Newbie Questions that scare him

Check with your insurance company it may include towing service already. Mine covers the MH and tow car. To answer your question of how often a tow is needed in 10 years I have not had to use it yet. As far as how often parts fail as others have said this is difficult to determine. When I worked will the Army they had statistics on every part for their systems and when they would fail MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) the simple conclusion that I came away with is statistically once you pass the "infant mortality" phase you had a good chance to go to MTBF and beyond. So if your MH is several years old the parts that would fail early would have been replaced already. I think your drive train( eng, trans, etc) will last a long time with proper maintenance several hundred thousand miles. Some other parts on the MH will probably fail on every trip but not leave you stranded but just needs to be fixed with some help from your friends on this forum. Your fear will diminish as you use the MH and begin to learn the systems and start fixing the little things. Good Luck and enjoy your travels.