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We got a pleasant surprise. My wife got an email saying our premium was going down on our 5er. Woo Hoo!! And, when we moved from a 2001 Volvo to the 2018 Kenworth, it was cut by near 50%. Win, win.

Reach out to forum member "cotreker". He used to work for Earthroamer.

Ahh. the youth of today doesn't have a clue what high interest rates are. When we bought our first home, (after living in a trailer for 8 years with two small kids), in 1982, our interest was 16 1/4%. We refinanced every time we could drop the rate by 2% or so, finally using a home equity loan to pay off the higher cost mortgage. It took discipline and determination, but we paid off a 30 yr loan in 17 years. All of which has nothing to do with the original question. You don't have to be "wealthy" to buy a house, just live like your parents did when they were your age. Beater cars, no cable tv, no Starbucks, cook your own meals.......and poof, you too can be "wealthy."

True, but at higher elevations, fuel burns slower, negating the need for higher octane. Go to Denver, or higher, and 85 octane will run just fine in most gas vehicles, unless they're of European origin. Fuel is indeed getting pricey, but no more than most other things. My grandsons, working at McDonalds, work less to drive 100 miles than I did at their age. But, my '68 Barracuda 6 cylinder only got 17 mpg. Fuel today is a relative bargain.

When I was still running the farm, I crunched the numbers pretty hard. I had 4 consecutive V-10 trucks, while my partners had diesels. My operating costs were significantly lower. Power diff was moot as we weren't working them that hard on a full time basis. But then, my 2020 f-150 makes more usable power than the early PowerStrokes.

As Chalkie points out, some diesels are noisier than others, and the same goes for gasoline engines. That carries over to the bigger diesels in diesel pushers and hdt's as well. So, take a ride in a few and see what falls within your tolerance threshold. Personally, unless you're putting a lot of miles on, I'd opt for a gas motor, both for upfront price and normal maintenance.

Correct. Those are privileges that come with residency. However, some states, Texas and South Dakota for example, don't require you to have a permanent structure in which you reside, in that state. Therefore, declaring domicile in Ohio doesn't work for full timers.

Rod, another thing to consider is that some states are not very friendly to the idea of having a RV as a residence. For instance, in Ohio, in order to claim residency, you must live in a permanent structure. A house trailer skirts this by being raised up and set on piers or a foundation, then anchored to it. Just one more thing to think about....

Good detective work. I got confused when the terms, "certain areas" and "state law" were interchanged, so I answered referring to the "state law" side of the equation.

Kirk, ya got fooled by the internet. Since we operate in Indiana and Ohio, and DO NOT need inspections in either state, I checked your link. It doesn't mention Indiana either way, and Ohio only has inspections in the Cleveland area, so NOT a state inspection. Ohio used to do inspections, but the inspecting stations were so corrupt they eliminated it. Yer slipping bud.😁

Many factors here. If you buy property, be certain what you'd like to do is allowed. County and state codes, and zoning, are factors. And then there's the old saying that land is always a good investment. Ain't so. As an example, my dad bought a chunk of land in 1987 for a reasonable price. He maintained it, (bush hogged about 60 acres), built a barn, and paid property taxes on it until he passed in 2006, when he left it in a trust for us kids. We sold it in 2020 and "made" a little over $200k profit. However, if Dad had put that same amount in the S&P, without considering property taxes and maintenance costs, we would have realized over $3m profit. So, perhaps you should leave your investment capital intact and live off the earnings.

I have a t-shirt that says: "I can fix stupid, but it's gonna hurt." I may come of as hard hearted, but Darwin was on the job here. I'd bet dollars to do-nuts that somewhere in the Airstream owners manual it warns against hauling passengers in the trailer.

From your opening message, it would seem you're not comfortable doing this yourself. If that's correct, bite the bullet and have it done, or ask around to see if someone can help you through it. It's not difficult, but if done incorrectly, it can get very inconvenient when a bearing fails.

Gotta story about my mother-in-law and a battery operated pill dispenser. Best told around the campfire, adult beverage in hand.

It's all in my Rolodex. 🤣