Pros and Cons of owning a class A RV

Another issue that I forgot to mention was the purchase cost. Higher end towable units with equivalent space and integrated features such as onboard generators, inverter, residential refrigerator etc. tend to be on the very high end of towable and very heavy. I made the initial mistake of purchasing a truck that really didn't have the capability to adequately tow everything we needed. Keep in mind that I had a 29' stick and tin trailer with a GVWR of 7500#. I know people will tow very heavy trailers dramatically over the GCWR of their trucks but I won’t do that. The problem is we had to carry so much additional equipment we were very heavy. Our first truck simply didn't have the capability even when I spent thousands of dollars upgrading it. We ended up trading it in for a 1 ton long box crew cab truck with a 100 gallon in bed fuel tank and a tall canopy to cover stuff in the truck bed. This added thousands of dollars to the base cost. So, in the end the cost was quite high. A higher end towable can cost well over $50K fully outfitted and add a $80K truck and additional equipment the cost difference is not nearly as much as one would think. Our setup was nearly 10 years old when we traded it in for a motorhome. We were looking at replacing at least the trailer if not the truck as well.