April 5, 2014

The Purchase of our RV


   It is true that for every door that closes another door opens.

  We accepted a loan from a close friend to buy an RV so when the bank finally forecloses we won't have to live under a bridge or burden the kids.

   I found it on craigslist.
Old but cozy and passed my son's inspection.


   It's a 1985 34 ft Aljo 5th wheel. And got a smokin deal on it thanks to my 2 eldest sons, going through it with a fine tooth comb BEFORE we bought it.
  They did a walk through inspection listing everything that it needed  so the sellers dropped the price from $3000 to $1000.







Living-room






Kitchen






    It had never been used for traveling as far as we could tell from the half dozen previous owners who never registered it in their name. The only person who had ever transferred it in their name was the original owner who bought it off the lot in 1985! 
 Because of the "hassle" of getting a bonded title ( $150) they offered to knock off $1000. from their original price the day we went to look at it. 

    They were, what one would call, "motivated to sell"!

 It's going to need some work but nothing urgent.

 It's a shelter from the elements and that's what counts.

What more does anyone really need?



   Once the deal was done my son towed it to his place in Kingman AZ.  It towed beautifully in spite of the tires being nearly 20 years old!