Advice for green newbies
Hello all, My wife and I are selling our home and going to live full time in a fifth wheel. I have disabilities and my wife had open heart surgery a year ago at age 46. The upkeep of a house and ya...
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donn0128 wrote:
First off, welcome.
Next, you do not have enough truck to carry the load of any full time fiver. Pulling is never the issue, any modern diesel can pull.
Next, the 6.0L has less than a steller reputation, and unless you have done a lot of work on it, sell it!
Fifth wheels have approx 20% of its total weight will be pin weight. So if you look at the trailers GVWR, lets say 15,000 pounds as an example, 20% of 15K equals 3000 pounds of pin weight. Can your Ford handle 3000 more pounds without exceeding its mfg GVWR?
Next, can you and your wife handle living in 350SQFT without killing each other? Takes special people to do it.
Last and not least, full time RVing is not cheap. Add up fuel, maintenance, park rent and you could end up paying more a month RVing than living in a small home. Just add 25 to 50 dollars a day in site rental for a 30 day month. You can get cheaper rates if your paying a monthly rate, but the idea of RVing is the ability to move on when you tire of a place.
With both of you disabled, I think you will find it difficult to properly maintain an RV if you cannot handle a house. I think you would be far better off finding a place to move to that would be more friendly to your health.
I agree.
Sounds to me like you need a modest-size condo in a nice climate, and near a city with good medical amenities. Possibly add a small used motorhome to the mix so you can travel some.
