Where to purchase everything in Texas

sdetweil wrote:

yes, I think you are close. I did an estimate of your trip with $3.85 for fuel and $30 a night for residence..and came to $6500(US) roughly for each. You can stay with full hookup for less than $30/night. get a GoodSam membership. 10% savings so $27. (every $3 helps!)). I use Goodsam, RV Parky, Oh Ranger Parkfinder, and RV Camps Locator apps on my Android phone to plan our stops. iExit, GasBuddy, Pilot and Loves fuel apps to find fuel (usually start looking 100 miles til empty)

for this kind of travel, I would also insist on Load Range G tires on your coach. I had the Goodyear G614 installed on mine (Sailun and Michelin are good too). Too many tire failures reported with the E rated. you do NOT want to deal with this. the Load Range E ST tires are rated to 65mph. We towed at around 68.. so having the spare speed capacity on the G (to 75mph) was comforting. (again, you should be able to get that in your deal).

I saw you were doing MegaCab.. I assume for rear seat space for the kids. I think the megacabs also force shortbed. With 5 people, I personally would think hard about a dually (purchase price diff is negligible). I traded up my ford f250 to a f350 dually.. love the stability.

Also buy a roadside assistance package, GoodSam or Coachnet. ($100 for one year).

Thanks for all this very useful information, its all going down in our diary. So even if the FW already has tires I should be able to negotiate new G tires in the deal. What about the TV? Should I & will I be able to do the same?
Its won't take much convincing to get me into a megacab, they look hot, even the Mrs thinks so. Only reason I was thinking not to, was because I want to bring back to Aus & they look considerably wider. Are they? Also I have been told to get from 2012 onwards as there were many changes from that year?

sdetweil wrote:
Pilot/FlyingJ provides a fuel discount card for GoodSam members, altho they are usually higher priced than the local fuel stations.
(and demand payment in full at the end of the month/billing cycle)
they do have truck pull thru, and that is way useful.

GasBuddy.com (web) can give u a tank fill plan for a trip too.

This all sounds a little foreign to me. I was just gonna pay as I go. Do they prefer payment at end of month instead? Also, I hadn't imagined not pulling FW through gas station to re-fuel but I guess this would be an issue with some gas stations?