Where to purchase everything in Texas

sdetweil wrote:

Mik68 wrote:
Also, how much roughly does it cost to be hitched & ready to roll? Once TV & FW have been purchased. Is the installation of a tow hitch all that's needed? And who does the installation?

the RV dealer can get your hitch installed for you. They do this all the time. You should be able to get them to include it in the deal.. (add the hitch or we go somewhere else).
My truck (purchased used) had rails already, so I bought a new B&W Patriot hitch for $400 and assembled and installed it myself, but I have tools and time.

you may also want to consider some kind of RV shock isolator on the pinbox.. Mor/ryde or trailair, see Pinbox comparison,
these greatly reduce the impact of road/trailer movement.
(I have the triglide).

I just went thru that new to rv startup.

the rv dealers also usually don't supply things you will need on the road.. water hose, sewer drain hose, tank treatment chemicals, water pressure regulator (when hooked up at rv parks, there is no standard water pressure, some are too high), some kind of rug (plastic grass) for outside to help keep the dirt out of the RV.

do you know what your travel strategy will be? travel, park, sightsee around that location, repeat.. move every xx days?
fewer setup/breakdown things will make life easier overall if you need to do it often.

Cheers for this info, this is exactly what I was after. Were does one purchase such items? Camping World?
We have a rough plan. We want to travel right around US & into parts of Canada & finish in LA in a 7 month period. We have 3 kids, so are very aware that constant moving isn't ideal. It will be trial & error at 1st until we've worked out what we can all tolerate. I appreciate that less set up/breakdown would be better for all, but also need to keep moving at a certain pace to see through our plans. We thought our max travel time on one given day would be 4 hours & have allowed for extended stays of 1 week on a fairly regular basis.