Grit dog wrote:
Contrary to all the nay sayers here, you have a pretty solid plan started IMO based on your situation, moving all the time.
Without knowing or caring about your financial situation, I can presume it's top of the list of concerns given your age educational and marital status.
I believe exactly the opposite that "this is not the time to live in a rv". It's actually the best time (until you retire like most of the members here). Young, flexible schedules, able to do more with less, already have a truck, it's fun, if that's your thing, etc.
Couple key points to figure out how viable this is, is cost to move short term apartments every couple months vs the travel trailer. Either way you're living out of a bag and whatever you can fit in your truck or maybe a cargo trailer.
Buy used and not too new. You can get a large TT in great shape for under $10k no problem. Don't figure much salvage value if you'll FT in it for a couple years. Maybe 50%.
Cost of RV sites and/or the ability to camp cheaply or for free in the areas you'll be living. That will be the most significant cost/savings IMO.
If you don't have alot of money, you need to be handy. Not end of the world stuff, but little repairs WILL be part of the game if you're RVing and it's always expensive to pay someone else to do stuff for you.
Don't get too bogged down in the neg comments and the folks that believe you have to calculate every capacity and weight and blah blah blah down to the pound. They have more time on their hands than active people. If your truck is rated to tow 8klbs, then it's a normal average equipped half ton and it will tow pretty much any sub 8klb trailer around the flat lands at sea level just fine.
I am honestly surprised how expensive long term camping is, I am seeing about $500 a month, which is more than I expected.
