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Alright. I have information overload and I need help. Background Information: June of this year we (wife, daughter 11 years old and I) will be selling our house and traveling around the US for 1 ...
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See. More questions. Now I have to do some travel trailer research. Really tho, thank you for all the help.
I was really looking at the small rv because I thought it would allow school work and some other actions while on the road. Vibrations and noise seem to indicate that's not gonna happen. Anyone else have input on that?
The CA and El Monte used RV's all come with a 12 month warrenty and I could step up to an extended one as well so I wasn't to worried about reliabity issues especially for 1 or 2 years I would have it. However, I am fairly handy with home and other issues. A bit weak on vehicle issues but I'm a fast learner. I do know that it's going to be an issue tho. But again, the used rental units are pretty well gone over before resale and after a few issues (like 100k miles maintenance) they seem to hold up really well. Maybe I'm just being overly optimistic tho.
I think that's going to be an issue no matter what size vehicle we end up with. The bed over cab design on the CA and El Monte was part of what I was hoping would allow my daughter to "go to her room" when needed tho.
These two things. Basically we will be driving between churches each week. Some weeks we may not be at a church at all. Maybe short distances maybe 2000 miles. It just depends on how I schedule the meetings. Obviously I"m going to try and schedule them close but there will be times we have to travel a distance. I really hoped to be able to get stuff done on the road. However, we don't want this to be all meetings and church time. If God is going to allow us to travel all around this great nation for a year or two we really want to take advantage of that and do some sight seeing. That's the other part of the maneuverability desire. The room of a class A would be great but it's just not practical where we would be most of the time.
For the past 11 years I've done industrial maintenance. I work on the machines that make our food in an industrial setting (WonderBread). I have a bit of money saved up but we will be depending on the generosity of the churches we visit for income. The end goal is to be Christian missionaries to the US Military in Germany (or Europe). That's why I won't need the RV after 1 or 2 years.
I was really looking at the small rv because I thought it would allow school work and some other actions while on the road. Vibrations and noise seem to indicate that's not gonna happen. Anyone else have input on that?
The CA and El Monte used RV's all come with a 12 month warrenty and I could step up to an extended one as well so I wasn't to worried about reliabity issues especially for 1 or 2 years I would have it. However, I am fairly handy with home and other issues. A bit weak on vehicle issues but I'm a fast learner. I do know that it's going to be an issue tho. But again, the used rental units are pretty well gone over before resale and after a few issues (like 100k miles maintenance) they seem to hold up really well. Maybe I'm just being overly optimistic tho.
ddndoug wrote:
Based on you wanting to spend 1 to 2 years in this RV, you don't want to get on each others nerves the first month and have the rest of the time be miserable.
I think that's going to be an issue no matter what size vehicle we end up with. The bed over cab design on the CA and El Monte was part of what I was hoping would allow my daughter to "go to her room" when needed tho.
ddndoug wrote:
How far apart are your stops that you plan on making? If it's no more than 200 miles, that's only 4 hours in a vehicle. Can your daughter get away with not doing school work for those four hours? Even if you stay 5 days at a location and travel 200 miles to your next location, in one year you will have traveled over 14,500 miles. You can see a lot of our beautiful country in 14,000 miles a year.
westend wrote:
Since you're going to be interfacing with church folks, I'd assume that when you arrive there will be some of your needs met (food, socializing, etc) so the RV is mainly for sleeping, an occasional meal, and your daily constitution. If you plan to visit some attractions along the way, the truck can be used to easily access them.
These two things. Basically we will be driving between churches each week. Some weeks we may not be at a church at all. Maybe short distances maybe 2000 miles. It just depends on how I schedule the meetings. Obviously I"m going to try and schedule them close but there will be times we have to travel a distance. I really hoped to be able to get stuff done on the road. However, we don't want this to be all meetings and church time. If God is going to allow us to travel all around this great nation for a year or two we really want to take advantage of that and do some sight seeing. That's the other part of the maneuverability desire. The room of a class A would be great but it's just not practical where we would be most of the time.
ddndoug wrote:
What will you do in that year or two for income? What type of work do you do now?
Doug
For the past 11 years I've done industrial maintenance. I work on the machines that make our food in an industrial setting (WonderBread). I have a bit of money saved up but we will be depending on the generosity of the churches we visit for income. The end goal is to be Christian missionaries to the US Military in Germany (or Europe). That's why I won't need the RV after 1 or 2 years.
