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THREE DOGS --> What are my fulltime, Fifth-wheel options and solutions? (help?)
Mr_Toad:
Hi, RV Forum Folks!
I am totally new and totally ignorant, so please forgive my rather basic questions...
:)
MY SITUATION: I am single, 55, living in my paid-off home with my live-in elderly mother (92) that I care for part-time. I work in Dallas TX, and will continue "workin' for the man every night and day". ('til I die?). We also have three dogs (85 Husky/ German Shephard mix, 45 pound blue heeler mix, 11 pound shoodle). My three dogs now have a doggie door to a Cedar-fenced backyard, so they do their business while I work each day, or when I must travel for five days.
MY PLAN: Unfortunately, my mom must eventually move to a Skilled Nursing Facility. These are expensive, so I am preparing to sell my paid-off home and buy a new 40 foot Fifth Wheel (about $95k MSRP) ..and thus cash in the house, pay off my debts, and thereby reduce my monthly income requirements.
MY OPTIONS: Obviously, once I sell the house, I could: (a) rent an apartment (if they allow doggies); (b) rent a house with a backyard; (c) buy a trailer and "fulltime" it; (d) other options.
MY DOG QUESTIONS (considering new 40 foot Fifth Wheels/ about $95k MSRP/ Doggie Door/ 6 Foot Cedar Fence/ etc.):
1. If I rent a space in an RV park (e.g., $300 to $400 a month), will I have no choice but to keep my dogs locked inside the RV all day, and thus have to pay someone to walk my dogs twice a day (while I'm at work or traveling for work).
2. Would an RV park EVER be willing to let me park the Fifth Wheel and then build my own 6 foot cedar fence up against the Fifth Wheel, so that I could install a Doggie Door so the dogs out inside the fenced area.
3. In Dallas residential areas that are zoned for mobile homes (i.e., NOT an RV park), would I be able to rent a lot, park a fifth wheel, and build my own 6 foot cedar doggie fence up against the fifth wheel trailer? ..or would no landlord allow me to build such a fence on a rental space?
4. Would my only "Fifth Wheel Option" be to actually BUY a lot to park the fifth wheel, and thus build a fence and doggie door, etc? (This may be more than I wanted to spend.)
5. Is a "Mobile Home Park" different from an "RV Park", and thus more amenable to my building a doggie fence? (I still want a fifth wheel for portability.)
Thank you very much for any advice you may offer,
Robt.
SeilerBird:
--- Quote from: Mr_Toad on May 13, 2012, 09:00:27 AM --- 1. If I rent a space in an RV park (e.g., $300 to $400 a month), will I have no choice but to keep my dogs locked inside the RV all day, and thus have to pay someone to walk my dogs twice a day (while I'm at work or traveling for work).
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The first problem will be finding an RV park that will allow you to have three dogs. Most RV parks have a two pet maximum. And the second problem will be finding an RV park that will allow an 85 pound dog. Many RV parks have a 20 pound maximum.
--- Quote --- 2. Would an RV park EVER be willing to let me park the Fifth Wheel and then build my own 6 foot cedar fence up against the Fifth Wheel, so that I could install a Doggie Door so the dogs out inside the fenced area.
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I have seen RV parks that would allow the 6 foot fence, but they are few and far between and not usually the type of places I would want to stay. In other words they allow it because they would have a hard time renting to anyone if they didn't.
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3. In Dallas residential areas that are zoned for mobile homes (i.e., NOT an RV park), would I be able to rent a lot, park a fifth wheel, and build my own 6 foot cedar doggie fence up against the fifth wheel trailer? ..or would no landlord allow me to build such a fence on a rental space?
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You would be running up against too many zoning laws if you tried to live in a 5er on a lot in a town.
--- Quote --- 4. Would my only "Fifth Wheel Option" be to actually BUY a lot to park the fifth wheel, and thus build a fence and doggie door, etc?
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Once again zoning will kill you.
--- Quote --- 5. Is a "Mobile Home Park" different from an "RV Park", and thus more amenable to my building a doggie fence?
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Yes they are different in theory. Mobile Home Parks are a more "permanent".
Wendy:
Is keeping the house you're now in not an option? Or selling it and buying a smaller house with a yard? If not, and you want to go the trailer route, then I think a mobile home park would be your best option. Some of them will allow a fence. There's also doggie day care but that can be expensive. Since it sounds like you're staying in the Dallas area, so maybe you can start looking around now to see if there's something that will work for you?
Wendy
Tombstonejim:
If you are really not planning to travel in the RV and need all of that then indeed you should look at Mobile home parks as oposed to RV parks. Most MH parks will allow fences and other semi permanent fixtures.
Some will even actually sell you a permanent lot.
Rent would probably cheaper also. They main problem is (at least here) is that MH parks for the most part seem to be on a down hill slide except for the ones that specialise in winter homes for snowbirds.
Mr_Toad:
Thanks, everybody!
I'm grateful to you for your replies. I don't know anyone who does the whole RV/ Mobile Home thang, so I was happy to find this forum.
A nursing home for my mom will cost about $4000 a month, which is why I've decided to sell my current, paid-off house. Even if I sell at a loss, I can pay off all my own debts, stop paying $4500 a year in school and property taxes, and still have cash left over to put in the bank. This will open up enough cash flow to combine with my mom's SS and pension to cover the monthly nursing home.
:P
Robt.
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