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You've had a lot of advice. Here's mine. Stop and think. Think about what you want to do. Where do you REALLY want to go and how much time will you spend there? How long do you plan to live in a MH? What happens if you found someone else you'd like to have travel with you? How much money do you want to waste buying one rig and then selling it to buy another?
I've posted this lecture many times so you can look up my posts and probably find the long version, I'll make it short here. Figure out what you want and buy ONE rig. Buy the one you want with the accessories you want. Don't buy with the idea that you'll get something different next time. Buy with the idea that you'll use this one til your done. You already know if you spend a lot of time outside or inside. You already know if you have 28 bottles of potions and lotions in the bathroom. You already know if you spend hours or minutes on the computer. Buy one, the first one, that fits your needs. Sales tax is a horrible price to pay for changing rigs because you didn't make a good decision the first time.
If you're going to live in CA then the size issue makes sense. CA has stupid size limits in their campgrounds, limits on their roads, and other crazy stuff. Everybody else is in the 21st century and has adequate size spaces in their parks. If you're just going to be in CA for short periods of time buy a full size RV and use the commercial parks that can accomodate you. We spend a month or two in CA each year because the other half wants to and our 43' fits just fine in most commercial parks.
Go read the posts asking about how to add power to the gassers. Go read the posts about being over weight. Buy a diesel pusher with enough power and space to make you happy. Remember as you get to 40' the weight becomes a big issue. Better to be at 36 or so and have weight capacity than 40 and be overweight everywhere you go. The gassers are for weekend getaways where the kids are going to wear out the inside before the chassis wears out. While there are fulltimers with gassers, look at what the majority of fulltimers buy.
My opinions are not the last word. Do your research and run the numbers. Check the weight limits on different rigs. Look at everyones signature line and see what the fulltimers are living in, figure out what the sales tax and licensing fees are on a rig and decide whether you want to pay them again in a year or two after you "decide" what you want. Decide before you buy and save the money.
Ken
I've posted this lecture many times so you can look up my posts and probably find the long version, I'll make it short here. Figure out what you want and buy ONE rig. Buy the one you want with the accessories you want. Don't buy with the idea that you'll get something different next time. Buy with the idea that you'll use this one til your done. You already know if you spend a lot of time outside or inside. You already know if you have 28 bottles of potions and lotions in the bathroom. You already know if you spend hours or minutes on the computer. Buy one, the first one, that fits your needs. Sales tax is a horrible price to pay for changing rigs because you didn't make a good decision the first time.
If you're going to live in CA then the size issue makes sense. CA has stupid size limits in their campgrounds, limits on their roads, and other crazy stuff. Everybody else is in the 21st century and has adequate size spaces in their parks. If you're just going to be in CA for short periods of time buy a full size RV and use the commercial parks that can accomodate you. We spend a month or two in CA each year because the other half wants to and our 43' fits just fine in most commercial parks.
Go read the posts asking about how to add power to the gassers. Go read the posts about being over weight. Buy a diesel pusher with enough power and space to make you happy. Remember as you get to 40' the weight becomes a big issue. Better to be at 36 or so and have weight capacity than 40 and be overweight everywhere you go. The gassers are for weekend getaways where the kids are going to wear out the inside before the chassis wears out. While there are fulltimers with gassers, look at what the majority of fulltimers buy.
My opinions are not the last word. Do your research and run the numbers. Check the weight limits on different rigs. Look at everyones signature line and see what the fulltimers are living in, figure out what the sales tax and licensing fees are on a rig and decide whether you want to pay them again in a year or two after you "decide" what you want. Decide before you buy and save the money.
Ken
