truitt44@...>
06-28-2007, 02:05
Leroy,
Their is a lady in Ft. Valley who worked at BB who now has her own upholstery
shop.
Muriel's Upholstery, Phone 478-825-8483.
There is also a fellow who worked at BB who can work on all BB items except
engines and transmissions. Johnny Dunaway, Phone 478-918-3698.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
8V92 PT40
>
> From: "Leroy Eckert"
> Date: 2007/06/27 Wed PM 09:20:21 EDT
> To:
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] New member - hi, and a pre-purchase question
>
> I sure don't want to get into a price war here with friends.
> I can say this. I paid a fair, not "book" price for my coach 3.5 years ago and
I can in retrospect count on two fingers, at $1000 per finger what I have spent
on what I will call deferred maintenance. On numerous upgrades that I elected to
do including changing out the Primus to Wabasto I have spent less than $10,000.
To me, hydronic heat is worth its weight in gold.
> We all know that reworking the interior of a coach with new upholsery, carpet,
tile etc is extremely expensive. A case in point, lately my wife wanted to
recover the couch, why I don't know, so I got a bid. I decided I am in the wrong
business. They sew, I blow out my knees in the tile business. A new quality
paint job is somewhere between $12-20K.
> I would rather use the coach than work on it every day, but that is just me.
If an owner kept track of time at a reasonable hourly rate and parts costs, one
would be better off paying the piper at the date of purchase rather than over a
period of years, assuming that coach was in the same shape as mine was when I
purchased it. But then again, that is just how I think. fwiw
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
Their is a lady in Ft. Valley who worked at BB who now has her own upholstery
shop.
Muriel's Upholstery, Phone 478-825-8483.
There is also a fellow who worked at BB who can work on all BB items except
engines and transmissions. Johnny Dunaway, Phone 478-918-3698.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
8V92 PT40
>
> From: "Leroy Eckert"
> Date: 2007/06/27 Wed PM 09:20:21 EDT
> To:
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] New member - hi, and a pre-purchase question
>
> I sure don't want to get into a price war here with friends.
> I can say this. I paid a fair, not "book" price for my coach 3.5 years ago and
I can in retrospect count on two fingers, at $1000 per finger what I have spent
on what I will call deferred maintenance. On numerous upgrades that I elected to
do including changing out the Primus to Wabasto I have spent less than $10,000.
To me, hydronic heat is worth its weight in gold.
> We all know that reworking the interior of a coach with new upholsery, carpet,
tile etc is extremely expensive. A case in point, lately my wife wanted to
recover the couch, why I don't know, so I got a bid. I decided I am in the wrong
business. They sew, I blow out my knees in the tile business. A new quality
paint job is somewhere between $12-20K.
> I would rather use the coach than work on it every day, but that is just me.
If an owner kept track of time at a reasonable hourly rate and parts costs, one
would be better off paying the piper at the date of purchase rather than over a
period of years, assuming that coach was in the same shape as mine was when I
purchased it. But then again, that is just how I think. fwiw
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL