Motorhome/Toad vs Truck-Trailer/Chase Car
I have been doing a lot of study on the motorhome vs truck-trailer approach to full-timing. There is the issue of having a smaller vehicle to run around in - easily satisfied by choice of a suitabl...
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We full-timed 8 years with a 33' 5th wheel and a Dodge diesel. We absolutely hated it from day 1 - the size, smell and noise. Friends took us Jeeping with them and we fell in love with it. That's when we got a 40' motorhome, towing the Jeep. We absolutely loved it. We especially like the quietness and being able to creep along forest roads and not scaring away the critters.
Part of the enjoyment of traveling for us is having companionship and talking about the things we're seeing. Since we don't drive interstates having a companion for directions has helped a lot. GPSs are definitely not perfect when you're in the boonies. Any vehicle can drive to the grocery store.
It boils down to what kind of RVer/tourist you are. Do you mainly sit in campgrounds? Do you sitesee by driving secondary country roads? Do you drive gravel roads or wish you could get into the heart of the mountains or deserts by using rough two-tracks?
We scratched up our truck a lot and really didn't care because we enjoyed getting on gravel roads with vegetation at the edge of the road like in Big Bend Nat'l Park. So, yes, there are places a truck cannot go. It just depends what you want to see/do.
Part of the enjoyment of traveling for us is having companionship and talking about the things we're seeing. Since we don't drive interstates having a companion for directions has helped a lot. GPSs are definitely not perfect when you're in the boonies. Any vehicle can drive to the grocery store.
It boils down to what kind of RVer/tourist you are. Do you mainly sit in campgrounds? Do you sitesee by driving secondary country roads? Do you drive gravel roads or wish you could get into the heart of the mountains or deserts by using rough two-tracks?
We scratched up our truck a lot and really didn't care because we enjoyed getting on gravel roads with vegetation at the edge of the road like in Big Bend Nat'l Park. So, yes, there are places a truck cannot go. It just depends what you want to see/do.
