June - River Rally - LaCrosse Wisconsin

Steve,

If your looking for motorhomes you should look here in Florida...especially middle to south Florida. The snowbirds (excuse me...Northern retirees) travel down here planning to stay in them during the winter and discover that they can buy a modular house in a retirement community (Del Boca Vista...he he he) pretty cheap. The motorhome goes up for sale and you can find some pretty good deals. I would never by one from a dealer. Even here in Tallahassee I found a '97 diesel pusher 36' with only 40,000 miles on it. It was kept inside an enclosure. He drove it to breakfast every Saturday morning (about 5 mile up the road) just to keep it loose. From the day it was new he kept all the chairs, seats, couches, cushions, covered with plastic to keep them clean. He paid $140,000 for it new (he still had the sticker in the motorhome) and wanted $49,500. I almost bought it but the time wasn't right. You can find good deals all over central Florida.

Also, you have to come down here to collect all those beers. Daytona is just around the corner and you can drive a motorhome back when you leave. Sounds like a plan to me!

Steve,

Look while in Az. Just like Florida you find a lot of snowbirds that go out and either buy a park model or buy the farm...........they sell well below market. Right now the market is down I'm told due to fuel prices and nervous economy.

That old one of mine has made it five years and for only two or three trips a year it's plenty. This years trip to Sturgis it will have paid for itself, based on what motel/hotel rooms or RV rental would have cost us for the past 5 years......

Like Adrian, I like my own bed, ****ter and shower every morning :lol: Plus I like the abiilty to pull a bigger trailer set up with electrical, air and lights so a guy has a toy box on rainy days 8)

If I had your free time, I'd upgrade in a heartbeat :lol:

Stay with GM power if you go gas.

Tim

Motor Homes.....did a lot of research on this issue...had to...because I wanted to rent out my homes and live in a motorhome.I knew that I wanted a commerical built motorhome,not a stick and stapel so to speak.It would have to be one that was an older coach,because I couldn't afford a new one.I also knew that it had to be a diesel pusher and not to exceed 35 feet,due to a lot of parks won't allow anything over 35 foot.It narrowed down to a GMC greyhound bus,a diesel pusher all aluminun and gets 8 to 10 miles per gallon.I was also looking for one that was already converted,I found what I was looking for in North Carolina,and drove it back to California,The neatest thing about the coach,was that it was a greyhound based out of San Franciso,and that it travel from there to the Calif/Oregon border and back I was a passenger on this coach as a child.I purchased it for $29000.00.It has everything you could image and then some.Haven't had to plug it in for over a year,it was converted to live in the outback ( complete solar system) I just got thru propane injecting it for some addition power.Flip a switck and its a kick in the ass,great for climbing grades or passing someone. been living in it for over a year and a half,and I'm loving it...Frank

Boy, does this bring back memories.....

Bought a Holiday Rambler 38' gas about eight years ago, but wanted a bus.

Ended up getting a MCI-9 from the left coast.

That bus drove like a limo, with a 6V-92 and 500.000 miles on the clock.
But I didn't have the nads to do all the work necessary to convert it, and
sold it to a fellow in ND.

Fond Memories............

Geezer

9 years ago my wife and I sold the house and bought a 36 ft gas powered class a motorhome. We spent 2 years as full timers( nowhere else to live) Hauled a car behind. Gas milage was 5to 8 mpg most of the time and on long grades going 15 mph in low was not unusual. But when the continent is your home there is no rush to get anywhere. 50mph cruising speed is fast enough. Getting from a to b is a lifestyle not a road trip. There are clubs you can belong to that are well worth joining as they have locations across the country that allow you to stay weekly before moving on for very little. Similar to time shares that you can use all the time. RV magazines advertize private resales at a lot more reasonable prices. Ovcourse I didnt join. du. As far as a diesel for milage and power there is no comparison. We spent the diesel money seeing where the monarch butterflies wintered. For old timers or young families there is no better way to travel like this ,until the wife wants some roots again. The RV family is akin to the biker family. The big decisions when in a group are where to get the best meal for the cheapest price at all the speacial nites and (this next one which was always a favorite) What town or store that could be in many instances over an hours drive so that you could brag about the 59 cents you saved on things like single ply toilet paper. Executive decision. And finally the evening beers before bed. ( My bed )
Bill
PS We had single beds. It grows on you.