Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning all
32 going up to 52 today in sun after some overnight showers.
I need to hard boil some eggs today, looks like I won't be the only one.

Ted, hope you are feeling better.
David, hope eye procedure is very successful.
Phil, glad your wife is doing better
Riptides, good luck on the appeal.

off to look at another rv today. This time an older version of the MB Sprinter I had before, but with a different bed arrangement.
Came to the conclusion yesterday that towing a travel trailer or fifth wheel meant more complexity than I wanted, after looking over a variety of
used units. Looking at a Class B for same price as that old large motorhome I looked at.
The real question is how well a first gen Dodge Sprinter with the 5 cyl 2.7L diesel holds up, one I'm looking at today has 100k miles.
My friend with Florida home has a fleet of them going back 20 years and has given me good info, things to look for.

I bought my new Dynamax Class B MB diesel three years ago at rv show for 99,999. I just found an identical used one three years old listing for 105k.
Not much value there. Need to look for older unit. Prices should be slowly dropping also, still a lot of demand out there.

tulips and daffodils trying to pop up, I keep talking to them to keep their heads down for another month.

condition and maintenance history is most important. See below for someones comments:

Straight from the horse's mouth, Doktor Andy -- who you will see referred to around here as the expert to listen to -- told me that the vehicle's history is the most important thing to consider in a purchase. If its miles were racked up by the original owner and you have a complete repair history, that is a very good start. They don't call them the "million-mile engines" for nothing.

 

[txdon]

Was something happening last night? plane was busy.

SOTU - patrolling for balloons?

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 29 going up to 53 and I see clouds.
Had a light rain last night, little slippery but not too bad.

Did not have much time in the garage last night since sons band had practice in there, but got some more wire through.

Plug on sons amp broke so new part on order and will need to take whole chassis out to fix.
Does not look too hard, just heavy/awkward.

Rip - hope this insurance thing works out soon. Have had to go through this and it takes a constant beating on them sometimes for them to wake up.

Phil glad to hear wife is recovering nicely and you are both doing well

Layoffs at work has us all stressed. Guy I brought on 5 years ago got let go yesterday, sad day.

Be well and hope Sodamo's operation went perfect.

 

[m7040]

We have a gas station around here that sell off-road diesel. I used to lift the farm diesel storage tank up on the trailer and go fill it up for a lot less than the fuel oil delivery truck prices.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Goodbye 70s. A change in weather as the NW cold front pushes through, 1" rain, 46˚F, only getting to the mid 50s today, light rain this morning clearing out this afternoon.

Mom had her propane tank filled right before the ice storm. $2.89 a gallon (140 gallons). This week it's half empty.

 

[m7040]

Drew, here is a link to the sprinter forum that you may want to look at for what to look for when buying a used first gen T1N sprinter

T1N Buying Advice

Hi all Looking at buying a 2006 sprinter. Got a years mot but not sure if it's recent fails would become an expensive issue. This will be my first vehicle I own so any guidance for what to look for when inspecting it would be appreciated. Most recent failure is Do not drive until repaired...

sprinter-source.com

 

[daugen]

thanks Frits, my friend has already clued me on on body/frame rust, so i know I need to crawl under the rv.
His gen one Sprinters have lasted about 250k doing delivery work until he had to dump them. He said the gen twos drove nicer, so a test drive is surely
in the works if condition warrants it. Corroded brake lines hard to diagnose, if not leaking, hard to tell if an issue.
Will ask for any maintenance docs available and will determine how many prior owners. Later models had folding rear beds which are simply awful, if I can find one with a Murphy bed that
would be nice, but most of them are the much more expensive newer Canadian made models like Pleasure Way or Unity.
I don't mind doing full servicing, new brakes, tires, etc but engine and trans need to be reliable. My friend said he can get over 20mpg with the earlier models but pretty sure
only marginally powerful for this weight. I never got over 13mpg on my prior one, though they advertised 15mpg. Perhaps going down a long hill....
I think I got 9-11mpg towing with a Ram hemi so anything in the teens is good. This is life in the slow lane, I never take the rv over 65mph.

another trip driving past Popgadget's home as i wave at the bright yellow mailbox, two days in a row. The two dealers are next to each other, but I had to make some mental decisions on size when I got home. I thought long and hard about all that hooking up and realize I need to keep this simpler and easier. And cheaper, when considering the need for a new truck along with the trailer.

 

[Popgadget]

Drew,
I assume that you were going to Fretz, I heard that they had a massive catalytic converter theft. About 70 cut off of vehicles in their lot.

 

[Buppies]

Don more cold on the way for you folks after February 15th or so

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew,
I assume that you were going to Fretz, I heard that they had a massive catalytic converter theft. About 70 cut off of vehicles in their lot.

Thieves should be shot. Our area has a band of thieves going around in groups. Women dressed in robes, head coverings, breaking or forcing way into homes, even with people home, going multiple direction, filling deep pockets with anything valuable, while this going on men are breaking into out buildings stealing tools, etc. sometimes returning for larger things. Multiple vehicles involved. Many pictures of them and even license plate numbers, probably stolen vehicles. They have hit a pretty wide area in MD and PA, targeting mostly farm houses off the road a ways.