Happy Trails to you. This is a sweet-sour thread for me. I don't think you are gone from the forum, just headed another direction. You have too much invested to drop us. You will just liven up the trailer forum with your ace in the hole: you know more than they do about hard core four wheel drive. One thing certain is change. If you are on this forum long enough you see people coming and going in an arhythmic pattern. I'm already in the, 'get-rid-of-stuff' mode myself. The Jeep CJ-8 is gone. Our Chrysler 300M is going strong, as is Jeanie's mother who was 100 years old last week. We only keep the Chrysler around because it's the only car we own that she can get into. But, it will eventually be gone. I delayed getting a new truck camper as I'm just going to try to squeeze a few more years out of it before it goes to the landfill and I follow different pursuits. Yep, time marches on whether we're their or not.
Good luck with your new RV. It looks like a well thought out rig to me.
jefe