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Mike,
Wow! That's interesting as I was considering both, gen/solar. I'll definitely test it out first...may do some boondocking in Baja.
Annie
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Hey Tony,
Thanks for the tip, the ice pick is a good idea. I didn't buy the Huntsman, mechanic advised against it (...after $100!)
I'm struggling with the "reply" process so hope this one goes through.
Cheers,
Annie
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Annie, before you buy, take a sharp pointy tool like an icepick, and on the inside of the Toyota, at the roof/wall intersection push the icepick into the wood frame in a few places, if it sinks in easily, you have found a rotten frame member. Do it inside cupboards where it wont show, and under the seats at the wall/floor join, pull the mattress out and check with your icepick along the very front edge of the floor above the drivers seat. Look for signs of past leaks (staining) around window bottoms. Everything else is relatively easy to fix, but in my opinion frame rot is fatal. Back when I was in the boat game, I could smell rotten wood, but with the years my sniffer has lost its keen edge.
The other tip is if you buy it, and if its an automatic, dont use overdrive, the Toyota manual says not to use it when the truck is loaded, read lugging around a little house.
Tony
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Annie, before you buy, take a sharp pointy tool like an icepick, and on the inside of the Toyota, at the roof/wall intersection push the icepick into the wood frame in a few places, if it sinks in easily, you have found a rotten frame member. Do it inside cupboards where it wont show, and under the seats at the wall/floor join, pull the mattress out and check with your icepick along the very front edge of the floor above the drivers seat. Look for signs of past leaks (staining) around window bottoms. Everything else is relatively easy to fix, but in my opinion frame rot is fatal. Back when I was in the boat game, I could smell rotten wood, but with the years my sniffer has lost its keen edge.
The other tip is if you buy it, and if its an automatic, dont use overdrive, the Toyota manual says not to use it when the truck is loaded, read lugging around a little house.
Tony
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I mentioned a couple of times that I was near San Jose and could come see it and also that he can save shipping costs because I can do local pick up but he just falls back to its packaged for shipping and he will ship after payment.
Also I am in contact with him using a second email address as a second party and all the replies from him are almost identical. And there is no mention that there is another buyer.
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I'm on the brink of buying my first Toyo Home, yikes!
The 81 Huntsman has a wood, not aluminum, frame,
anybody with experience, advice on this?
Otherwise it's not leaking and in pretty good shape. I'll have a mechanic look at the engine.
But anyone with Huntsman and or wood frame knowledge, would be appreciated.
Also, how big of a mecanical/ expense issue to put in a generator?
I've learned a lot form this site.. thanks to all!
~annie
1993 Seabreeze (And Others) Scam Report
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He was on SF Bay Area a couple days ago. He puts the ad up for about a day then goes through the replies one by one as he replied to me after it was taken down...probably so he doesn't get flagged. Same name, Eddie. He said he was dealing through Auto Trader, you give the $ to them. Wonder how many people have sent him the $. Says he is working in another stae and has to ship rig from a different state.
I said "I think I'll pass..."
Annie
More creepy than this was a guy with an email address "friskoballer" that didn't display on the reply. Wanted to deal only by e-mail, no name/phone. When I said I wasn't going to come out there without talking to a live person on the phone, he stopped replies. Also, he some how replied by-passing my spamblocker which I usually have to clear for Craigslist replies. Be careful, girlfriend...
Annie