qtla9111 wrote:
Bruce Brown wrote:
qtla9111 wrote:
I boondock with 40 gallons of fresh water. Two of us can go for 7 to 10 and that includes bathing, not long showers, but getting clean everyday.
The big difference between a TT and a Class A is about $100,000. With that in mind it's worth it for me to get out and level and chock.
OTOH, TTs now come with electric levelers as well. Depends on your priorities.
On the bold, to a point yes, to a point no - it all depends on the level of equipment. A nice TT these days is $30-40k. High end 5th wheels are over $100k. A nice PROPER truck to pull it is $50-80k. A PROPER hitch arraignment is $1-3k.
If buying new today you're looking at $80-175k to pull a trailer. That kind of $$$ buys a pretty decent Class A.
It all depends on what is important to YOU. There is no wrong answer as we all have different wants and needs.
You're right. That said, I drive a 2005 Dodge Durango with 350,000 kms and the travel trailer cost me $8000 new on a bankruptcy return to the factory.
Maybe I'm cheap or just a good consumer.
Absolutely. Our first camper of any type was a 1980 Itasca Class A, a little 22'er, 2 owner, we paid $5,500 for - it was AWESOME! We simply outgrew it.
Our second on was the MH from hell. We spend so much $$$ fixing that darn thing it made us reexamine our budget, at which time we decided we enjoyed the camping part enough and maybe "new" was within reach. That fall we ordered our first new MH and have never looked back.
For us new has worked out great.
With that said, I fully believe the one we're driving today will be the last new one we ever own, if not the last one we ever own. It does everything we want it to do and it's paid for. Those are 2 **really** nice features. :B
