Talk me out of my new project.
We love our 2 campers, but our sons spread around the country and taking 3 days trip with dogs in the car brings some troubles, while driving truck/camper cost lot of fuel for short visits. On other...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Now let's say I am considering visit to our son 2000 miles away.
Taking truck/camper is going to cost me $1200 in fuel and it will take longer as I drive combo slower for fuel economy, while my wife will not drive 7 tons behemoth.
With Sprinter fuel would cost me $500 and if we stretch it, we can do it in 2 days.
How often would you plan visiting your son in option 1 and then option 2?
28 times option 1 before any savings seen with option 2 given your numbers, to offset the $20000 cost of box truck assuming no other cost to retro fit). 5 1/2 years if you visited 5 times a year. Even more with the van option and refit cost.
