hogjowl
Idiot™
The last three are ugly
$7K to go!!!
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Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Buy my ‘75 Moto Guzzi Ambassador. It is uglier.
PrimaDonna
Megatron
Don’t forget the louvers on the rear window. It wouldn’t be complete without them. Add that to the budget.
Mikey P
Administrator
New tires already?
How many miles?
How many miles?
New Tires at 17,800 miles, one rotation. Yeah, I was surprised myself. Hoping the factory tires were just garbage and the new ones last a bit longer.
Mikey P
Administrator
Fronts taking the toll I suspect..?
Dolly Llama
Number 5
dayum
or defective
every OEM tire I've seen was a top tier tire
the only ones I've seen that didn't get good mileage were "sticky" sport tires
and I don't believe they put those on cargo vans....
..L.T.A.
Mikey P
Administrator
I hope you got Micheline LTXs
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Loren Egland
Member
Will that beautiful truck be paid off too? It’s nice to be debt free.
No, That will be the next thorn in my side that I'll start chipping away at. Once those are gone and my wife's car payment, I'll be a real player again. I'll start building my business more and rebuild my real estate empire. It's truly hard to move forward when you have to service debt. This last couple of years I feel like I've been working just so I can work.Will that beautiful truck be paid off too? It’s nice to be debt free.
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Damon, just do what I told you yesterday:
Keep all your toys! They're making memories. That's very valuable.
SELL THAT OTHER VAN/TM! It's supposed to be making money, and it HASN'T been doing that. And don't tell me you're waiting for that perfect technician to come along to jump in the van. It's not gonna happen. First, that isn't tech friendly. IT's a perfect owner/op setup. And second...you're about $45k gross shy of being able to pay a full time tech. So sell that tm, pay off your 870, and sleep better at night after you put more time into taking your kids out on the lake with your boat, like I'm gonna do this weekend with my "new to me" boat that I just bought.
Keep all your toys! They're making memories. That's very valuable.
SELL THAT OTHER VAN/TM! It's supposed to be making money, and it HASN'T been doing that. And don't tell me you're waiting for that perfect technician to come along to jump in the van. It's not gonna happen. First, that isn't tech friendly. IT's a perfect owner/op setup. And second...you're about $45k gross shy of being able to pay a full time tech. So sell that tm, pay off your 870, and sleep better at night after you put more time into taking your kids out on the lake with your boat, like I'm gonna do this weekend with my "new to me" boat that I just bought.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
he's a busy O/OP ...I don't think it unwise to have back-up beyond a POS porty and shake 'n shine spray 'n wipe towel twirler.
In my state, insurance and plates would run me appx $600 a year to keep .
If his second unit is owned free and clear, $600 a year costs could be considered relatively cheap ins if his bread butter money maker goes down for any length of time.
That can happen in an instant ...not just major mechanical fails on TM or van, but any one of us could be T-boned by some knucklehead and put chit out of commission for weeks
I'd sell that El Comino first
It's really not the one he wanted
The color is ugly and so is the year model ...and it's gonna get scratched to fook they way he uses it as bench and storage platform in his over cluttered garage...….
..L.T.A.
Mikey P
Administrator
I agree with meAt..
His money pit, unused toys would be my suggestion
His money pit, unused toys would be my suggestion
But he uses his bike, and drives the fugly el-whatever when the wife is looking good in her explorer.
Ok, here's my posting for my other van. $10k, turn key set up, only 40 hours on engine 30/47 diesel/Kero/small-child burner. 2001 Chevy 1-Ton express with kick ass rims. Electric Rokan hose reel, Legend brands stainless chem shelf, Everything works. Free 50 Lbs. box of SteamPro Prespray that clumps like a mother-fu**** that is basically unusable for anything other than laundry soap.
I don't have time to deal with tire kickers. I'm way too busy.
I don't have time to deal with tire kickers. I'm way too busy.
But the Elco A/C works great
Yeah, I'm thinking about selling that thing. I really hate that 305ci.
Same here. But making headway. Almost debt free just have house and tm payment. Tm for 2 more years
hogjowl
Idiot™
I don’t think I’d want real-estate in The Democratic Republic of California.
Well, I owned over 130 rentals in Tulsa and that was not fun managing them from Redding Ca.. I’m sticking close to home this next time around. I’m older and wiser now. There is no educational process more powerful than total failure.
I still know how to find the deals no one can find. When I get a little play money I’ll be off and running with the flippers again.
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Loren Egland
Member
It seems like when you have a truck or machine that doesn’t get used for a long time, the first time you try to use it something doesn’t work, so it may not be available to use when you need it.
Rather than keep an extra truck mount around, I prefer to spend a little money for parts to keep on the truck, thus becoming my own distributor, and able to make repairs on the spot so no jobs lost and little time wasted. Fuel pump, solenoid, transformer, flow switch, belts, coupler, valves, repair kits, hoses, qd’s, switches, the list goes on. If something goes out I don’t have on hand, I may order an extra to keep in stock. Probably easier and a lot cheaper than maintaining a whole extra unit that sits around.
I just made another deposit into the Payoff fund........ $4,500 to go....., chip, chip, chip..... Then maybe I'll call Lupe @Mikey P
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$3,700 to go.
Cleanworks
Moderator
Boat in the water yet?
No. Its been to smokey to tinker on it. Plus, I’ve been working about 20 days in a row without a day off.
Cleanworks
Moderator
Looking forward to seeing it finished.
$3,400 ↓
Bob Savage
Member
You're not gonna' believe this but I still have the original tires on my 2002 Ford E-250 with 3/4 of the tread still there, all around. The spare is brand new but 16 years old. Van has 34,000 original miles.
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