How long have you had your current RV?
I was watching videos today on RV buying. One interesting comment was "the average person keeps their RV for 2.5 years." Struck me as kind of odd since we had our for 10+ years before a hurricane de...
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Jayco-noslide wrote:
It's good to be pretty sure you want and like what you get or that you will decide to like it for awhile.
This is so true. When we first started, in 2011, we very intentionally bought a trailer that was relatively low budget and easily towed by the Explorer we had at the time. We had never camped before (except for one weekend in a pop-up loaned to us by a friend). Before making a large investment, we needed to 1) Make sure we truly felt camping was for us, and 2) Make sure we knew what we wanted in a long-term purchased.
We used that first trailer for 2 seasons and traded it, 18 months after we purchased it, for what we owed on it (which was our plan). Essentially, we spent $2,500 to rent an RV for 2 seasons before spending $40-$50k on a larger tow vehicle and trailer. 6 years in to a used Suburban 2500 and a new Rockwood 8312SS, we have no intention of moving away from either for a number of years ahead. In the camping realm, it's the best decision we ever made.
