Selling my 40ft Thomas schoool bus in California

[AWebb3701]

Well you could always move to Vacaville , None of that stuff goes on here.

Lemme pick my disabled $600 a month life up and bring my empty bus shell over there then. I'm about to be homeless within the next year, and I was counting on this conversion to be my ticket out.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Lemme pick my disabled $600 a month life up and bring my empty bus shell over there then. I'm about to be homeless within the next year, and I was counting on this conversion to be my ticket out.

An empty bus, a bucket, some tp and newspaper... Better than an overpass?

 

[AWebb3701]

An empty bus, a bucket, some tp and newspaper... Better than an overpass?

That's what I mean. Even a shell is shelter.

 

[EastCoastCB]

That's what I mean. Even a shell is shelter.

Absolutely!
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I've totally been there myself.

 

[milkmania]

Lemme pick my disabled $600 a month life up and bring my empty bus shell over there then. I'm about to be homeless within the next year, and I was counting on this conversion to be my ticket out.

Bring it to Oklahoma, I'll pay the rental space till you get back on your feet.
Totally serious.


Left California in '72.....
Didn't leave a damned thing there I need to go back for!

 

[Robin97396]

Webb, where are you located currently?

We've all been there. I've been there several times.

 

[milkmania]

Webb, where are you located currently?

We've all been there. I've been there several times.

I'll be 52 in October...
I've vowed to never own or rent a house again!
As they say.... "Been there, done that, and have the shirt to prove it"

 

[EastCoastCB]

I'll be 52 in October...
I've vowed to never own or rent a house again!
As they say.... "Been there, done that, and have the shirt to prove it"

If you still have a shirt you're doing better than most!

I own a home, and no regrets. But I'm a bit different than most folks. I REFUSE to pay full price for anything unless I have to. Bought my lil block house in town when the market tanked and I was cash heavy. 46k and its holding up just fine 6 years later. I'd never finance anything big though, the way most folks do.
I'm fine with running up a Discover card to two or three grand. But a mortgage or car loan I won't do. If I can't afford it, I CAN'T afford it.
Why I didn't feel too bad for a lot of the folks who were crying when their quarter million dollar house ended up at its REAL value after the bubble burst. Why I don't feel bad for the student loan people crying about paying back what they borrowed and wasted.
End rant.

 

[Robin97396]

You're in CA if I'm reading things right? Yeah, $600 a month is pretty slim pickins. I'm vaguely better off on the same VA plan and living in a bus in the mountains, but I've got 15 acres of parking. Misery loves company.

 

[AWebb3701]

You're in CA if I'm reading things right? Yeah, $600 a month is pretty slim pickins. I'm vaguely better off on the same VA plan and living in a bus in the mountains, but I've got 15 acres of parking. Misery loves company.

Smack dab in the middle of the Bay Area, yeah. If it wasn't for medical benefits absorbing a lot of the cost of disability and family giving me a roof for now, I'd probably be dead already just by virtue of not being a functional human under stress.

 

[milkmania]

Smack dab in the middle of the Bay Area, yeah. If it wasn't for medical benefits absorbing a lot of the cost of disability and family giving me a roof for now, I'd probably be dead already just by virtue of not being a functional human under stress.

stress turned into depression 3 times for me, and made me non-functioinal...
once I developed a totally different outlook on life, things started getting a lot brighter. I really started working on what pleased me, not everyone else.
I'm only speaking of which worked for me... everyone's got to find what works for them.
best of luck to you

 

[Robin97396]

That's the ticket. Find what makes you happy and pursue it.

There seems to be quite a few of us here with very similar issues.

 

[AWebb3701]

UPDATE: I have less than 24 hours before this bus is towed, and every RV place within 2 towns is full and has a waiting list. I either need a private landowner to let me rent a spot for a while, or this thing is getting towed tomorrow morning.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Bring it to Oklahoma, I'll pay the rental space till you get back on your feet.
Totally serious.


Left California in '72.....
Didn't leave a damned thing there I need to go back for!

There ya go~
Take him up on it, he's even good at building. And he welds!


Gotta love the community here!

 

[EastCoastCB]

You're in CA if I'm reading things right? Yeah, $600 a month is pretty slim pickins. I'm vaguely better off on the same VA plan and living in a bus in the mountains, but I've got 15 acres of parking. Misery loves company.

Sounds like an invitation to me!

 

[cadillackid]

why not take it to a walmart or home depot.. that buys you a few days at least.. and ive never heard of not being able to park on the street for 72 hour stints.. i guess california is much different than most places in Ohio..

an HOA can enforce various things related to vehicles on the deed restrictions..

no vehicle over 3 tons on the street? that means a regular dualie pickup truck would get dinged.. or a Suburban.. seems some wires crossed there...

-Christopher

 

[EastCoastCB]

why not take it to a walmart or home depot.. that buys you a few days at least.. and ive never heard of not being able to park on the street for 72 hour stints.. i guess california is much different than most places in Ohio..

an HOA can enforce various things related to vehicles on the deed restrictions..

no vehicle over 3 tons on the street? that means a regular dualie pickup truck would get dinged.. or a Suburban.. seems some wires crossed there...

-Christopher

Cali is supposedly a beautiful place, but probably last on my list of places I'd wana live. Good entertainment for the rest of us though.

 

[Rameses-SKO]

Before I let it get towed, I think I'd drive it to a Wal-Mart and park it out on the edge of their parking lot.

I'd bet you could get away with leaving it there for at least 2 days while you look for a space to rent.

 

[Rameses-SKO]

why not take it to a walmart or home depot.. that buys you a few days at least.. and ive never heard of not being able to park on the street for 72 hour stints.. i guess california is much different than most places in Ohio..

an HOA can enforce various things related to vehicles on the deed restrictions..

no vehicle over 3 tons on the street? that means a regular dualie pickup truck would get dinged.. or a Suburban.. seems some wires crossed there...

-Christopher

Haha, I see we have similar problem solving strategies.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Before I let it get towed, I think I'd drive it to a Wal-Mart and park it out on the edge of their parking lot.

I'd bet you could get away with leaving it there for at least 2 days while you look for a space to rent.

Yeah, or stay at WallyWorlds while heading to Brian's in OK.