Re: [A/S] Advice for a dreamer

On 3/3/2012 7:49 AM, tatyannas wrote:
> My husband and I have been planning on a cross country trip in an RV in about three or four years. We will pull our son out of school for 6 months or so- around when he will be in sixth grade. After dreaming about different options, we have settled on an Airstream. And so, we are about to enter a world we know nothing about!! SUVs, trucks, trailers, etc.>

Hi Tanya,

Great plan! Your son will learn so much on the trip. As for tow
vehicles..... one thing that makes one vehicle better than others is
having a long wheel base and a low center of gravity. Stay away from
short wheel base SUVs. I use a crew cab pick up. Plenty of room for
everyone inside and the heavy stuff isn't in the cab keeping my dogs,
and me, safe from flying stuff in the event of a wreck.
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> Our plan ( or mine) is to research and dream for a while more, make our purchases, go on a few shorter trips to work out the kinks, then go! When we get back we will probably have to sell everything( we will be using our retirement funds) We want a smaller trailer- right now we like the flying cloud 20, and are wondering about the benefits of truck vs suv, and which one!! To be fair, I should say that my husband would have bought the trailer three times already if I hadn't restrained him.<

See above... truck. The only SUVs that are long wheel base are
Suburbans and Excursions..... remember, you will need room for lots of
stuff......
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> So- any advice? Right now the only semi- definites are that the trailer should be a smaller one, and that we don't have an open checkbook. We also have very demanding jobs (and kid) so dont have lots of spare time to do fixer upper work ourselves Should we look for a late model trailer that is road ready? Or would it be reasonable and less expensive to look for an older one and have it fixed up? An already restored trailer?
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There are hundreds of Airstreams that are 15-20 years old that aren't
old enough to be expensive vintage trailers..... and are not expensive
and are ready to go....

I advise you to get newer than 74 because having a gray tank gives you
many more options of where to stay unless you lug a "blue boy" around.....

I'm not sure why you are stuck on having a "smaller" trailer.......
three people, in a small trailer.... during a rainy week can be a
challenge.... and living in it required room for stuff.....

Hunter

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