Hey guys, I will take more time this evening to reply to the great individual comments that have come in since my last reply. Here is just a quick update and reply.
You all have helped us out in more ways than you can imagine. You have us thinking of things we had not thought about.
Our tentative plan of action:
a. We don't currently have a truck but understand (and we knew before posting, that we would need a truck) we will definitely need a good powerful/strong 250 or more truck equipped to haul a trailer.
b. We definitely plan to rent both a truck and a larger u-haul unit to practice some towing and practice backing before we actually rent the trailer.
c. My husband has been on Youtube ever since the suggestion of Youtube and has found all kinds of great information and has already learned a lot.
d. We originally were going to rent the trailer and truck and take it camping in a nearby state. We are now still planning on renting the trailer and truck and taking it to a nearby area just so we can practice backing, practice driving, learn the water system and how that all works, learn the way the rv parks work, learn the hitching and learning the securing and locking down the trailer.
e. We are assuming that when we rent the truck, we can request one with the proper hitch. Haven't done it yet, so who knows what we will find when we do that. It is all a learning experience for us.
f. We have found out the kids say they doubt they will go with us often so that solves that for us and we can get a smaller TT which will help us in many ways as many of you have suggested starting with a smaller TT.
g. We plan on visiting some rv parks and stopping to talk to people in them who have tt's if we see people available to talk to.
h. Of course we have some time before we purchase (18 months or so), so we will be saving, saving, saving which is much easier when we have such an awesome goal we are striving for. We had originally looked at small Class A's, Class B's and Class C's and probably with the cost of a used TT and nice used truck (not too old), it would be comparable to the cost of some of the A's, B's and C's we were looking at.
i. I am just waking up and have not had much coffee yet, so I am sure I am forgetting many other points. Again after work tonight or another night this week, I will take time to respond to those of you who have responded since my last post as my husband and I both greatly appreciate each one of you who has responded. We consider you all to be part of our journey in learning how this all works. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
