rollindowntheroad

Did the truck have a motor for $37,000........lol? That sounds like a great deal. I just purchased a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited to use as a toad, paid $43,000 for that. I figure this would be my last vehicle and I'll pay it off before I retire. I know that "anything" I get on my now planned budget will have issues. That's a chance any one takes. As you said even new ones have issues. Maybe I will win the lottery between now and when I retire........like that's going to happen. In the meantime I'm going to keep researching and take in all advice/recommendations that I get from experienced people like you. Thank you.

I have been researching RV's for some time now. Forums like this one have provided some valuable information. I will continue to research, visit RV dealers and window shop until it comes down to making a final decision.

I am a big Jeep fan. Now on my 7th Jeep. I vote you get the Jeep!

To NDBirdman: Knowing my tastes I would probably end up spending way more on a truck. I have thought about a Class C and have looked at several on dealers lots. They don't seem to have much room in them. I feel more comfortable in a Class A, plus they have more storage capacity. Seems Class C's can be just as expensive as Class A's, even used. Since my first post I have gotten a different vehicle as a toad, one that I can tow 4 down. Bought a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited.

To Annell & MarkandKim: I realize that towing a trailer or 5'ver would be less expensive. However, I just can't see myself driving a large truck around once I get some where. Trucks are not cheap. I would want something that was newer so I didn't have to worry about some thing going wrong with it. I figure the truck alone would run me about $40,000.00 in order to get the size I would need to pull a decent size travel trailer. I have time to make a final decision. Thank you for all your replies.

Sorry to hear about your husband. I have been single for a very long time and at this point don't plan on changing it. Look at this as a new adventure and a fresh start for you. Out with the old and in with the new...lol. You might just find that you really can do it and enjoy it and won't need to "settle" down in any one location. Even though I have several more years until I retire I have already started to purge my household. It is difficult at first to get rid of stuff, but once you start it will get easier and easier. It is kind of freeing to find you can do with a lot less than you think. Make a plan and move forward even if slowly at first. People can do whatever they set their mind to do.

To: Optimistic Paranoid Haven't yet thought of all those details yet. I suppose I should start making a list....lol. I have a few years before I retire. I will not be boondocking, at least not for an extended period of time. Maybe a night at a Walmart parking lot while traveling but no extended periods. Definitely will not be in cold weather. I have a daughter in northern Illinois will probably spend the summers there then go south for the winters. As for the Jeep, definitely will get that all outfitted with every thing the last year I am working so it will be ready to go when the MH is purchased.

Thank you all for your responses. They are truly appreciated. I am feeling much more comfortable about doing this. I am planning on being debt free when I retire. Am going to pay cash for the MH and have some savings in the bank. The MH will definitely be a used one, gas and currently thinking in the 35' range. I have been to many RV dealers and walked through MH's. The ones in the 35' range seem comfortable for me. It's just me, no significant other and no pets. Just bought a Jeep Wrangler for a toad a couple months ago, that will be paid off by the time I retire.

I am going to be debt free if I do this. RV, what ever kind and toad of one is needed will all be paid for.

Can we please get back to my original question. Thank you

I currently live on less than $2,000 a month. I manage an apartment community, get a free apartment and the company pays my electric. What I have been doing is putting what I would be paying in rent and electric in savings every month, been doing that for the past 6 years. What ever I want to full time in I will be paying cash for. I did buy a Jeep Wrangler a couple of months ago for a toad. I will have that paid off by the time I retire. I don't eat out a lot. I don't plan on traveling all the time when I retire. Stay in one spot a month or so then go to another spot for the same amount of time.