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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 21:59:26 GMT -8
Here's a compromise...how about the current owner sells me the trailer on a contract for deed, or "land contract" as some folks understand better. I pay him a modest down payment, and then a monthly installment within the budget my wife gives me. I get to visit the trailer on his property or move it to mine, whatever he prefers. I become the sole and rightful owner when I fulfill the contract. That way I don't risk losing out to a cash buyer now and fret the rest of my life over what could have been.
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Post by dlw on Jan 4, 2018 7:23:55 GMT -8
You are going to fret the rest of your life over this? Let it go. There will be others.  DW |
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Post by 48spartanette on Jan 4, 2018 15:37:23 GMT -8
Another Minnesotan chiming in with my two cents. Go there with five crisp one hundred dollar bills. Say "Here's five hundo that's not currently in your pocket. Take it and I'll take this wreck off your hands." Once you get it home, then decide how far you want to take the restoration. If it's too daunting, part out what people could need. The two Bargman H20 handles and locksets will basically recoup your investment. Windows, fixtures, hinges, that tub, there's someone out there who needs all that stuff. Then, when you've reduced it to its frame (if you go that route), then use that chassis to build yourself up a modest but functional fish house, since you're living in the frozen north - same as me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 0:56:06 GMT -8
I guess I'll pass on the $2800 Prairie Schooner for now. I was perusing the web and the simple search of "1949 Prairie Schooner" turned up the result below. $810 - are you kidding me! Mobiltec was right on with his early post commenting that $1000 is all it's worth at best. Should have taken Larry's advice from the beginning and saved my time of all this fretting.
So now I must seriously take 48spartanette's advice and offer those (5) crisp one hundred dollar bills and save myself a bundle of dough! Maybe have this photo in my back pocket as a real negotiating tool??
As a reminder, here's the one below I had my heart set on. Nearly identical don't you think?? The photos included in the one above show it is darn near the same thing, only in much nicer shape. Yup...$500 is what the one below is worth. Maybe now I can convince the wife DLW it can still be that conversation piece parked next to the shop. If I can land it for that five hundo of course!
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Post by handkey on Apr 2, 2018 19:26:15 GMT -8
Update . This trailer is still for sale . I first saw it advertised almost two years ago . Breadloafs are extremely hard to come by in Minnesota and this is a perfect example of why . Few trailers survive outside after 70 plus years in this climate. It’s now $2550 and still About 1k too high for this area .
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