Selling Our '86 PT38

[Tom McCarthy]

Ok, Steve,

$1,200 versus $300. Net $900 more. I hate to pay the government
anything. What is the "tax" on the Duramax and 5th Wheel? Will it
be worth it to loose such a nice Bird? I know the coach and former
owner.

Tom McCarthy


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, nicodemus815@... wrote:
>
> I've mulled this over for a week now. I refuse to pay $100/mo for
taxes to
> own this rig! In SD the registration was approx $300/yr. In St.
George, with all
> the "fees" it is $1,200/yr. I can't do it! I've spent a week
trying to talk
> myself into it. I can handle the deprecation, the insurance, the
upkeep....but
> I just can't give Uncle Sam this much money every year, knowing it
will never
> end. The tax office already told me the Bluebird is at the bottom
of the
> depreciation table, so the "fees" won't drop much.
>
> I could lie and say I still live in SD....but that isn't in my
nature. In my
> BC (before Christ) days I would have had no problem doing that.
Looks like I'm
> going to be buying a used 4x4 Chevy Duramax and a fifth wheel to
avoid the
> tax bite.
>
> I'll be selling this one in the mid 60's. Most of you know the
previous
> owner, as he is a frequent poster here. Between him and I (mainly
him) there is a
> stack of receipts an inch high, totaling over $20,000 in upgrades
and
> improvements since '03. Heck just 2 weeks ago I put in a 23" Sony
LCD TV on a removable
> bracket, so I can put the TV in the bedroom of our house, when the
rig is in
> storage. It's even got a full tank of fuel (300 gallons), as I
wasn't planning
> on selling it.....until I talked to the County Assessor's Office.
>
> Email me if interested: nicodemus815@...
>
> Steve Harrie
> '86 PT38
> St. George, UT
>
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