Can you buy an empty travel trailer?
Hi there! My husband and I are just starting to consider getting a travel trailer. I'm pretty attracted to 5th wheel trailers, but we'd have to get a truck to tow it. Either way, I'm kind of intereste...
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After reading the thread Rick Jay linked to, describing your reasoning about RV ownership, I'd suggest RJ's ideas are about spot on. Also, from experience, remodeling an RV is a long, drawn out experience requiring a big commitment of time and expense. I've built a dozen whole houses faster than restoring one trailer.
FWIW,I have a small business and have been in the construction trades for years. I come in contact with all manner of homeowners and meet newer owners that are overwhelmed by maintenance (nobody told them rule of thumb is 1.5% of original cost/per year for maintenance). Newer owners typically try to save money by DIY'ing many of the maintenance tasks (at least in this area they do). That can be a large part of a family's "free time". If your budget allows, I'd suggest to hire some help. It could be as simple as hiring a local kid to do some of the yard work or hiring a local handyman to help out. That newly compensated "free time" will allow you and the fam to get out and do some camping/traveling.
Best of luck!
FWIW,I have a small business and have been in the construction trades for years. I come in contact with all manner of homeowners and meet newer owners that are overwhelmed by maintenance (nobody told them rule of thumb is 1.5% of original cost/per year for maintenance). Newer owners typically try to save money by DIY'ing many of the maintenance tasks (at least in this area they do). That can be a large part of a family's "free time". If your budget allows, I'd suggest to hire some help. It could be as simple as hiring a local kid to do some of the yard work or hiring a local handyman to help out. That newly compensated "free time" will allow you and the fam to get out and do some camping/traveling.
Best of luck!
