Towing - Cargo - Fuel Type - Egads

BobGed wrote:
ULSD fuel is only required on vehicles built to EPA 07 standards and later. I believe the first EPA 07 engines were in model year 2008, so anything prior to that would use standard #2 diesel

You need a 06 diesel engine and many 07 year DPs will have a 06 engine. Monaco bought up a bunch of 06 engines and I've even seen a 06 engine in a 09 Monaco. All you have to do is look at the exhaust, if it has a normal muffler... no wires or lines going to it... it's 06 or older engine.

If you buy a big enough DP... 42' to 45' you do not need to buy a house in Mexico... go full time in the MH. Once you go that big you have a tag axle which will give you 8000+ Cargo Carrying Capacity. CCC is posted in the MH of that vintage, often behind a cabinet door in the the closet. You are correct to worry about the amount of CCC in a gas MH that you will use for four months.

I'm at 12 years on my DP and I see no reason why it will not go another 12... probably out lasting me. You can find nice, big, 06 DPs with 50K miles for less than $100K. My insurance company will not let me have a higher stated value than $75K.

I'll assume a home in Mexico will increase in value while a MH will definitely decrease. Subtract the cost of owning a home compared to renting a RV site from what you think the appreciation will be on the house. Is still owning for 8 months a good deal? Having to have two of many things becomes a pain, or you have to move things back and fourth to the MH.

Sorry about throwing a different approach to your situation... Good Luck

*PS: Welcome to the forums.:W and there is a Full Timing section in thebox above on the right.

You are correct that only the weight of the tow bar goes against CCC BUT the weight of the jeep goes against the gross combined weight rating or gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of the MH which could decrease your CCC.