How to get started

[nicodemus815@...]

My recommendation is to stay on these forums and learn as much as possible
while searching for a BB. Learn how to "cut and paste" and make a file system of
different BB systems. Mine is arranged as Air System, Air Conditioner,
Batteries, Cooling System, Driveline & Steering, Engine, Exterior Tips, Fuel
System,
Genset, Heating System, Interior Tips.......At first, it is a lot of work,
because you save almost everything, but soon you will have quite an extensive
file system at your fingertips. When you get your BB you will be happy to have
the info.

As for purchasing one, I would recommend getting one off the forum.
Maintenance is everything with an older rig. I think people who are on the Yahoo
forums
are more inclined to do this, that is why they are on the forum.

We purchased ours from a frequent poster here. I had to fly 1000+ miles to
pick it up. Until then, I had never been in a PT, but with the internet, and
pictures Blair had sent me, I had a pretty good idea of what the rig was like.
That being said, these are complex machines. We fulltimed in an '03 Dutch Star
for 2.5 years before buying another house (too good of a deal to pass up). This
1986 PT blows the Dutch Star away with it's subsystems and complexity. This
is why you will appreciate your file system.

HTH,
Steve Harrie
'86 PT38
St. George, UT


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