Forum Discussion
xtal_01
Jan 05, 2020Explorer
Thanks for all the info!
The problem is, having used our RV for 10 years not, we have some specific needs.
An interior lift is one. My wife has been a quadriplegic for over 25 years. Her bones are relatively brittle and I just can't man handle her over into a bed 4 or 5 times a day. We use an overhead lift.
Then there is a matter of needing a bed I can get on both sides. In my RV, I built one that had wheels and a track. This let me move it right and left so I could get on both sides of her. At night I pushed it to one side into a fixed bed so we had a double bed and could sleep together.
Since we live in VT and my 80 year old mom in Canada, I need one that is winter rated. We have survived weeks at -30 in ours.
I need a generator so I can run the A/C when we stop along the way (usually a Walmart parking lot or rest area) to do her care.
I also want something that has a chance of surviving the corrosion of salt on the roads in winter.
Yes ....loooots to ask of a trailer or RV. If I had all the money in the world, I would just buy a new one every few years ... but I don't so I need to think ahead of what will last the longest.
Thanks again for all the help!
Mike
The problem is, having used our RV for 10 years not, we have some specific needs.
An interior lift is one. My wife has been a quadriplegic for over 25 years. Her bones are relatively brittle and I just can't man handle her over into a bed 4 or 5 times a day. We use an overhead lift.
Then there is a matter of needing a bed I can get on both sides. In my RV, I built one that had wheels and a track. This let me move it right and left so I could get on both sides of her. At night I pushed it to one side into a fixed bed so we had a double bed and could sleep together.
Since we live in VT and my 80 year old mom in Canada, I need one that is winter rated. We have survived weeks at -30 in ours.
I need a generator so I can run the A/C when we stop along the way (usually a Walmart parking lot or rest area) to do her care.
I also want something that has a chance of surviving the corrosion of salt on the roads in winter.
Yes ....loooots to ask of a trailer or RV. If I had all the money in the world, I would just buy a new one every few years ... but I don't so I need to think ahead of what will last the longest.
Thanks again for all the help!
Mike
About Travel Trailer Group
44,025 PostsLatest Activity: Feb 18, 2025