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01-31-2019, 07:37 PM
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#4421
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Women Rock! I LIKE women!
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02-01-2019, 10:57 AM
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#4422
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Weeki Wachee, FL
Posts: 3,056
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: Cummins 5.9
Rated Cap: 72
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Just a few hours left and all those Olympia buses are still cheap as chips. Crazy!
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02-01-2019, 11:29 AM
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#4423
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,497
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24v
Rated Cap: 72 pax
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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Not me, I love to make a buck off a bus. Or even more than a buck if possible. I think most of us try to steer newbies away from the super-overpriced dealers like bga but some folks just WON'T buy an auction bus. They'd rather buy that same bus from YOU. IDK why this is, but this is where making a buck is easy.
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I think it's a phycological thing.. buying a bus labeled "must be removed from __________ , no work may be performed on premises" is daunting if you have to travel several hundred or thousand miles... Where as if you buy it, get it home, and resell it to person b, they have the peace of mind that it made it off the lot. It's the main reason I bought from a dealer (and got a good deal). I had a very limited window to purchase and bring home what I wanted...
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02-01-2019, 12:42 PM
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#4424
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Originally Posted by Njsurf73
I think it's a phycological thing.. buying a bus labeled "must be removed from __________ , no work may be performed on premises" is daunting if you have to travel several hundred or thousand miles... Where as if you buy it, get it home, and resell it to person b, they have the peace of mind that it made it off the lot. It's the main reason I bought from a dealer (and got a good deal). I had a very limited window to purchase and bring home what I wanted...
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It's psychological, the reason they don't want you working or driving on the property is a liability issue. They have no idea if you're qualified to drive a bus or not. They don't do it to hide issues on the bus. Chances are pretty good that if the bus was routinely maintained, and you ask a bunch of questions to the mechanics that worked on it, you'll get a decent bus.
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02-01-2019, 12:44 PM
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#4425
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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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I trust the schools more than I'd trust someone on CL or Ebay.
But everyone's different.
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02-01-2019, 12:48 PM
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#4426
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,497
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24v
Rated Cap: 72 pax
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Quote:
Originally Posted by o1marc
It's psychological, the reason they don't want you working or driving on the property is a liability issue. They have no idea if you're qualified to drive a bus or not. They don't do it to hide issues on the bus. Chances are pretty good that if the bus was routinely maintained, and you ask a bunch of questions to the mechanics that worked on it, you'll get a decent bus.
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That wasn't the reason that I didn't buy a bus from an auction but I believe that is a reason that some people don't.. I have heard stories of people needing a jump start and the lot won't let them even do that... and I have heard stories of people needing repair work where the lot mechanics help them get it sorted so they could get on the road... I think it's the uncertainty that some people are afraid of
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02-01-2019, 12:49 PM
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#4427
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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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I always ask if I can/should bring batteries. 4 out of 5 bus yards have been cool and helped me get on the road.
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02-01-2019, 12:56 PM
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#4428
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brokedown
Just a few hours left and all those Olympia buses are still cheap as chips. Crazy!
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I have seen numerous "I can't find any decent buses" posts.
Well folks here they are.....
Someone here had better be bidding ........ 
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02-01-2019, 12:59 PM
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#4429
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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I believe that the nightmare stories you hear are few and far between. It follows the same as If you do good work they'll tell 10 friends. if you do bad work you'll tell 100 friends. Any bus sitting 8 months is likely to have a dead battery. The storage lots usually are helpful to the buyers.
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02-01-2019, 01:09 PM
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#4430
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Some really nice InternationalGenesis buses with DT466E's for sale in Va.
Anyone know how Virginia is for rust? 
Some good ones going to close in Wa. in 3 hours.
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02-01-2019, 01:11 PM
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#4431
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by o1marc
Some really nice InternationalGenesis buses with DT466E's for sale in Va.
Anyone know how Virginia is for rust?
Some good ones going to close in Wa. in 3 hours. |
A friend up there said they typically have some rust issues but not every area. Hit or miss I reckon.
6 of one half dozen of the other.
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02-01-2019, 01:41 PM
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#4432
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Posts: 542
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Girardin Microbird MB-IV
Chassis: Ford E450
Engine: 7.3 Diesel
Rated Cap: 25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PNW_Steve
I have seen numerous "I can't find any decent buses" posts.
Well folks here they are.....
Someone here had better be bidding ........ |
If I didn't have a broken ankle (accelerator foot)  I'd be bidding.
But then again, I'd be working on my bus...
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02-01-2019, 01:41 PM
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#4433
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brokedown
Just a few hours left and all those Olympia buses are still cheap as chips. Crazy!
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Just dawned on me that these are mechanical 5.9's.
Anyone here have a "yard stretcher"?
If I had a bigger yard I could fit a couple more buses.....
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02-01-2019, 02:06 PM
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#4434
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by PNW_Steve
Just dawned on me that these are mechanical 5.9's.
Anyone here have a "yard stretcher"?
If I had a bigger yard I could fit a couple more buses..... |
Yeah mechanical high output engines. With OD!
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02-01-2019, 02:08 PM
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#4435
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Weeki Wachee, FL
Posts: 3,056
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: Cummins 5.9
Rated Cap: 72
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The prices are on the rise with 2 hours left. The higher they go the less bad I feel for not buyihng them myself!
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02-01-2019, 08:29 PM
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#4436
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brokedown
The prices are on the rise with 2 hours left. The higher they go the less bad I feel for not buyihng them myself!
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What did they sell for? For some reason PS is not letting me log in to see closed auctions. 
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02-01-2019, 08:43 PM
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#4437
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by o1marc
what did they sell for? For some reason ps is not letting me log in to see closed auctions.:thanx:
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$1800-$2300
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02-01-2019, 08:59 PM
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#4438
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PNW_Steve
$1800-$2300
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All fair prices for those.
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02-05-2019, 01:02 AM
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#4440
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 802trees
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They are as far from you as they can get, but if you can fit it in your budget i would definitely personally check out any bus you're going to spend money on. It might be worth the travel to find you really don't want it for whatever reason that was listed. Southern Calif. buses, smooth be rust free. Good luck in your search.
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