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10-25-2017, 06:12 PM
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#341
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I'm not sure about that but I know for certain that he who works his tail off the first half of his life to build a career and business loses his wife and kids.   |
Dang. Well, at least you got half. 
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10-25-2017, 08:23 PM
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#342
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,848
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Originally Posted by Rusty
Dang. Well, at least you got half. |
or just never get a wife N kids...
-Christopher
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10-26-2017, 12:44 AM
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#343
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Originally Posted by cadillackid
or just never get a wife N kids...
-Christopher
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Naw, I wouldn't go that far. Maybe just don't get a "Modern Western" wife and kids... one of those more traditional, conservative types....like a mail-order bride that doesn't speak the language or something.
Too many Chiefs, not 'enuff Indians. 
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10-26-2017, 07:00 AM
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#344
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I'm not sure about that but I know for certain that he who works his tail off the first half of his life to build a career and business loses his wife and kids. |
I didn't work my tail off so it took me 20 yrs to finally get rid of the wife. Still working on the last kid. 20 yrs old and still sitting on my couch. Guess I should have worked harder.
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10-26-2017, 07:41 AM
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#345
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: pa
Posts: 2,510
Year: 98
Coachwork: 1. Corbeil & 2. Thomas
Chassis: 1 ford 1998 e350 4x4 7.3 2 mercedes 2004
Engine: 7.3 powerstroke & MBE906
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May be I missed it in the women confusion talk  .
JD I am surprised that you did not sink in after a flooding like that. Any problems getting out?
Later j
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10-26-2017, 08:46 AM
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#346
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Naw, I wouldn't go that far. Maybe just don't get a "Modern Western" wife and kids... one of those more traditional, conservative types....like a mail-order bride that doesn't speak the language or something.
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I'm almost afraid to comment. 
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10-26-2017, 08:53 AM
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#347
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Originally Posted by joeblack5
May be I missed it in the women confusion talk .
JD I am surprised that you did not sink in after a flooding like that. Any problems getting out? |
HA!
No, no problem getting out. That "dry" lake bed is VERY hard - like concrete. The little bit of rain made the surface a little muddy and slippy but it dried very quickly. It was mostly gone by the end of that day. I stayed about four days so it was in very good shape when I left.
Here is a shot of my current location. This is sand but I suspect pretty hard rock/soil underneath. The coach and Jeep sink a little bit when driving on it (half inch maybe?) but overall pretty solid.
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10-26-2017, 09:07 AM
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#348
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
or just never get a wife N kids...
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That is an option. I realize this isn't a physcho/therapy forum but I feel obligated now that I brought it up...
My 23 years of marriage and child raising were wonderful and I loved her/them very much. I still do - and miss her terribly (eight years later). So, I'm not anti-marriage/women/whatever. The kids are adults and 2 of 3 are starting to understand what happened and are communicating again (thankfully) - but not the one with the grandkids (which really stinks). I should write a book as I have a very long list of things NOT to do in marriage - "How to Destroy Your Family in 500 Easy Steps."
I do have some really great ideas for things to do to men that prey on married women.
Sorry... back to the bus show!
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10-26-2017, 04:16 PM
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#349
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
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You look to be doing jussst fine. Someday, when I grow-up, I want a RV just like yours. 
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10-27-2017, 07:32 AM
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#350
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by Rusty
Someday, when I grow-up, I want a RV just like yours. |
With a big boy engine? 
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10-27-2017, 09:47 AM
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#351
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brewerbob
with a big boy engine? |
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10-31-2017, 12:30 PM
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#352
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New Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 8
Year: 1996
Coachwork: N/A
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: Cat 3116
Rated Cap: 20
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Awesome bus build! Very inspiring.
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11-07-2017, 09:57 AM
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#353
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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I am REALLY angry at you guys!! 
GGGGRRRRrrrr….
Normally, I'm a pretty mild mannered fellow. HOWEVER!! I believe that all this talk of getting stuck caused me to ACTUALLY GET STUCK weekend before last!!! In keeping with modern society - it can't be my fault - it must be YOURS!! 
The full write up is here ( How to get stuck?? In a Bus?? - JdFinley.com) - it is too painful to repeat. Suffice to say that I will not again be parking on sand any time soon AND those big tow trucks are not cheap. I think I may also avoid posting photos of my parking spots until AFTER I have left. That way you guys can't jinx me again.
Btw… I always figured getting pulled out by a tow truck would cost a couple hundred bucks. I was wrong by a factor of ten. My old plan was to try really hard not to get stuck - my new plan is to try REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hard to never let it happen again.
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11-07-2017, 10:16 AM
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#354
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Ouch! Might be worth investing in one of those inflatable vehicle lift bags used by EMS & such. With a compressor on board, you can lift gigantic loads then put some traction mats under the wheels.
Manufacturer of Air Lifting Bags & Cushions - Indianapolis, Indiana - Matjack, Inc.
And maybe filling all those tires with helium might help too.
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11-07-2017, 10:30 AM
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#355
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I am REALLY angry at you guys!!
GGGGRRRRrrrr….
Normally, I'm a pretty mild mannered fellow. HOWEVER!! I believe that all this talk of getting stuck caused me to ACTUALLY GET STUCK weekend before last!!! In keeping with modern society - it can't be my fault - it must be YOURS!! |
Damn dude. Sorry about that. I tell the gf all the time about how fickle the car gods are. Won't mention it again about your parking. No sense in tempting the rat bastards.
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11-07-2017, 10:32 AM
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#356
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by Tango
And maybe filling all those tires with helium might help too.
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H not He!! Then if you get stuck you can use the tires as a rocket booster!!
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11-07-2017, 10:42 AM
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#357
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Call Royal Tire, send them the pics and see what they say. They'll probably tell you to go to hell but 1) you have to if you want to sue them 2) doesn't hurt even if you don't push it any further.
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11-07-2017, 10:45 AM
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#358
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: MONTANA
Posts: 471
Year: 1995
Coachwork: AMTRAM
Chassis: INT
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: Big Girl
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Man that sucks, I wonder if having something like Good Sams would have helped?
Well, now you have to sue the park or whoever for having the sand too soft or not posting signs. Ya this world is sad place.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
In keeping with modern society - it can't be my fault - it must be YOURS!! |
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11-07-2017, 11:55 AM
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#359
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigskypc50
Man that sucks, I wonder if having something like Good Sams would have helped?
Well, now you have to sue the park or whoever for having the sand too soft or not posting signs. Ya this world is sad place.
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HA!! Love it "sand too soft"!!
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11-07-2017, 11:58 AM
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#360
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigskypc50
Well, now you have to sue the park or whoever for having the sand too soft or not posting signs. Ya this world is sad place.
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I'm with you on the sue happy. If I trip over your garden hose, it's on me.
But the dude that did the brakes should be on the hook. He's got pics and an expert witness in the form of the other shop. The flat tire and tow are secondary to the potential brake failure had the pads fallen out. I think small claims goes to $2500 these days. He's got close to that without inventing pain and suffering.
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