Considering Purchasing a Used Travel Trailer
Hello, Our family recently decided to take up a new hobby. Weve run the financials on both other hobbies, talked to owners themselves. Now i turn to you for your knowledge. Our list of hobbies is bas...
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boosTT wrote:
Wait a minute... were you thinking about taking 5 year old kids paintballing? LOL
Lmao. I wasnt going to take my 3 kids under 5 paintballing! That was going to be a hobby for just the husband and i.
I ran the numbers last night. I took the insurance premium, yearly registration, 2 sets of tires over ownership, camping fees, $400 yearly maintence allowance....divided it all up by 12 and added it together.
In the end it would cost $1400 a year to insure, register, camcampgroufees for 12 trips, $400 a year in maintence, money towards tires.
It would cost $1600-$1800 a year to stay in a hotel/cabin for 12 days a year. This option doesnt put stress on my truck or decrease fuel mileage.
I can give a full rundown on numbers later. Essentially, it would take 7 years to break even on a $5000 trailer....thats IF there were no major breakdowns. doesn't make much sense
