Trust me. I might be the one who is not contributing as much. Let me know when you have time.The Annoyed Man wrote:Chasfm11, that would be fine with me, although I don’t know how much I can teach you about rifles. It might not be a fair exchange.
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- Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:55 pm
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- Topic: Motor homes
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Re: Motor homes
- Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:55 am
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- Topic: Motor homes
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Re: Motor homes
TAM,
We bought ours on a January "fire sale". The dealer wasn't able to sell it because it only has one slide in a time where everyone wanted two or more slides. There are bargains to be had out there if you don't mind used and are willing to put a little sweat equity into the machine. While there can be problems with a diesel drive train, they are generally more bullet proof than the gas versions. Water leaks are your enemy but most other problems can be solved reasonably. I had the dome on my shower rot out because of a manufacturing defect and completely replaced if for a small investment. Our speedometer was intermittently failing and, while it took me a year, I fixed it myself after the dealer paid chassis maker shop did not.
There are many people who buy MHs and then don't use them. I think it is pretty easy to drive after you get used to it but some others are terrified at doing so, especially down steep hills. There are lots of "estate" type situations where the surviving spouse just wants to get rid of the RV.
How about an information exchange? I would like to short-cut my learning in some areas of rifles and I know that you know the specific answers to my questions. I'd be happy to show you similar things about motor homes including some demonstrations on mine. I believe I can talk about 5th wheels, etc. in a way to help you.
And the point about grandkids is an important one. We've had ours to PA to meet relatives, to Mount Rushmore, to Houston/Galveston and many other places. We could talk about how that works, too.
We bought ours on a January "fire sale". The dealer wasn't able to sell it because it only has one slide in a time where everyone wanted two or more slides. There are bargains to be had out there if you don't mind used and are willing to put a little sweat equity into the machine. While there can be problems with a diesel drive train, they are generally more bullet proof than the gas versions. Water leaks are your enemy but most other problems can be solved reasonably. I had the dome on my shower rot out because of a manufacturing defect and completely replaced if for a small investment. Our speedometer was intermittently failing and, while it took me a year, I fixed it myself after the dealer paid chassis maker shop did not.
There are many people who buy MHs and then don't use them. I think it is pretty easy to drive after you get used to it but some others are terrified at doing so, especially down steep hills. There are lots of "estate" type situations where the surviving spouse just wants to get rid of the RV.
How about an information exchange? I would like to short-cut my learning in some areas of rifles and I know that you know the specific answers to my questions. I'd be happy to show you similar things about motor homes including some demonstrations on mine. I believe I can talk about 5th wheels, etc. in a way to help you.
And the point about grandkids is an important one. We've had ours to PA to meet relatives, to Mount Rushmore, to Houston/Galveston and many other places. We could talk about how that works, too.
- Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:45 pm
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- Topic: Motor homes
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Re: Motor homes
I'm not sure how I missed commenting on this thread last year. We've had an entry level diesel pusher 36' MH since 2004. It had 26K miles on it when we got it and now has 89K. We've had it over much of the country. We are not full-timers nor do we ever intend to be but we spent all of last July in Chama, NM and would have done the same this year but for my wife's cancer diagnosis. We go 3-4 weeks at a time or as little as two nights like we did this week.
I didn't read all 12 pages so I don't want to re-cross ground that has already been discussed. We like the availability of most of the functions of the RV while enroute and have had some "interesting" trips like the one with 5 adults, 2 dogs and a baby doing 3,000 miles and a birthday celebration in the middle in 8 days. Now, we try to schedule travel with less "windshield"time. We tow a cross-over car so we have a fairly high MPG vehicle to tour with when we get to our destinations. I"m hoping that the Cummin diesel and the Allison transmission will last according to their reputations. I would say that the coach body will be ready for replacement before the drive-train if that is true.
I didn't read all 12 pages so I don't want to re-cross ground that has already been discussed. We like the availability of most of the functions of the RV while enroute and have had some "interesting" trips like the one with 5 adults, 2 dogs and a baby doing 3,000 miles and a birthday celebration in the middle in 8 days. Now, we try to schedule travel with less "windshield"time. We tow a cross-over car so we have a fairly high MPG vehicle to tour with when we get to our destinations. I"m hoping that the Cummin diesel and the Allison transmission will last according to their reputations. I would say that the coach body will be ready for replacement before the drive-train if that is true.