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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Thanks to all. It sounds like lots of personal preference, but certainly is feasible.
We almost always have a chase car now when we just go camping. That is because we normally have kayaks along, and we need to have a return mechanism when we get to the other end on the river.
I would like to do a big trip or two when we retire and full-time, but even more I would like to slowly move around, staying between. In that scenario I don't foresee driving over 300 miles in a day, and rarely more than two days. That is when we would use the chase car.
I think the truck could be used in 99.9 percent of situations. It is just a smaller vehicle would be less costly and better suited to short trips.
We almost always have a chase car now when we just go camping. That is because we normally have kayaks along, and we need to have a return mechanism when we get to the other end on the river.
I would like to do a big trip or two when we retire and full-time, but even more I would like to slowly move around, staying between. In that scenario I don't foresee driving over 300 miles in a day, and rarely more than two days. That is when we would use the chase car.
I think the truck could be used in 99.9 percent of situations. It is just a smaller vehicle would be less costly and better suited to short trips.
