Holy hijacked thread, Batman!!!!! I think we need a new thread going for travelling and vehicle/trailer choices. I'm as guilty as the rest though....

 

Now that we are retired we have lots of time unless my employer calls me in for an emergency job. Us old timers still have a few tricks up our sleeve that the young bucks cannot handle yet so they call me in on occasion, but I am not obligated to go if I don't want to but it does offer some extra spending money. I am not interested in sitting home as long as my health stays good. If I went the toy hauler route I would need to buy a big pickup truck to pull it at 10 mpg then I would be using that truck at 10 mpg all the time. With the motorhome I also get 10 mpg but only when I am using it, for the rest of the time I can drive a car that gets 25 mpg. That is the main reason for trying the motorhome..but who knows, that's why this is a trial thing and buying a used motorhome. I can get a nice used motorhome for far less than the cost of a good pickup then would need a toy hauler expense on top of that. Yes we will be towing the UTV behind the motorhome, bought an enclosed trailer for that so no one will know what is inside. Had to order a new one as there is nothing used around here and if one does pop up they are only a couple hundred less than a new one. Got a real good buy on a new one thru a grand opening of a dealer moving into a new facility. They were offering an $800 package upgrade for only $200 with the grand opening. No other dealers within 50 miles could touch that price, only drawback is having to wait until May 1st to pick it up. But that will give us time to get the motorhome fixed up the way we want it. Counting the days until we can hit the road!!

 

Guilty as well, but sometimes we just jump right in when a thought occurs..

 

Starting a new thread for trailers and motor homes is a great idea. You go first.

 

How do we transfer the already posted messages over to the new thread?

 

that was a good fix too

 

No derail here what so ever so no worries.

That was a ton of good info and glad you shared it.

My camper works great for me because its only me.

I bought my truck with full the intention of buying a slide-in camper.

Regular cab pickups have a higher payload rating than extended and 4 doors do. My camper with no slides weighs just under 4000 pounds dry and I'm only over my GVW by a few hundred pounds. I'm impressed with how well the truck handles the camper with no suspension mods and I am equally as impressed with how well the 6.0L gas engine moves it around. Its certainly not a diesel but it does a good job. Gas mileage sucks. LOL I had a couple of tanks in the low 7s coming thru Nevada climbing the summits and fighting headwinds.

I had a travel trailer last time and carried the ATV in the bed of the truck. For me and my wife (ex) it worked perfect.

I do like that I have the ability to go places I couldn't towing a travel trailer and I like not having another set of tires and wheel bearings to service or worry about.

Definitely check your options. RVs are big investments for sure.

 

A big part of the enjoyment I get out of riding is riding my ATV.

Its still fun on someone else's ATV but never as fun as riding your ATV.

 

That's awesome. Congrats on your new MH.

You'll love it.

 

I loathe campgrounds, specially after living in one at Big rock Candy Mountain.

I live in a very small one that's seldom full and I'm away from other campers.

I dreaded holidays because the were full.

When my ex-wife and I had our travel trailer we only stayed in 3 campgrounds.