Real estate listings suck

[historicalarms]

My first highway tractor had a 400 hp mechanical fuel delivery system engine and I got 4-4.2 mpg jerking a 2 axle trailer, my second truck had 475 hp and was computer controlled fuel system jerking a 3 axle trailer and I went up to 7.5 mpg ( the fuel savings made the truck payments every month), my third truck was 575 hp , pulling same trailer and I averaged 9 mpg...all 3 were geared 3:11...so technology can produce better millage.

 

[JustaDB]

Friend sent me those pics

Damn good thing, too! If glaciers weren't calving icebergs, that would mean we could be heading into the next ice age.

 

[slow-poke]

Not sure if or when the next ice age will occur but I'm glad I won't be around for it, sounds a bit beyond my shovelling capability......

from google AI...... During the last ice age, the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Canada reached a maximum thickness of approximately 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). In some areas, such as Nunavik, Quebec, the ice was even thicker, reaching up to 3.2 kilometers (2 miles). The Cordilleran ice sheet, another significant ice sheet in Canada, may have been close to 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) thick.

Things started warming up about 10,000 years ago and it was only 5000 years ago that it finally melted. Somewhere around the stone age to bronze age transition.

 

[Susquatch]

During the last ice age, the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Canada reached a maximum thickness of approximately 4,000 meters (13,000 feet).

I like to tell those who will listen that my farm sits on a glacial moraine. That's why I have so many rocks on my farm. The ice was a mile high here during the last ice age.

 

[historicalarms]

all 3 were geared 3:11...so technology can produce better millage.

A corrrection...all were geared 3.90 ....at 3.11 you wouldnt need the top 3 gears to maintain highway speed

 

[Susquatch]

Sooooo......

It is simply not true that electronics and technology have not appreciably improved vehicle fuel efficiency. They have both improved efficiency AND improved power. BUT..... And it's a very BIG BUT...... most of the efficiency gains have been lost to exhaust emissions improvements. Big trucks don't have the same Ultra low emissions requirements.

The other reality is that efficiency is very much driver and driving conditions dependent.

Best tip I can offer is to put a raw egg in a sock over the accelerator pedal and another one over the brake pedal.

 

[slow-poke]

My first highway tractor had a 400 hp mechanical fuel delivery system engine and I got 4-4.2 mpg jerking a 2 axle trailer, my second truck had 475 hp and was computer controlled fuel system jerking a 3 axle trailer and I went up to 7.5 mpg ( the fuel savings made the truck payments every month), my third truck was 575 hp , pulling same trailer and I averaged 9 mpg...all 3 were geared 3:11...so technology can produce better millage.

That's actually really impressive. That massive truck gets about the same MPG as my 2700lb Mustang. Same horsepower 570-575 I'm guessing the truck has 3x the torque?

Diesel has about 10% more energy per gallon, and a Diesel engine is an inherently more efficient engine with twice the compression ratio. However that big efficient engine weighs as much as my entire car.

 

[Susquatch]

Diesel has about 10% more energy per gallon, and a Diesel engine is an inherently more efficient engine with twice the compression ratio. However that big efficient engine weighs as much as my entire car.

The main advantage of diesel engines is no pumping losses.

 

[Mike R]

The main advantage of diesel engines is no pumping losses.

I think you mean no losses due to the throttle at anything less than full throttle, all internal combustion engines have pumping losses.

 

[Tom O]

I think they made more miles per gallon just by putting bigger tires on vehicles at the factory. When I had my 58 Chev I had an accelerator pump fail and drove it like that for a while noticing the mileage increase as well as bit of a bog when accelerating

 

[wmetfab]

MY experience with RE agents is not positive. At all.
Their job is to turn over listings fast to make as much money for them selves as possible.
The sellers best interests are secondary

My experience...

The agent I hired sold almost all of the punjabi farms here for high prices. Thats why I picked him
RIght away he tried to "manage" and lower my expectations. He focused on the negatives and tried to coerce me into a lower price on the listing contract. I struck out the figure and added 200k, he did not like that at all

After, I discovered he had listed the property on mls as a much smaller size than surveyed and a different lower price than what was written and I agreed upon in the listing contaract.
He did not provide us with a copy of the contract as rewuired by law until I insisted and cajoled him for one. Thats when we discovered the falsehoods

He manipulated the sale to direct the property to a "pocket buyer" that is the buyer and price is pre agreed upon by the 2 agents and they conspire to manipulate the sale price.
After 6 months of absolutely "no interest" there was a parade of 6 "buyers" over a 14 day period when I talked to them on the side I found that they were brought on a "tour" one couple said "I dont understand why we were shown this property we soecifically asked to be in a different town!" None of these people brought any offers.

Eventually, the very last people to see the place brought me a much lower price, super low ball than I had authorized him and specifically told him not to.

What he did was supressed interest in the property for 6 months untill he thought we were worn down enough to accept a low offer, except me and ex were on the same page, we were constantly reasarching the market in the direct local area.

We had previously listed the property privately and had over 100 hits 24 phone calls and i showed the place to 6 people in 3 month period. The agent? .. crickets..for 6 months. Not one showing

The buyers agent tried to pressure us into the low offer. There was much more about it than I write here.

Then I caught Mr. Agent in a bold red faced lie.

He thought we were stupid and malleable but in the background we were keeping track of the market closely. He lied about and supressed sales that were recently completed and the prices. He did not want us to know about a sale just down the street that went for a very high price but we knew about it through an appraiser friend. I asked him "are there any other completed sales in the area, he said NO and that was the lie I caught him in he damn well knew about the sale and the price.

I went to the financial regulator in BC
After I told him the long list of what happened he said "Mr. W...... , If what you are telling me is true you need to terminate this agreement immidiately!"
Which i did right in the middle of their offer. What i did was basically stab this guy in the neck with an ice pick.

I wrote an email to the managing broker of Remax office in Oliver with my intention around 8 pm I sent it and by 9:30 pm they cancelled the listing and the offer without a single word being said in response.

I re appraised the place cost 5k then sold the place on property guys 5 months later for another... $540k.. yes thats right, over half a million more that he tried to cheat me out of.
F*****g worthless piece of S**t.

A distressed less informed buyer prob would have taken the offer.
I had every ground to sue him and I would have won but at the time I couldnt go through the stress of it so I let it go.

A couple months after this, his many for sale signs in the community were all gone.

My ex moved out into the basement suite of a woman...real estate agent.. when she left here, stayed there for 2 yrs.
She tried to get the listing of course and was quite angry at me because I wouldnt let her have it.
Turns out that was her business model, befriend and support divorcees put them downstairs, get the listing. Sell for low price.
2 of them (women) before my ex and they both recieved far less than the ask.

My father bought and sold many properties by private sale. He was quite adamant "Dont trust real estate agents..theyre just a bunch of crooks!!" And that was one of the most valuable things my father ever told me.

My advice?

1) Hire a REGISTERED APPRAISER.
pay the money, do not balk at the price. It is worth its weight in gold.
Do not trust any figure given as a "market evaluation" Agents are NOT registered appraisers they will tell you any price they think they can to make the sale. In an up market there can be multiple offers above ask. That says the set selling price is too low. In a down market they will use their tricks.
They collude.

2) Do an internet search " Real estate agent scams" that will be an eye opener for you. Educate yourself.

3) List on an alternative platform like Property guys, 1% realty and so on, or do it as private sale face book or something
All u need is a decent lawyer to handle the paperwork it will only cost you a couple thousand.

My ex and I each pocketed 54 k, the fee that would have gone in the agents pockets She was reaaal happy about that. We both were

Good luck

 

[jorogi]

Same horsepower 570-575

Trucks quote brake horsepower, cars quote maximum horsepower.
My truck has 600bhp, it'll put that out all day long. A Mustang can only do that for a few seconds, then you run out of room, a few minutes and the engine would self destruct. Duty cycle is probably 10%, maybe. Once you're up to speed you're probably only using 20-40 hp. Thats why my engine weighs 8000lbs and costs 6 figures.

 

[Susquatch]

I think you mean no losses due to the throttle at anything less than full throttle, all internal combustion engines have pumping losses.

Let's just say that it's an industry term. It has a very specific meaning to those who design engines which I did for a number of years.

In this case, we were talking about the fuel efficiency advantage of diesel over gasoline engines. One of their primary advantages is very low pumping losses - especially at the low engine speeds where fuel efficiency really matters. The car and light truck operator who is running at top rpm, where pumping losses are high for both, isn't thinking about fuel consumption.

 

[Hollow-Grind]

Trucks quote brake horsepower, cars quote maximum horsepower.
My truck has 600bhp, it'll put that out all day long. A Mustang can only do that for a few seconds, then you run out of room, a few minutes and the engine would self destruct. Duty cycle is probably 10%, maybe. Once you're up to speed you're probably only using 20-40 hp. Thats why my engine weighs 8000lbs and costs 6 figures.

Guess you have never been to a racetrack? As much as a non Ford lover I am I do not believe they all blow up in a few mins. Would be some pretty short road races…..

 

[Susquatch]

Guess you have never been to a racetrack? As much as a non Ford lover I am I do not believe they all blow up in a few mins. Would be some pretty short road races…..

I think it depends on the race type and the class. The engines in a rail running nitro and blowers doing the quarter mile don't last very long. The engines used in race cars doing circuit racing last much longer. But even the engine in the family hockey van racing between games, won't last like the big diesel in a semi.

 

[Hollow-Grind]

I think it depends on the race type and the class. The engines in a rail running nitro and blowers doing the quarter mile don't last very long. The engines used in race cars doing circuit racing last much longer. But even the engine in the family hockey van racing between games, won't last like the big diesel in a semi.

I know what you’re saying. My issue is someone stating a mustang will blow up at max hp in a few mins and that is completely untrue. A modern high hp car/truck can put out max hp all day long.

A heavy truck isn’t making/useing max hp once up to speed just like a car or truck so not sure the point of the statement either.

I’ve built 500 plus hp 12 valve Cummins, tons of 355 chev’s, boosted 4’s and 8’s and more. Just dislike inaccurate comments.

But yeah, nitro is rebuild every run at 5000hp. Plugs are melted.