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mike_brez
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Mar 30, 2016

Short Diesel Pusher

I often see some looking for a short DP. This one is not mine and don't know anything about it. I do know these CCs don't last for sale to long and fetch a pretty good $$

Shorty
  • Hard to tell from photos. I have stepped into some used units that looked good on the small screen, and within ten seconds of walking in I was walking back out.
  • We almost bought a 30' DP back in about 2005. I think it was a Bounder, but not sure. It was on a local used car lot, so it might have belonged to someone working there. Can't remember the model year, but KBB priced it at $26K. The dealer was asking $45K and refused to negotiate.

    It was still on the lot 2 years later and the dealership went bankrupt just a couple of weeks after the rig disappeared from the lot. Whether it actually sold, I don't know - maybe the original owner rescued it.

    After driving transit for a couple of years, sometime later, I was relieved that we hadn't bought the rig. The ride quality of our 30 ft. coaches wasn't very good because of the short wheel base. You could put up with it when being paid to drive it, but I would not have been pleased with that kind of fore/aft pitching in an RV.
  • A Bounder???
    Man, you have no idea how well-designed, high-quality this Country Coach is,....no comparison to Bounder.

  • ...and also, only 18,200 miles on an almost 14 year old coach?


    Means nothing. All it is, is that it wasn't used, big deal. I just bought an '03 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with only 28,000 on it. It's a flawless Jeep. If we were in the market, I'd be bidding right along side all those folks. A little wear on the cabinetry, again, that's what stain is for. A little sanding, cleanup and, some stain and sealer and, your cabinets are as good as new.

    That goes for all the rest of the coach too. A little digging into some maintenance, checks here and there and, you're good to go. That's one nice coach. It's exactly what we want. I'd bet that coach's bid is raised to a minimum of $60K before it's sold.
    Scott
  • If it's anywhere near as good as it looks, it should easily top 50K and perhaps a bit more. Those are very nice coaches.
  • mike brez wrote:
    dons2346 wrote:
    For someone wanting a 32 CC, it looks like a good coach. It will be interesting to see what the final bid will be. Most I have seen are selling up into the 60's.

    For those asking about handling,they handle just fine. I put some mileage on one for a friend. It had the ISL and went like crazy

    I'm going to watch this one just to see what it goes for

    After a closer look, it doesn't have the rear slide as advertised


    I didn't read the whole ad but pictures show front apposing slides and what I read of the ad.

    OVERVIEW



    Yup, you be right, two slides in the front