On Sunday, we spent most of the day doing more research and reading. Tom checked online for possible lenders.
Monday night our friend and record rep came for dinner and stayed over so not a whole lot of “RV” discussing happened.
Tom continued the search for an appropriate loan. I stopped by the dealer (Mike) to check a couple things on the truck. Tom and I couldn’t get the radio to work in the truck, but all I did was “reset” and it worked. Also, Tom wanted me to check the lights on the roof of the cab. He didn’t remember them working or not. They do work, but one is burnt out. I also reminded Mike that the driver’s side window doesn’t work. That was it for the day with Mike. I don’t know yet if he or Tom got anymore loan news.
We got the ball really rolling today. We got to Grapevine RV this morning at 10:00 like we planned. Picked up the F350 and took it to Jeff @ Lebec Automototive to have it checked over. We then went back to the lot and started going over everything in the Alpha. We had water and power hooked up and had Mike show us how to do the slide-outs, etc. We spent all day going over things and reading manuals. At about 1:30-ish, we went home to get lunch and then just as we were heading back, we got the call that Jeff was done checking the truck so we went straight there. Jeff only had a couple minor things to comment on the truck that it might need to have taken care of, like a tiny leak, it might need rear shocks, a little bit of surface rust underneath, but all in all pretty good. We then took it for a quick drive up the freeway and back to the RV lot.
We went back in the Alpha, talked to Mike for a couple minutes and then decided on a price $41,000. for the combo. Went back to his office and wrote up the papers. We brought home the file box of papers and the owner’s manual binder for the Alpha.
We had dinner and then spent the evening reading and Tom checked different places for loans. Mike said that he would check places on Monday.
Since the truck and trailer had come from an owner in Canada, they might have to be “imported” or they might not need to be since they were both made in the United States. He’ll have to check. If they do have to be imported, he’ll have to take them down to Long Beach to do it.
If the loan goes through, it’ll probably be a couple weeks before we get to bring them home. Then the REAL fun begins!! The big “PURGE” will begin then. I’m not starting to list things for sale until it’s OURS for sure. I will start throwing things away and talking things to recycling though. I’ll also keep working on my lists etc. The time will go by fast. Fingers crossed that it all goes good!! : )
The research and conversations continue. The new job is good. It’s nice that the job is part-time and flexible.
We have an appointment on Saturday to meet with Mike and go over financing, go over the Alpha again, (Tom and I together), and to take the F350 to a mechanic to have it checked over.
We are seriously considering this whole idea!! Me, more so than Tom, but he’s getting there. He even talked to our friend Colleen in Montana, that has a fifth-wheel about it.
We decided I really need to find a job for a while to help us qualify for a loan and to make payments on the new vehicles.
I went to see the Alpha again and did a pretty thorough inspection of her. Mostly of cosmetic things since the rig isn’t in a position to hook up and check systems. I talked to Mike (Ryder) the sales guy at Grapevine RV for a little bit and he said that he would accept a deposit ($1000. per vehicle) to hold the set for us until financing etc. goes through – we’ll see.
My next goal for the day was to go job hunting. I started right off the bat by asking Mike, but he didn’t have anything. Then, I stopped at the clinic in Lebec and a feed store in Frazier Park and then a real estate office and got a job! The property manager there really need administrative help and so I started this afternoon!!