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South Dakota Motorhome License Fees
We are seriously considering full-timing within a year or two. I am researching domiciling potentials since if we sell our house I assume we'll have to use one of the common domicile states (TX, SD, or FL). If I could I'd stick with Georgia but I'm not sure how that would work. I am leaning toward South Dakota but I don't know if I'm reading it right but it looks as if for my 24,000 lb coach they charge over $400 registration fee annually! I'm about to pay my Georgia tags and it'll only be $20. Am I getting the wrong info on South Dakota?1.4KViews0likes6CommentsRe: St. Louis, MO heading south
Uchee Creek Military Family Camp near Fort Benning is nice and has full (E50/W/S) hookups but it's a good drive out and up to Columbus for all the amenities you might want. Engineer Beach in Fort Rucker is very nice but doesn't have any sites with sewer connections, you have to use the dump site. They do accept the America the Beautiful pass making their sites currently #13.50 a night. Yet again, it's a fair drive to get out of the base for restaurants and such but we didn't find it that bad. If you go there you have to visit the Army Aviation Museum on post.447Views0likes0CommentsRe: Two Boondocks sites I found
2oldman wrote: Pay to play? I am assuming the OP means there is a fee to get into the system as a host or as a guest. I know this to be the case for Boondockers Welcome. We joined as hosts four days ago and confirmed our first guest the day after joining. Harvest Hosts charges charges fees for guest memberships but hosts do not pay anything to be listed.455Views0likes0CommentsRe: Unoccupied Home and Homeowners Insurance
USAFBILL wrote: In Alabama our insurance jumped from $50.00 a month to $175.00 a month for unoccupied insurance. And this policy was written by a third party insurance company.... We looked at all of the alternatives and paying the increased coverage was the only option that would allow me to sleep at night. This is exactly what I've read in several (non-gossip) places. To top that off, our homeowners insurance is very difficult to obtain as we have a manufactured home and our premium is already over $100 a month. If our result is even close to that of USAFBILLs then our premium would be over $350 a month. We're not even well heeled enough to absorb that into our budget. I have a request to have our agent call me back so we can get the straight poop on our policy.741Views0likes0CommentsRe: Unoccupied Home and Homeowners Insurance
I appreciate your reply. wa8yxm wrote: So if you are not too far from home come back every 29 days for one night. This could get real expensive if workamping across the country. Might as well pay the premium increase. wa8yxm wrote: . . . have friend or family visit on occasion. I've read that claims can and have been investigated to determine the occupancy and a night occupied by someone other than the owner(s) is not sufficeint.128Views0likes0CommentsUnoccupied Home and Homeowners Insurance
OK, we've just scrapped plans to enter the workamping life because I've read that most if not all homeowners insurance will not cover claims if the property is unoccupied for more than 30 days unless they are notified of this status and then they will bump premiums astronomically. Additionally I've read that if you don't avail them of this status and they find out, claim or not, they will likely cancel your coverage. We want to travel without restriction. We'd like to try workamping to extend our stay and defray expenses. We don't want to sell our house and property. I'm asking those of you who make these 3, 5, 7 month long expiditions around the country while keeping your home, what do you do? Do you just chance it by shutting things up and have a friend or service watch it? Do you pay a premium increase? If so, how much?6KViews0likes21CommentsRe: Dolly tow a 2017 CR-V
heidisdad wrote: I stopped by the Honda dealer and we did what you described. This gave me the option of either a turntable dolly or a fixed dolly. I went with the EZE tow (fixed) dolly because of it's lighter weight, fewer parts to fail, and price point. I went with the Master Tow turntable dolly. Have towed our 2017 Honda CR-V twice behind our coach and it works well. Note: I have been ignorantly towing with the dolly without brakes. I now have all the parts to install the electric brakes and control with the integrated wiring in the coach with the Prodigy 3 brake controller I am transferring from my truck that used to tow our travel trailer. EDITS: changed "fixed" to "turntable" for dolly type. deleted part about stresses which were not an issue due to the turntable.718Views0likes0Comments
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