Posted by coshoo on June 12, 2016 at 15:28:11 from (174.31.215.34):
Pulled the trigger on a 37' Safari Sahara this morning, with a 375 HP Cat C-12 and Allison 6 speed. Runs like a dream, drives like a car, and best of all, it was seriously underpriced. When I talked to him yesterday, he said he had guys coming at 3 and 4 this afternoon, but it was "first come, first served". So I showed up at 9:30 this morning, after 3 hour drive, and got him out of bed. First thing he said was, "I must have priced it too cheap, I've got 6 guys coming today." He has a couple of log trucks, seems like a real nice guy. He was good on his word on the price, and I gave him what he was asking, since he was about 10 grand under market, from what I've seen.
Any comments on the C-12? I know nothing about Cat engine model numbers, but it's a big sucker, and sure pulled well on the hills. He said it gets 15 MPG, which I'm assuming is downhill with a tailwind and Mama back there pushing, but anything over 10 will be fine with me. Engine looks to be easy to get to, to work on- the queen bed flips up, and you just crawl down in there with it.
Did find one scam on motorhomes on Craigslist- a 2005 Monaco 40' with 400HP, 4 slide-outs, looked like new, for 23,300. That's a $60,000 unit if its a dime. Sure enough, when I responded on it, she said her husband had been suddenly transferred to Edmonton, she just didn't have time to deal with everything and had turned the transaction over to eBay. The home was all ready for shipping from Michigan, and as soon as my arrangements were done with eBay (ie, transferring them the money), they'd ship it out. I had 5 days to test it, and if I didn't like it, she would have it shipped back at her expense. She would have eBay email me with all the details. Of course, the hook here is that the email you get from eBay looks legit, but of course it is phony, and once you put your money "in trust" with them, everybody disappears like a phart in the wind. But instead of calling her on it, I decided to change it up a little bit with "her". I responded thusly:
"DON'T DO IT! Its a fake eBay, and after I send them the money and you ship the motorhome to me, they will disappear with your money, and you're left holding the bag. I'm surprised you hadn't heard of this- the authorities have been trying to catch up with them, but haven't been able to. Its either Nigerians or Russians, and they're slippery. Don't fall for it! Hope I was able to help keep you out of a jam on this."
That should confuse Bongo Kabonga for a minute or two. . .
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