding a bus for living think that's a good thing. Here I see people in beautiful apartments & 6 months time trying to sell furniture to pay their rent...terrible!
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07-03-2015, 10:07 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Originally Posted by boysnberrygirl
Well know what you mean but when money is low & people are making good of finding a bus for living think that's a good thing. Here I see people in beautiful apartments & 6 months time trying to sell furniture to pay their rent...terrible!
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I've sold heirlooms I shouldn't have, and regret it everyday.
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Until I met a man with no feet
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07-04-2015, 12:15 AM
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#47
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M1031A1
The handicap lift is a MAJOR asset. Think about it.... no lifting heavy construction materials into the vehicle. We did that with our first bus that had one. The 'frig was a breeze because of the lift. Just push a button and PRESTO the heavy lifting was DONE!! Wo HOO!!  Just my two cents.... |
I have had a few people tell me the first thing they would do is remove the lift. My response was to call them an effing idiot and please don't share of your stupid ideas with me. 
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07-04-2015, 06:09 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 43
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So thanks for sharing lol. If I get one with a lift...that's a good thing huh? For electricity, a 12 volt or 9 volt battery ?
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07-04-2015, 10:03 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Posts: 429
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9 volt??? I don't know why you keep mentioning 9, when everything is nominal 12 volt (and actually runs higher than that).
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07-04-2015, 10:11 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 43
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Meant 12 volt, lol
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07-04-2015, 10:37 AM
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#51
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Polarweasel
9 volt??? I don't know why you keep mentioning 9, when everything is nominal 12 volt (and actually runs higher than that).
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220, 221....
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07-11-2015, 02:39 AM
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#52
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Denver
Posts: 89
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC2000 RE
Engine: Cummins 8.3
Rated Cap: 78 passenger
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EastCoastCB - That cube van in the top of your tiny house pics, it motivated me to buy a similar body style. A 99 Express 3500 with 8x12 low-pro cube. In the end, I'm using it as my parts/lumber runner while building the bus, but the thought is still there to do a stealth conversion.
I have too much junk...
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07-11-2015, 07:06 AM
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#53
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Cool, thats awesome! That's what I've been lookin for... A good deal on a van.
I'd love a diesel van. But for weekend stealth camping, I'm thinking an Astro with the 4.3 may be a nice choice.
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07-11-2015, 12:04 PM
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#54
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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I have had two Astro vans with the 4.3 v6. Great vans, and decent 20 miles to the gallon with cargo on a 3000 mile trip.
As for electricity, I could never run a generator all day. It would drive me crazy, and I would not relax the entire time it was running.
I won't even run them on the job sites all day. If not being used, generator gets shut down.
Nat
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07-11-2015, 06:25 PM
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#55
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Denver
Posts: 89
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC2000 RE
Engine: Cummins 8.3
Rated Cap: 78 passenger
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This is from the night I bought it. The CL ad said it didn't run, but the motor and trans had been rebuilt. $1600
I've come to expect the worst from CL, but couldn't resist at that price.
Played with it till it almost ran, asked to see the rebuild paperwork (skeptically, I might add). All paperwork was in order. Motor has about 50k and trans is about 20k miles since rebuild. I got it for less than the cost of the transmission overhaul, twisted the distributor, and drove it home.
Since then, I've installed new brakes, bearings, a steering box, and a new distributor. For a heavier vehicle with a small block, she gets right down the road and she's nowhere near as sloppy as a comparably-sized class C motor home.
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07-11-2015, 06:27 PM
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#56
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Denver
Posts: 89
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC2000 RE
Engine: Cummins 8.3
Rated Cap: 78 passenger
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Not sure if the pic shows up or not. It's there on my phone, but just a box with a red "x" on my work computer...
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