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06-09-2019, 03:58 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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Originally Posted by Dèsirée
Congratulations on your braveness and your baby too!!! I’m sure, if you went this far, you can overcome anything.
And just in case, your braveness was encapsulated in a time-release miniature vessel which one can ingest at their leisure, please do share... the only thing though, I will need a lot more than just one!!
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Thanks for the congrats, Desiree. We'll do what it takes to make things work.
No capsules, concoctions, or contraband involved. Lack of common sense comes natural to me
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06-09-2019, 05:05 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,033
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Originally Posted by o1marc
the sellers wife asked if I was happy with what I got. Said I won't know till I drive it down the street. I drove it 3k miles down that street
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Are they, like, still waiting for you to come back with their bus?
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06-09-2019, 05:55 PM
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#23
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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 musigenesis
Are they, like, still waiting for you to come back with their bus?
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Nope, handed them a wad of cash and hit the road for Seattle for a couples days before heading back to No. Ga.
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06-10-2019, 01:02 AM
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#24
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 171
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHubbardBus
Thanks for the congrats, Desiree. We'll do what it takes to make things work.
No capsules, concoctions, or contraband involved. Lack of common sense comes natural to me 
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Youuuu rrrrrr funnyyyy!!! I wonder if I should try the same approach, probably be a disaster!
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06-10-2019, 01:58 AM
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#25
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 290
Year: 1993
Coachwork: Amtran Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 84
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I think it’s a great looking bus! You wouldn’t have gotten it cheaper because you were bidding against a reseller. I have been following those five buses to see what they would go for. The reseller only ended up with two of them.
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06-15-2019, 03:08 AM
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#26
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Almost There
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 99
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Congrats! Cheers to your new adventures
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06-15-2019, 06:43 PM
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#27
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Florida
Posts: 41
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Tc2000
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Nice.
I bought a 1997 bluebird about 3 months ago.
Enjoy and have fun
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06-15-2019, 06:50 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Arkansas Ozark Foothills
Posts: 82
Year: 2002
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000-8 Window
Engine: Cumm ISB/Allison 2000
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3509 is a nice bus. It may be me, but they started 3509, 3510 and 3511 with starting fluid, which I don't like. The batteries are shot, but tires on these all of the 6 window buses looked great. I did not check the tire date codes.
Air ride seat and A/C should give you a nice ride back to the house.
We had second thoughts and decided for a 7 or 8 window bus (which we haven't found yet).
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06-15-2019, 09:29 PM
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#29
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Bellingham Washington
Posts: 175
Year: 2005
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: 6.4 liter Mercedes MBE 900
Rated Cap: 48 passenger
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Fantastic!
Perfect size bus. And the price is perfect, especially for no rust. Cheap rust is a very expensive thing to buy. I did essentially the same thing, only farther away. I bought a 7 window Freightliner Thomas in Alabama. I live in northwest Washington state. I literally won the thing on auction, got a plane ticket, and was on the shuttle to SeaTac 4 hours later. It was a Thursday, and I had to make it to the school district office to pay for it before the end of business Friday. Everything worked out perfectly, and I drove it 2900 miles back home without a hiccup. The worst thing about the trip was doing it solo.
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06-15-2019, 09:48 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,831
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: Minotour
Engine: Chevy Express 3500 6.6l
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david.dgeorge07
The guy delivered it, which was nice. In hindsight seems silly that I wouldn’t have wanted to drive it home.
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Yeah man! The wheelbase looks short enough you could turn donuts!
Congratulations on your acquisition. Now the fun really begins!
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06-15-2019, 09:55 PM
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#31
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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06-15-2019, 10:17 PM
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#32
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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 TheHubbardBus
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Does it feel strange to know your new home will fit in your current living room?
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06-15-2019, 10:35 PM
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#33
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New Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Texas Hill Country
Posts: 7
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Let me know if you need anything I’m only a hour from Austin
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06-15-2019, 10:44 PM
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#34
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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Likewise
Tho I'm close to 3 hours, from the opposite direction.
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06-15-2019, 10:46 PM
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#35
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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Well.. we're a bit away from it being our home.. actually it'll be our roaming home.. we hope to get some property up north and put up a container home setup.. off grid as well so.. We'll have both ;).
Anxious to get out on the road though.. our reason for going Skoolie is because of our fur babies. We used to travel out of town each weekend in our X-Terra with our two dogs.. well.. things being what they are our fur family grew to a point that we couldn't travel anymore and we both miss it. So.. it'll be great to have a vehicle that all of us can fit in again and we can get on the road again.
Funny side note, we have two X-Terra's and they're both yellow..  so.. yellow ain't no thing here. Can't wait to hear the neighbors when we pull a big yellow bus onto our side yard
Our Current Garage:
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06-15-2019, 10:47 PM
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#36
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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Thanks.. I'm sure Jody will see this and reach out if needed!!
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06-16-2019, 12:07 AM
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#37
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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On my phone, so apologies on not addressing y'all individually. Thanks for all the well wishes and offers of assistance. Pretty damned cool for people you've never met. we sure hope to meet as many of y'all as possible in the near future. Great group of peeps.
Made it into el Paso. Was going to go the whole 14 hours but glad in retrospect I broke it up. Will be in Austin tomorrow then Mr beefy day after that.
If they use starting fluid on our bus again I'm going to slap them with my pimp hand
Not taking any chances on you Texans. I know what can happen when you see oil
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06-16-2019, 12:13 AM
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#38
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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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Used properly, starting fluid is not bad for our engines.
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06-16-2019, 12:22 AM
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#39
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Danjo
Yeah man! The wheelbase looks short enough you could turn donuts!
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LOL.. don't give him (Jody) any ideas ;)...
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06-16-2019, 01:25 AM
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#40
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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Glad to see you packed lightly.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHubbardBus
On my phone, so apologies on not addressing y'all individually. Thanks for all the well wishes and offers of assistance. Pretty damned cool for people you've never met. we sure hope to meet as many of y'all as possible in the near future. Great group of peeps.
Made it into el Paso. Was going to go the whole 14 hours but glad in retrospect I broke it up. Will be in Austin tomorrow then Mr beefy day after that.
If they use starting fluid on our bus again I'm going to slap them with my pimp hand [emoji3]
Not taking any chances on you Texans. I know what can happen when you see oil 
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The kitchen sink must be just out of frame...
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