v10superduty wrote:
I think we forget sometimes that folks with sufficient funds can walk in and drive away that day in a diesel powered class A motorhome.
It doesn't necessarily take sufficient funds, just a willingness to sign your life away will do it!
v10superduty wrote:
May have never owned even a tent prior and only drove a Civic before.
Well, I am upgrading from a Prius, does that count? :-)
v10superduty wrote:
"Hey honey look....theres a toilet back here..."
Now, that hurts! I *did* go to the Dallas RV show and find where the toilets were...
v10superduty wrote:
Probably easier to buy it and ask questions than to come on here and ask
"What brand of truck should I buy?"
Ok, I *knew* not to do that ;-)
v10superduty wrote:
You will figure it out, but don't go and yell at the dealer. That won't help and may expose somebodies lack of knowledge.. :W :W :W
I'm afraid that ship has probably sailed, I'm sure they know I am a newbie at this.
I'm actually about 3 months behind where I intended to be when we bought the truck. We went to each of GMC, Chevy, Dodge, and Ford to look at and drive trucks. I had read here about being sure to buy big and since we ultimately want a 5th wheel toy hauler, I researched the ratings before deciding what 'level' of truck to get.
We figured we'd probably have to order a truck to get what we wanted, since those big ones were mostly fleet vehicles on the dealers lots, but when we went to the Ford dealership they had one in a beautiful color (Bronze Fire) that had everything we wanted and included a top of the line Reese 5th wheel hitch. The person that had ordered it walked on the deal so they were eager to sell it. We allowed them to 'convince' us to buy it so I got a great new truck for a lot less money.
However, I am not towing anything with it for the next few months until our trailer arrives so I have time to research all the information I need to keep us safe. We decided not to get the 5th wheel right out of the gate so we are getting a light Jayco Jay Feather Ultra Lite X213 which is only about 5000 lbs. That will give us a chance to learn the ropes without hauling a 20000 lbs 5th wheel around for a few years.
We are both comfortable driving the truck since we had a suburban many years ago.
Mitch
