Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #25 – April 01, 2017, 02:54:50 am $75K for a well maintained 2001 or 2000 might be a little low. Keep looking. We found ours through a sales guy at a small RV dealer. He knew of one that "might" be available. Later that afternoon we saw her and bought her the next morning. The owner had great records of inspections and repairs - However the company that did the inspections and repairs charged her for things they did not fix. After 4 years and a number of re-repairs and coach bucks we got her in pretty good shape - not perfect but better than most of her age.Even with records - does not necessarily mean that the jobs/repairs have been done correctly. Any time you purchase one of these things you must anticipate spending some additional dough. Most folks think that 10K will get you started. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #26 – April 01, 2017, 09:49:30 am Scott, RT has what looks like a good prospect. Time will tell....not ideal but reason to hope with owner's apparent openness and knowledge and desire to help that in time RT will get a FT, not have to switch to SOB though some of those could be options. RT is such a nice fellow, want him to get where he wants to go in his search.Hope you and Carol well, miss you in Hill Country...Dave Cobb doing well here, pourtravel time relaxing yesterday with Tuscany owners after our trip to an olive ranch at Wimberly and lunch on cypress creek at Inoz. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #27 – April 02, 2017, 12:53:13 pm "Even with records - does not necessarily mean that the jobs/repairs have been done correctly. Any time you purchase one of these things you must anticipate spending some additional dough. Most folks think that 10K will get you started."I was able to talk to the original owner (previous to the one I purchased from) and he sent me a file of receipts that was helpful. I saw a number of repairs and charges that seemed to be unwarranted. For example, a valve adjustment at 48,000 miles. There were also several radiator flushes and attempts at dealing with over heating issues. I have no idea if they put in stop leak products, which may have contributed to the problem. We bought our 2000 u320 for $83k (it had updated front end and full body paint from Precision Painting) last year, and have spent an additional $19,000 so far, using my own labor. I found that, even though two different shops (RV place and heavy truck) inspected it prior to my arrival, it was no where near being in "excellent condition" - I suspect that the shops in this small Iowa town had their loyalties to the owner. We went through with the purchase because we would never find another 36' mid entry with an ISM. The point here, is that you should make your purchase based on what you are looking for. We knew we could fix the problems, but could not make a rig shorter or change the entry. I just wish the parts weren't so damned expensive! Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #28 – April 02, 2017, 01:07:07 pm Quote from: Sven and Kristi – April 02, 2017, 12:53:13 pm"Even with records - does not necessarily mean that the jobs/repairs have been done correctly. Any time you purchase one of these things you must anticipate spending some additional dough. Most folks think that 10K will get you started."10 CBs will only get your feet wet, we talked about that a while ago, and agreed 20CBs is prolly a better estimate, given labor & parts increases. Quote Selected
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #29 – April 02, 2017, 01:17:24 pm 20K that's lots of $$$. Seems folk throw that around like it's nothing. I bought mine in 05 and haven't spent that yet including new air bags, and floors blinds Tv's ect. Although I did a it myself. Quote Selected
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #30 – April 02, 2017, 06:22:55 pm I think the amounts of CB spoken about have to be divided into a couple of parts. If it is maintaining the coach ie oils, service, tires and all the normal things that wear out then this cannot be added into the equation as it has to be done by everyone to keep it running smooth and safe.Some can do their own general servicing and that will be a bonus over those that cannot or choose not too.The next item is- "what we want to do to make it more appealing to us, the owner. This also cannot be added as each of us have different ideas of what is important to "our" lifestyle.Now this next one to me is the one that matters. You spend the money to buy the coach then find out that the last owner did not do servicing or told untruths about the condition of the coach and as you supposedly paid normal market price for it you NOW have to spend money to get it to this point!!I have spent zero dollars to get it to a condition it should be for the age of it, BUT I have spent around $9k to get it to what we want eg, solar + batteries,res' fridge and new pull out cabinet, new flooring's and tiling. Along with new upholstery and window valance mat'l, LED lighting inside and out. Luckily I was able to do all of these things so our cost was a fraction of CBcity.I think if each owner looks at it under these guidelines they will find that actually the cost is not that great after all.John Quote Selected 8 Likes
Re: Looking for 2000 Foretravel Reply #31 – April 03, 2017, 02:47:06 am To me, there is a freedom about owning a MH akin to few other things. We knowwho slept in our bed last night. We know the linens are clean. There is no checkin/out times like a motel (of course CGs do) but if I am rested I can drive untilI get tired, then hunt a Walmart for the night and we can sleep in until the trafficrush has slowed down. If we are in a place we like we can stay another week. We cango North in the summer, when it gets hot here and head South in the winter.Retirement is freedom, retirement with your own portable house is great. Had friends a few years ago that had farmed all their lives and decided to let thekids take over and they would travel. They headed East to Pa. and found all CG'swere full so they headed out through the country side and saw a farm with an RVwhere they were baling hay. They pulled in and asked if they could pay them topark overnight? Long story short the farmer had two hookups, one empty. They stayed,he helped bale hay for a week and they have headed back to Pa. every summer since. As one person on here said, "you meet the nicest people in a Foretravel' and this seems true. Oh and by the way. The people from Pa. are going to buy a FT and they come every January and Februaryto help my friends for a few weeks and they all head out together exploring, usually to the RioGrand Valley. Can life get any better?Carter- Quote Selected 6 Likes
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