What the heck is happening with diesel prices?

[muldoonman]

Right on with that thought, Bob. I'll be cruising if it hits 10 bucks a gallon. I wont be going as far. As far as diesel prices, we all a getting screwed with opec and speculators setting the price of oil. I still have a shop in the west texas oil patch and they are drilling and producing a lot more oil than they were 10 years ago. I heard thur a friend of mine that works for exxon/mobil that they have been exporting oil to god knows where to refine. I betcha it all doesn't come back.

glen

[luvrbus]

I can relate to Joe it is not just the fuel he works on these things and so do I if you keep track of what one will cost you over a 10 year period fuel at 10 bucks a gal is bargain lol

good luck

[Joe Camper]

Luvrbus I can buy my old 378 Pete back for cheep. Stretch the frame rails take a 28ft beater travel trailer off its frame and slap it on.

Everybody could have a laugh with it.  

Get to drive by every scale in the country wave ans smile as we happen by.

I thought about it but ain't gonna happen either.....If we are going to get out of our bus because of costs we will go all the way.

I think the industry overall will see these same trends from pushers and class A and C to travel trailers because of costs for the consumer.

We could never enjoy a sticks and staples junk but one of these late 60s early 70s stuff that's out there will keep it interesting and fun. We have had them before it will be full circle for us.

That is what the current cost of diesel has fueled this household with. Its back to basics.

And yes to you both we could barly afford to maintain the bus before the issue of the cost of fuel.

This last spring I would have loved to have had about 10k to put into it and it would not have been fuel money

[muldoonman]

Hey Joe that would be a sight. I wouldn't bolt it down to that Pete, i would rope it down. Kinda like the Beverly Hillbillies. I had a 06 36 foot alfa and pulled with a 04 dodge diesel and got about 7 to 9 miles a gallon on pulls. My detroit gets about 5 and a whole lot more comfort.

[luvrbus]

Yep Joe a friend has a H-45 8 years old he just put new 315 R tires almost 8 grand out the door all new batteries 7 grand and 6 grand for work at Prevost then it will be the same except more money in another 8 years or less he is selling his also Cooper has it on his site he said he was cutting his costs and run and this guy can afford it

good luck

[muldoonman]

I bought my 91 early summer and did the same thing , tires, batteries, trip to shop to make sure it was good to go. Paid 57,000 and added another 20,000 so far. Still need things done. That's what you get when buses sit up for years in a barn. The only consolidation is, it still looked and smelled new. If it all turns to hell in a hand basket i can use it to store feed.

[Joe Camper]

Muldoon man Ya could both bolt it down and then go with the rope thing too. That would create a stir going down the road wouldn't it. LOL Everybody who went by would either be petrified or laughing. Great Idea

 If we did end up in a housetruck we could continue to hang out here too    I think I see a vintage trailer in our future and it wont be bolted to a Pete it will be pulled behind my PU.

This has been modifyed after the fact LOL

[muldoonman]

An old riveted Airstream, nice.

[Rick59-4104]

  Be careful with those S&S RV's, I had a neat little 22' 1972 Barth with a 454 and a turbo 400, got 4 to 5 MPG, I always figured about a quart per mile. That was in the hills up here.

  I have a 1957 Airstream, last year of the 13 Panel Airstreams, have owed a 1948 Westcraft and a 1948 Spartan travel trailers, both  aluminum aircraft construction with aluminum frames and skin. After WW2 until about 1950 the trailers were all aluminum with a strip of wood attached to the aluminum frame to attach the inside paneling to, about 1950 they started using more wood in the framing of the aluminum skinned trailers (except for the early airstreams). Long story short if you can find a '46 up to about a '49 Spartan or Westcraft they make a great vintage camper..

Rick

[muldoonman]

hey Rick, I think Joe was talking about mounting a camper on an old pete truck, Cool!

[Rick59-4104]

hey Rick, I think Joe was talking about mounting a camper on an old pete truck, Cool!

I saw an early 60's Airstream grafted onto a Peterbuilt one time it looked pretty neat but required quite the staircase to climb in it.....Had a telescoping staircase and no access from the cab to the camper.


Rick

[niles500]

A little more info - FWIW

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201111211601dowjonesdjonline000347&title=us-refinery-status-conoco-completes-oklahoma-turnaround

[gus]

These are all very interesting comments but there are two main reasons for diesel going up.

1. Truckers are charging a fuel surcharge to all shippers. This has turned into a big profit maker simply because there is no precise way to compute the actual additional cost. So, the natural thing to do is charge much more than the estimated actual cost - result, a nice extra profit.

The other reason is large farmers don't have to pay retail prices or road taxes.

These two groups used to do protest convoys on Washington when diesel prices went up. Now, since the fuel surcharge is allowed, there is no longer any reason to protest.

Since 99% of Americans use gas and not diesel they don't care either.

[artvonne]

  Nice to see so many rigs that outcost the fuel they burn. Mine dont. I Bought the Bounder for $22K, and have dumped almost $30,000 of fuel through it. If I drove it more it would get even more lopsided.

  And while most don't wanna get off their duff to do anything about it, say they'll pay whatever, $10 gal, your kids and grandkids gotta pay that too, and y'all are okay with that? Well, this Country will be dead soon at that rate, it wont survive at $10 gal fuel. Another thing, Campgrounds are having a hard time, not as many campers but costs are the same, ground work is the same, keeping pool maintained costs just as much. The few I know around here, and I know the owners personally at one, they want out. Thay want out BAD, said this was by far the slowest year in 15 years. Even considered turning the grounds into something else, maybe even a Farm, hard to sell a Campground when it aint making money, and hard to stay in it either one. 

[Brassman]

Yeah, Paul, it's going to be a different world for the grandkids--it probably already is.

I'm sure most of us have similar memories to mine as a kid (late teen). Get a hair up your behind and decide to go for a drive, might be a hundred miles, might be two, could be a thousand. Just something you did, and no one thought a thing about it.