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Hi there, my husband and I are considering purchasing an RV of some kind. We live in a very cold region, and are interested in traveling south for a couple of months during the winters. My husband would likely be able to work remotely for periods of time and even though we have two children, we already homeschool for other reasons, so we should have the flexibility to leave for the winters. I have a couple of questions though, if you don't mind.
We went to a place that sells RV's, just to take a look around and get an idea of what each kind of RV is like in person. After looking at them, I absolutely hate the idea of towing a 5th wheel or a huge trailer, and I don't even think I'm willing to entertain it. The space inside was nice, but the thought of driving the thing down the highway is a total deal breaker for me. I really don't even love the idea of towing anything, to be honest, but my husband likes the idea of being able to drop the trailer and have a smaller vehicle free for exploring/shopping/etc. Say we did decide to purchase a larger trailer. Could we pay someone to haul it around for us? How much does something like that cost? Could we leave it somewhere during the summer months? Does that even make any sense? If we decided to go for a mid sized or smaller trailer, how hard are these to tow? We have a Jeep Commander in decent condition, would we have to purchase a larger vehicle? Would an RV sales place let us try towing some of them to get a feel for it?
When we were looking around, what I did like, however, was a very small, compact motorhome. I know next to nothing about these things, but I think this thing might have been considered a class B or possibly a small class C. Either way, it was small. What I liked about it was that the whole thing seemed very do-able when I was sitting in the drivers seat. It felt like any other truck would. I was comfortable and felt like I could handle the vehicle. Of course, it was pretty small, and we'd have two kids sleeping in it with us, so what we gain in ease of use while traveling, we lose while actually parked and using it. Also, the price was outrageous, so we'd be looking to buy used. There do not seem to be a lot of used compact motorhomes to choose from within a 400 mile radius of where we live. How difficult would it be to actually purchase one of these if we did decide to go that route? How do I know how small is too small?
Anyway, sorry about all of the questions, but these are some of the thoughts that are going through my head. We need to find a way to cope with these winters that makes sense, and we are completely open to other ideas. I think that ideally, whatever we purchase will not cost more than $40k, and if there is some other option that we are unaware of that we could pay for on a yearly basis, I don't think that we would want to spend more than $4,000 total per year on it. Please help us to thaw out! :) Thank you!
We went to a place that sells RV's, just to take a look around and get an idea of what each kind of RV is like in person. After looking at them, I absolutely hate the idea of towing a 5th wheel or a huge trailer, and I don't even think I'm willing to entertain it. The space inside was nice, but the thought of driving the thing down the highway is a total deal breaker for me. I really don't even love the idea of towing anything, to be honest, but my husband likes the idea of being able to drop the trailer and have a smaller vehicle free for exploring/shopping/etc. Say we did decide to purchase a larger trailer. Could we pay someone to haul it around for us? How much does something like that cost? Could we leave it somewhere during the summer months? Does that even make any sense? If we decided to go for a mid sized or smaller trailer, how hard are these to tow? We have a Jeep Commander in decent condition, would we have to purchase a larger vehicle? Would an RV sales place let us try towing some of them to get a feel for it?
When we were looking around, what I did like, however, was a very small, compact motorhome. I know next to nothing about these things, but I think this thing might have been considered a class B or possibly a small class C. Either way, it was small. What I liked about it was that the whole thing seemed very do-able when I was sitting in the drivers seat. It felt like any other truck would. I was comfortable and felt like I could handle the vehicle. Of course, it was pretty small, and we'd have two kids sleeping in it with us, so what we gain in ease of use while traveling, we lose while actually parked and using it. Also, the price was outrageous, so we'd be looking to buy used. There do not seem to be a lot of used compact motorhomes to choose from within a 400 mile radius of where we live. How difficult would it be to actually purchase one of these if we did decide to go that route? How do I know how small is too small?
Anyway, sorry about all of the questions, but these are some of the thoughts that are going through my head. We need to find a way to cope with these winters that makes sense, and we are completely open to other ideas. I think that ideally, whatever we purchase will not cost more than $40k, and if there is some other option that we are unaware of that we could pay for on a yearly basis, I don't think that we would want to spend more than $4,000 total per year on it. Please help us to thaw out! :) Thank you!
