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Old 10-24-2014, 03:40 PM   #1
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How many miles a year do you drive your bus?

Since there seems to be more threads lately about worrying about mileage on potential buses, ( "I want one with a million mile motor-not a wimpy 500k motor") It might be time for a good search-worthy thread about the subject. So:

How many miles a year do you put on your bus?

How many miles since you built it?

I'll start-3500 miles a year.
Probably 20k since finished.

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Old 10-24-2014, 04:16 PM   #2
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10k a year roughly.
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Old 10-25-2014, 10:20 AM   #3
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Re: How many miles a year do you drive your bus?

about 3000 a year' last 3 years

thats 2 mini vacations (680 miles total), 1 reg. vacation (1600 miles) and a few close weekends (100 miles each)
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Old 10-25-2014, 11:36 AM   #4
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Re: How many miles a year do you drive your bus?

We're mostly weekend warriors and our trips are typically 400 miles 7 to 10 times a year for a total of 3000 to 4000 miles a year.
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Old 10-26-2014, 03:45 PM   #5
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Re: How many miles a year do you drive your bus?

this year(2014) we did 4794kms 16nites in the bus, not as much as we planned . had other things going on.
We started in 2011, to now, we have a total of 21,986kms and 83 nites in the bus, the weather is getting cold now and I have winterized it, so unless something changes that's it for this year
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Old 10-26-2014, 03:52 PM   #6
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You just had to make us do the conversion [km-mi] ourselves, didnt you?
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Old 10-26-2014, 04:01 PM   #7
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Im I think maybe a half mile in the 3 years or so I have owned it… I am still converting.
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Old 10-27-2014, 05:11 AM   #8
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Re: How many miles a year do you drive your bus?

Been averaging about 4,000 a year on BC. This year with the trip to Oklahoma, it will be a little higher. The 6-71 has 323,000 on it now and still running strong
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You just had to make us do the conversion [km-mi] ourselves, didnt you?
silly me, for all you good folks south of me , so far 13,661 miles (21,986kms) 83 nites in the bus
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