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stevennlv
Jul 31, 2017Explorer
FT living.
I can't live anywhere else but a mobile unit of some kind. We moved out of an apartment and in to an RV b/c I have allergies so bad that the air freshener and cig smoke coming through the outlets in the walls from our neighbors makes me puke.
House is not an financial option.
TT leaves me in complete control of my environment and if I don't like the neighbors moving is easy.
Tow vehicle is a 2004 Yukon Denali with a factory tow package and aftermarket brake controller. Rated 8600 towing / cargo combo. Would like to stay shy of that. No more than ~7K fully loaded (water and all). Shouldn't be hard depending on the unit. Even with tools kits, yada, yada, every last ounce of what I own in the world lumped on a scale goes less than 500#, easy (pots, pans, underwear, wrenches, etc). By the time I'm done the Yukon will have been overhauled end to end, have a "brand new" remanned tranny and some where around 100-150K miles left on the power plant.
The plan right now is to go up to Portland, putter around, live there, rebuild my life, get some physical therapy, maybe go to community college. But you can never tell with me. I may one day on whim decide that I want to winter down at Quartzite.
About the only places I won't be spending the winters is the high mountains. Or any place with a lot of ice or snow. Too much slip and fall hazard with my injuries.
Other than that, where I hang my hat is home.
I don't want an all in one b/c I don't want to end up having to drive it to work / school in traffic every day.
I can't live anywhere else but a mobile unit of some kind. We moved out of an apartment and in to an RV b/c I have allergies so bad that the air freshener and cig smoke coming through the outlets in the walls from our neighbors makes me puke.
House is not an financial option.
TT leaves me in complete control of my environment and if I don't like the neighbors moving is easy.
Tow vehicle is a 2004 Yukon Denali with a factory tow package and aftermarket brake controller. Rated 8600 towing / cargo combo. Would like to stay shy of that. No more than ~7K fully loaded (water and all). Shouldn't be hard depending on the unit. Even with tools kits, yada, yada, every last ounce of what I own in the world lumped on a scale goes less than 500#, easy (pots, pans, underwear, wrenches, etc). By the time I'm done the Yukon will have been overhauled end to end, have a "brand new" remanned tranny and some where around 100-150K miles left on the power plant.
The plan right now is to go up to Portland, putter around, live there, rebuild my life, get some physical therapy, maybe go to community college. But you can never tell with me. I may one day on whim decide that I want to winter down at Quartzite.
About the only places I won't be spending the winters is the high mountains. Or any place with a lot of ice or snow. Too much slip and fall hazard with my injuries.
Other than that, where I hang my hat is home.
I don't want an all in one b/c I don't want to end up having to drive it to work / school in traffic every day.
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