Long trip, what did it cost?
We just returned from a 38 day, 4,107 mile trip through seven sates. We, my bride, Millie (our Greyhound) and I, traveled in our 2012 Nexus Phantom 23P (24'), Class C with the Ford E-350 Chassis and ...
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We returned from a very similar trip to the USA into Washington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Oregon and had very similar costs. Our diesel engine averaged 11.1 MPG at a slightly higher cost, likely around 3.80 a gallon. Best price was at Safeway with triple points one day we got 30 cents per gallon off, and after buying clothes at Fred Meyer we got 30 cents per gallon off too.. 3.57 was the lowest, 4.09 the highest. Campground prices exactly the same, from free a couple of nights to 34 at Grand Tetons with electric. We used about 15 dollars worth of propane mostly for our furnace at night, the fridge was on electric about one half with electric sites at night, and ran on the road all the time. Generator use with our Honda 2K for about an hour, two uses only, both so the DW could dry her hair.
We are the same as you, we ate out only once at Subway for a $5 footlong. We spent a lot more on wine as I make it at home for around $1.25 a bottle from fruit some of which comes free from the garden normally.
Certainly, the direct costs come out quite the same... it's the indirect costs that do add to ownership, tires, brakes, insurance, mechanical repairs, breakdown insurance, cleaning and just depreciation annually. Likely our annual realistic costs for all those things alone add $5000 to $7000 a year to the price of ownership. Our initial cost for Truck and Camper was 53000, and now worth maybe $30,000 after 8 years.
Certainly the costs when one considers all the indirect things make rental attractive for those that can't use their rig unless on holidays from work. For us, we can afford it, so we do, we are retired and if it's sunny we can go camping if we want to, or haul the fishing boat to the ocean or lake with the truck.
It's not cheap, but it sure is fun!
mike
We are the same as you, we ate out only once at Subway for a $5 footlong. We spent a lot more on wine as I make it at home for around $1.25 a bottle from fruit some of which comes free from the garden normally.
Certainly, the direct costs come out quite the same... it's the indirect costs that do add to ownership, tires, brakes, insurance, mechanical repairs, breakdown insurance, cleaning and just depreciation annually. Likely our annual realistic costs for all those things alone add $5000 to $7000 a year to the price of ownership. Our initial cost for Truck and Camper was 53000, and now worth maybe $30,000 after 8 years.
Certainly the costs when one considers all the indirect things make rental attractive for those that can't use their rig unless on holidays from work. For us, we can afford it, so we do, we are retired and if it's sunny we can go camping if we want to, or haul the fishing boat to the ocean or lake with the truck.
It's not cheap, but it sure is fun!
mike
