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DallasSteve
Jun 03, 2023Nomad
valhalla360 wrote:
I would make a differentiation in terminology. "Full timer", typically implies someone who travels in their RV.
I'd look at park models. If you are never going to tow them, no reason to accept the limitations of an RV.
Of course, depending on what the local RV park rates are, it might be cheaper to maintain 2 apartments.
1 - To me "Full timer" is someone who lives in an RV full time. Simple.
2 - Yes, a used park model may be the way to go.
3 - Have you checked apartment rates lately? I'm in a cheap RV park in North Carolina paying $450 per month. No water charge. No electric charge. A lot of the parks around here are twice that much which would be about $900, but down in South Texas for the winter I believe it's cheaper. Apartment rents here in this part of North Carolina start around $1,400. Double that to maintain 2 apartments and it's much more expensive than my idea.
So why do it? It's cheaper than apartment life and you get the better weather in summer and winter.
As for the last reply from another poster, I spent $350 in gasoline to drive my truck from South Texas to Western North Carolina and that was not pulling an RV. Pulling my big RV it's going to be more like $600, but yes, it probably won't get to $1,000 unless gas goes back to $5 a gallon.
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