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Forum: Conversion General Discussions 04-11-2024, 06:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 649
Posted By steve rustad
How seller's come up with $8000. on higher...

How seller's come up with $8000. on higher mileage bus prices surprises me.A 2000 t0 2003 Bluebird 3126 Freightliner chassis with 86,000 miles here and currently passing DOT is a $4900 bus.Also...
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 11-07-2021, 07:04 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,178
Posted By steve rustad
GM 1951 Food Trailer Conversion

Plenty of indoor street seating when done.
40 feet long 102 inches wide
Like Vw port windows above side ones
doors 2 on right curb side and 1 on left drivers side
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 11-07-2021, 06:59 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,178
Posted By steve rustad
The idea to make a bus body into a trailer is...

The idea to make a bus body into a trailer is being done.
This 61 Gm will be on a trailer frame to lighten the weight and modernize brakes
Also tires are so much better now that We will feel safer...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-16-2021, 10:08 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
had put new radiator and waterpump and...

had put new radiator and waterpump and distributor cap rotor wires and plugs in it so upped the price to$18,900
stayed in Minnesota with 2 back up buyers
going to get a 5th Gerstenslager next week...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-16-2021, 10:02 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,630
Posted By steve rustad
works well ,very ez

just make a new apron at the firewall
size should not matter/width
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-15-2021, 08:54 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
Gerstenslager fire coach sold march 15 2021

Sold for much more than the asking price here
thank you
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-15-2021, 08:52 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,630
Posted By steve rustad
39 reo sold march 15 2021

sold thank you high bid was $6500
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-02-2021, 04:10 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,630
Posted By steve rustad
39 reo speedwagon bus donated to local food shelf

The 39 has been donated to THE LINK a food shelf housewares and emergency funding group here in New London Mn.They help about 300 family's a month

Also there are 2 real good bus restoration shops...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-24-2021, 04:49 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,780
Posted By steve rustad
hope your going to be ok now in texas

We have never had a power outage where i live in Minnesota for more than a couple of hours.
So i would not be able to relate to the discomfort.
I thought of the idea Of Skoolie life style when I...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 02-22-2021, 05:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
future and past Gerstenslager/$13,990

Ok so the potential buyers I had have bought much older buses from me and now will declare the firm asking price on The 1970 Gerstenslager/International coach.
More important it now has 28,600 miles...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-15-2021, 01:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,780
Posted By steve rustad
it is the same here

not in Vietnam anymore
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 02-12-2021, 01:15 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,097
Posted By steve rustad
Pass this on to VanDerhaags in Spencer Iowa and...

Pass this on to VanDerhaags in Spencer Iowa and they may be interested in the inventory as a whole.
They have several locations and have been known to buy out company's such as...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-12-2021, 01:11 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 237,230
Posted By steve rustad
keep it going

I think it is important to keep this up to get and idea of whats available as of now.
With the Ops.act on vehicles going through possibly here in Minnesota and seeing a new president that was...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-10-2021, 06:12 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 237,230
Posted By steve rustad
384 buses at Hartley's in Rugby North Dakota

So I did an aerial photo from last spring and 384 show up
and next door a hundred ans some old cars and pickups

and they have buses in 7 towns in Montana and 7 towns in North Dakota
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-10-2021, 03:26 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 237,230
Posted By steve rustad
bus holding yards

Hartly's in Rugby North Dakota
10 years ago they piled up so much that they were on a couple tv shows and magazines
I heard they were back up to and over 300 again
Most bus garages get 1/3 of cost...
Forum: Alternative Fuels | Electric, Propane, Wood & Biofuels 02-10-2021, 03:16 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,395
Posted By steve rustad
on the first of January the cost of propane here...

on the first of January the cost of propane here in Minnesota was $1.47
today it is $1.74
and still rising
Forum: Alternative Fuels | Electric, Propane, Wood & Biofuels 02-06-2021, 09:56 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,395
Posted By steve rustad
UPS/Canada

I was reading about CNG and came across the fact that UPS runs 850 propane trucks in Canada.
Was noticing the new ones that go by my place every morning at 10:a.m. are gas powered or propane or CNG...
Forum: Alternative Fuels | Electric, Propane, Wood & Biofuels 02-04-2021, 06:21 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,395
Posted By steve rustad
6 Cylinder dual carbs ,been going since 1970

I have had several vehicles powered by Propane
Here is a combination that had critics in 1970 when introduced
Still works and we like the idea it can sit even for a year and start right up and We...
Forum: International | Navistar Drivetrain 02-02-2021, 04:09 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 13,834
Posted By steve rustad
pictures of a mini school bus

The 6.2 in a government light duty ,5lug wheel Suburban 2 wheel drive is a blast.

With the automatic overdrive it is a highway speed wagon likely to be at 75 to 85 miles per hour because I do not...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-27-2021, 05:26 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
As stated I have 2 interested buyers that do not want me listing a price

Both buyers are watching those of you that think that you have some sort of interest in listing of a price.
That would be like going to a Mecum Auction and wanting to know the price of a vehicle...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-27-2021, 05:22 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
As stated I have 2 interested buyers that do not want me listing a price

Both buyers are watching those of you that think that you have some sort of interest in listing of a price.
That would be like going to a Mecum Auction and wanting to know the price of a vehicle...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-27-2021, 07:58 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
posting costs of vehicles

As stated I did not list the price of this vehicle as have several buyers that are in the resale mood if they buy this.


Thanks for the pictures of your Fire department vehicles.


We get...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-25-2021, 06:56 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
call for pricing

I will make a call to the interested buyer who left me a telephone number during early evening hours
We work every day and race so my time to look back at sites is about 30 minutes a week.
The idea...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-21-2021, 06:03 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
sugar

I wish it was sand
but it keeps our nice vehicles parked in the winter
so after years of owning them they have a lot less miles on them compared to the better weather states where they get that...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 01-20-2021, 09:04 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,896
Posted By steve rustad
future

The price is something I will discuss with a serious buyer on the telephone as most vehicles i sell are to people who are going to sell them again85%

I would like to have enough money to switch it...
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