Price of a Bluebird

[Leroy Eckert]

Well, I think most Birds sit around because the owners lack time.
A personal case in point. We purchased our Bird to full time. The idea was to sell all the assets, put money in the bank and haul a#$.
Funny thing happened. If you stick around long enough something is bound to change and it did. We have custody of my three step-grandchildren 1,6,and 9. So we changed the way we use the Bird. For the most part we get one or two long trips a year. The rest are 150 or so miles and we use weekends to do it. The primary cost is fuel.
I do most of the maintenance. In most cases the maintenance has been something others did not perform(deferred maintenance)or perhaps it could be called lazyness??
All of that said, it did not help matters that the wife was laid off on Jan 2.
If we can do it, anyone that really wants to pursue the RV lifestyle can.
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Royale Conversion
Snowing, Snowing

Joe
wrote:

I watched the Barrett-Jackson tonight and also wondered the same thing.

Then I wonder what it really takes to own a BB.

I've been looking at my budget and seems I can't afford
much...certainly would consider a used BB for less than 50K, and if
there was one for 30K that would be a no brainer. I don't need a lot of
flash, prefer things to be simple and functional.

But the real question becomes what about upkeep/maintenance? How much
budget do folks really need that own and use their motorhomes.
I'm
on the opposite side of town from the auction, and there are
multiple storage areas here filled with RVs that just sit, month after
month. Is it because people can't afford them, or the maintenance, or
with the economy going down the tubes quick, is it just they can't sell
them?

Joe3
--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Leroy A. Eckert"
...> wrote:
>
> I am sitting here watching Barrett-Jackson's auction where folks are
> throwing $100,000 dollar bills at restored iron. Where do they get
> that kind of disposable income? And folks grip about the price of a BB
> that has living quarters, toilet, running water and a warm place to
> sleep. lol
> Bluebirds are a value at almost any price.
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
> Dahlonega,GA
> Royale
Conversion
>

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