fuel prices

chessie4905 · June 01, 2022, 11:48:09 AM

194.9/l at Nelson in Saskatchewan. About $5.76/gallon

Tedsoldbus · June 01, 2022, 12:53:46 PM

Chessie we need more.
More about frost heaves and the moose that made you hit the jake. DT is already up there. He's got nothin' until he is coming back.
You are the big happening on the roll right now. Make stuff up if you have to about a repair you didn't really do. Forget about fuel. We need some bus stuff! My one day drive to Evansville next week will be a yawner that no one will tune in to.
I hope all is well with you and your bus as you roll north. At least somebody is out there doing big things!
(respectfully submitted)
Tedsoldbus

chessie4905 · June 01, 2022, 04:42:33 PM

sorry, coach is at home. won't risk a breakdown miles from home $$$$ to repair. GMC Duramax and travel trailer. Do miss my coach though.🥲

dtcerrato · June 02, 2022, 12:56:51 AM

Part of the adventure is the risk IMHO. The 1st trip was a duzzy - lots of breakdowns, the next two trips were uneventful and we enjoyed not getting our coveralls out. It was 80°F today. Lots of sun and the place is rockin' with RVs pouring in - not continuous but in spurts. The bus is our full time home right now. Days are really long and getting longer. Working on an interior build-out of our tiny shelter 12 to 15 hours a day is kicking my butt - but not w/o progress. The shelter is 8'x8' on grade that sits on a sub earth crib of logs which houses the well, electric, septic, phone & data. The build-out will yield hot & cold running water, sink, toilet, shower, bunk, wood stove , oil burning furnace, yada yada. We're hitting it hard to get er dun so we can frolic and play a little. Safe travels Chessie.

chessie4905 · June 02, 2022, 07:25:15 AM

Risk? How about engine or transmission repair/replacement 5k from home in say halfway up Alcan highway. Not going to risk it in my coach. Manageable in truck. Especially now that fewer places will work on them. If I still owned our 4104, I would take it. They are almost dead reliable.

Busted Knuckle · June 02, 2022, 07:31:50 AM

Quote from: chessie4905 on June 02, 2022, 07:25:15 AM
Risk? How about engine or transmission repair/replacement 5k from home in say halfway up Alcan highway. Not going to risk it in my coach. Manageable in truck. Especially now that fewer places will work on them. If I still owned our 4104, I would take it. They are almost dead reliable.

Dan did multiple major repairs to his that many miles from home his first trip up there.
Then when he got home he did a complete rebuild on his 671 and ain't had to work on it since.
SO either enjoy the trip now (possibly w/repairs), or rebuild then go for it.

But the point is sitting around procrastinating about it ain't getting it done, adapt and overcome!

BK

Glennman · June 02, 2022, 12:46:00 PM

I've been watching some of the Youtubers out there that are converting buses and living in them. However, there is one that is doing all that, but when they go on vacation (yes, that's in their videos too) the bus stays at home and they rent expensive hotels. Sometimes I wonder if they are planning to have it permanently parked and maybe the conversion is just for show. I know that it is getting very expensive to drive the bus with fuels costs and with the possibility of breakdowns, but I am just chomping at the bit to get the bus out on its first trip! I know it's not for everyone, but 'll take out a loan if I have to, or just take short trips, or whatever. I literally dream about that first trip out!

Van · June 02, 2022, 06:10:22 PM

$5.21 here now!

windtrader · June 02, 2022, 08:58:33 PM

Ted's comment shares my thinking in that for those of us getting older, time matters more every year. I'm struggling deeply with this right now, sitting on the fence about clicking on the book an expedition to Soon Dong Caves in Vietnam, not a bus trip, folks. I wanted to go before COVID but now 3 years out since openings are for 2023, I frankly am not sure I am up to it physically at 67.

I still hope I can have the confidence to just do it but I have to feel I can endure the many days of trekking through the jungle and cave system. Sure there are porters and all but you still have to expend a lot to just follow along. their requirements make one think pretty hard before clicking "Let's go!" oh - morale of the story is if COVID did not happen I was all up for it and in better shape.

luvrbus · June 02, 2022, 09:32:20 PM

Quote from: windtrader on June 02, 2022, 08:58:33 PM
Ted's comment shares my thinking in that for those of us getting older, time matters more every year. I'm struggling deeply with this right now, sitting on the fence about clicking on the book an expedition to Soon Dong Caves in Vietnam, not a bus trip, folks. I wanted to go before COVID but now 3 years out since openings are for 2023, I frankly am not sure I am up to it physically at 67.

I still hope I can have the confidence to just do it but I have to feel I can endure the many days of trekking through the jungle and cave system. Sure there are porters and all but you still have to expend a lot to just follow along. their requirements make one think pretty hard before clicking "Let's go!" oh - morale of the story is if COVID did not happen I was all up for it and in better shape.

67 I wish don't let age stop you Don @ 83 I am planning make a parachute jump to fill one more Item on the bucket list Gary Hatt was going with me but he needs to lose a few pounds first

or jump by his self

Dave5Cs · June 03, 2022, 09:33:55 AM

Clifford Knew that was comin? LOL

Just go second Clifford and you will have something soft to land on.

Van · June 03, 2022, 11:49:20 AM

Clifford the Air Force will let you jump (tandem) for free, they even have cargo chutes for Gary

dtcerrato · June 03, 2022, 11:55:42 AM

A very close friend of mine with over a 1000 jumps met his demise on a burn in. Main chute failed and reserve didn't have enough air to deploy. He debarked a giant live oak horizontal limb just before touch down. Was gone before he hit the ground. He always tried to get me to jump but never did. I guess I'd rather have the bus break down in bumphuck Egypt than jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

freds · June 03, 2022, 12:08:17 PM

When asked about jumping out of a good airplane my reply is that I would rather be the pilot!!!

Tedsoldbus · June 03, 2022, 01:59:32 PM

For a short time in my time in the Marine Corps, I went to Ft Benning to jump school. I did 17 jumps after that. (They were all night jumps because my eyes were closed). I didn't like it but once in the cute it is very quiet. All my jumps were static line. No sky diving stuff. You can put a bag of potatoes in a static line chute, throw it out of the airplane, and it opens. I was "concerned" when I jumped out of planes.
But I also went to 6 weeks of Navy Scuba school. I was genuinely frightened enough to cry like a little girl on my Scuba Qualification dive. 130 feet off the coast of San Diego. We just went down a big rope to the bottom which looked like the moon. Stayed for 10 minutes, and back up the rope. The pressure on my body and mask and the cold had me really worried. If your chute does not open you have the rest of your life to get that reserve open. I'll do that. But at 130 feet under water, if run you out of air....
Don't take away my air. Not my air.
So if my 6V92 makes a loud bang on the way to Evansville next week, I'll be concerned. But I still have air.