Recent content by Steve44

Steve, you're right.  The F350 is a 1-ton pickup.  I knew that, but I got my numbers mixed up.  I did not know that Ford makes trucks even larger than the F450.  Wikipedia says they make F650, F750, and even an F950, Oh My!

Long haul, thanks for the feedback.  That sounds about right.  I was checking the specs on a Ford F350 (I think that's a 3/4 ton SRW) and it was rated to about 12,000 so that's consistent with what you posted.

One day I was searching for posts about towing trailers on this forum and I saw an interesting post where the member said a half-ton truck can tow X amount, three-quarter ton X amount, SRW full-ton X amount, and Dually full-ton X amount.  I mention this because I have searched and searched for...

Gary Thanks for the feedback.  If this forum had a like button I'd be hitting it on that response.  I checked the trailer which is my favorite.  It shows: Shipping Weight 8585 Carrying Capacity 2265 Hitch 1070 So the max weight would be 10,850.  Based on what you're saying the F350 6.2 V8...

donuts I'm looking at new Ford trucks and I've already seen their web page with all the vehicle towing capacities.  I was wondering about how much the weight increases when loaded and how much leeway I need to leave compared to the max towing limit.  You more or less answered both of those. ...

I'm looking at tow vehicles and I think the max I will go is a Ford F350 SRW 6.2 V8 gas engine.  I know the diesel has numerous advantages, but I'm sticking to gas.  The maximum towing for a Super Cab seems to be 12,500 according to Ford, but I'm seeing threads that talk about discounting those...

Do any manufacturers sell unfurnished travel trailers?  If I buy a furnished trailer and the sofa or chairs or mattress aren't comfortable to me I have to sell them to a third party and buy new ones which will set me back a few hundred dollars more.

My question wasn't about original discount, but that's an interesting discussion, too.  My opinion is the discounts are so extravagant that the MSRP is meaningless to me.  I wouldn't spend any time calculating how much the discount is, except as a curiosity.  I would do as Grbill said: Identify...

I can afford to do it, I just don't think it makes sense to do it until we are going to be travelling more.  Initially I thought it would be a lot cheaper than living in an apartment, but now it doesn't look like it will save much money or none.  Plus the lack of RV parks near the major cities...

Interesting point.  I would pay cash for mine, but I'm sure a lot of people can't do that.  So I hadn't thought about that.

I want to thank everyone for their helpful replies here.  I have learned some important points about the process of living in an RV full-time.  However, with what I have learned I think we will have to postpone our transition for a few more years.  As I have researched this further it looks like...

How much is the average depreciation per year on a regular travel trailer or a fifth wheel?  For example, if the MSRP is $50,000 and if the expected selling price is $35,000 after discounts, what could you expect to get selling it yourself each year thereafter?  And how long would it take to get...

Got it.  Thanks mucho. One thing I almost missed: At the bottom of the page are arrows left/right which link to more good articles about fulltiming, or is that more of Seilerbird's handiwork? Steve

I'm searching for this article in the archives and I can't find it.  I've tried both Search and Advanced Search.  Can someone post a link here in this thread?

Gary I was looking at the first trailer link you posted and it brings up a question I wanted to ask.  I've read some threads here where the poster (one may have been you) said that dealers will normally take 20% to 30% off the MSRP.  That first link, for a new UltraLite (which looks nice) has...