Howdy

[dirtyHippie]

New guy, been a lurker for a good bit, love all the builds that yall have been doing. Trying to start my own, having a bit of trouble and luck....


Bought a bus before I really new what I wanted 1997 international 54 seater, found that it is a bit too small for our needs. For the **** of it a bid on another bus on govdeals … and won it! 2000 international 72 seater with a dt466 7.6L 100k miles. Picked the new bus up last week and drove it ~700 miles from Alabama to Virginia.


Now I have 2 buses sitting at my house, sure that the neighbors think I'm a nut job. I have not started ripping and tearing yet, my energy has been focused on selling the first bus, and other possessions to pay for the new bus. I will start a build thread soon!

 

[Tango-SKO]

Welcome! --- And your neighbors are correct. Of course you are a "nut job"...why else would you be here?

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

Lewis Carroll

 

[bansil]

Certain parts of Richmond would really hate you

 

[dirtyHippie]

....or you wouldn’t have come here....

you got that right!!!

Certain parts of Richmond would really hate you

And you are right.... but i live just outside the city, so i should be ok. but i do fear the county folks and their pitch forks and torches.

 

[Tango-SKO]

"Paddle faster...I hear banjos!"

 

[Stu & Filo. T]

Won is an awful strong word lol :welcome::welcome:

 

[dirtyHippie]

Honestly... this is kinda how it went.


I told myself that I will bid on this bus up to “X” dollars, “X” dollars came and it was not at the reserve... so I bid a bit more. Then another dude or dudette started biding at the 3 minute mark, resetting the timer (I dont know how they get away with that). So I figure I would bid a 25 here and there just to see what the reserve was.... yeah my last bid, WELL over what I wanted to pay, and the other dude stopped bidding.


I sat and watched the timer run out at about 1500 over... but I did get the bus I wanted, right size, engine in the front, ZERO rust (that I can see), has a back door, no side door to mess with, runs real good (small transmission leak that I will need to fix), and lowish miles.


Not complaining at all, I did spend more than I wanted, but my mind is racing with all the things I am going to do to her...and she is gonna like it

 

[Tango-SKO]

If a rig is "right"...a few extra bucks up front will save you a ton in time, money & headaches as you build. Congrats!

Can't begin to tell you how many "super sweet deals" I've seen turn into nightmares. They were just about all dirt cheap for a reason.

 

[dirtyHippie]

Thanks Tango... we were trying to go cheap, and the wife has scolded me a few times, but we are planning on living in this thing one day so the little extra might be for the good.

i did just order some ospho preemptively for the floor based on what i have been reading here!!

 

[The-Breeze]

"..my mind is racing with all the things I am going to do to her...and she is gonna like it".

Deja Vu!!!!!!