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RE: Seasonal Site
We got tired of yanking things around,booking sites 5 months in advance,setting up and tearing down so bought a 42' extended stay unit.We are full service,2 blocks from the golf course,2 blocks from the boat launch and have over 100 lakes,most with no facilities or primitive boat launches hence a 4x4 within 40 miles or less.We like to be at home at night with all the facilities.Drive up open the door put stuff in fridge take stuff out of fridge and light camp fire.Works for us, after almost 50 years of every thing from tenting to Class A.We only have 32 sites so it is quiet at night and most days during the week are we are alone.We pay $2500.00 per season which includes year round storage of boat etc.Electrical is $18.00 month average year round,includes wifi.
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mayo30
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03/27/13 10:54am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Illegal or not?
It is NOT illegal in Saskatchewan,if someone wants to talk about the length of something sticking out, my mirrors stick out further then my hitch so please be careful when you squeeze between my truck and the one next to it.
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mayo30
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03/21/13 07:10pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: 2005 Monaco Diplomat 40PDQ
Mayo30,
Congrats! That's the most asinine post I've seen in my years on this site!
Who keeps anything for 15 years? It's all about getting on to the next unit before the current one depreciates. Original window sticker said it went for 233k +. The original owner lost 140k in 10 years of depreciation. I might lose 15k in the next 5 when I plan to upgrade. I think I won. I'll be doing nothing but going up in salary from here on out and my payments don't make a dent in my current income. I'm not into RVing to make money or even break even for that matter. Quality of life and no bitterness......
Thanks for your reply as all input is valued.
We all look at life from different angles.Sounds like I must have won a prize for the best asinine poster ever.Oh well.Have fun.
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mayo30
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03/21/13 06:40pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: 2005 Monaco Diplomat 40PDQ
Well let me see you will be making your last payment on a 23 year old unit,your daughters will be 30 and 24 years old in 15 years or 2028 and you will be 59 years old..What year will you be upside down on value?Course you can always take the grand kids along then.You do what you need to do don't mind me.
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mayo30
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03/21/13 05:06pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: RV cost versus your net worth?
How many years are we counting expenses fees etc.I have been at it for 47 years.lol.I never keep a unit more then about 3 years.I would be a bad example to use as I now have a seasonal site which is considerable less then yanking it around.
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mayo30
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03/21/13 12:17pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Slowbirds
Oh, I thought perhaps someone was finally saying something about the slosnobirds driving here in Yuma on 32nd street. 55 does mean 55mph. Yuma could make a fortune on tagging the inconsiderates in the left lane for holding up traffic.Is it still that way?I don't think the oxygen masks flow aqbove 25 mph.Lol.Then watch them all hook up to monster rigs tie the walkers onto the roof ladders(no kidding) and head north,more fun then around a boat launch.Been there done that.
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mayo30
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03/18/13 09:38am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Calgary to Lakeview, Ohio
Did you factor in a few days at the dealer?Are you taking everything along to camp on the way home,bedding dishes,axe,etc.What a way to start out 8 to 10 10 hour days and the stress of a new trailer,with kids cramped up.Hope you don't have to take time off work to do this trip.I suspect if you really factor all and every thing in to the delivered price saving a few hundred dollars if any may seem not very comforting.
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mayo30
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03/18/13 08:32am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Dealer wants more $$ after delivery! Seriously???
later !
Do you think your the only dealer that sell trailer.
Scrap the deal and buy else whereI think they have the unit already.
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mayo30
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03/15/13 07:12pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: anybody here ever owned an RV dealership? advice needed
See I was right I know nothing and missed everything.Lol.Are you also going to sell them extended service contracts and never wax again finish,just kidding.Good luck.
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mayo30
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03/13/13 04:16pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: anybody here ever owned an RV dealership? advice needed
Go back and read the OP. He/she is not buying new units. The question revolves around financing options To The Customer on units he sells them. No where is it mentioned that he needs financing to purchase TT for inventory. My suggestion, check out Ally Bank. A local car dealer where I live uses them over all the local banks.
Ok and how does he get the used units he is going to sell them,if he doesn't need money?Will he not have advertising etc. overhead salaries,etc. while doing this sale business until he has an income from the sales or commissions,I must really be missing something here.
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mayo30
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03/12/13 12:17pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: anybody here ever owned an RV dealership? advice needed
I am thinking that what you really need to do is get some good financial advice regarding this venture.Do you know a good bean counter and take notes plus have a whack of seed money with a sound business plan to go out soliciting interest and guess what there are many grey firms with high interest rates.
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mayo30
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03/11/13 04:27pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Getting out of purchase due to over weight for truck
HaHa! Man I wish I was in the joking mood.
The camper was a very new trade in. They didn’t have it clean and ready for sell yet. Nothing wrong not even a scratch on it. The story we got was it was for an older couple who have a lot of money and traded it in for a $400K RV.
I put 6,500 down and signed all the paper work. They knew what I was pulling it with and said I have plenty of truck to pull it with. If I’m legally over loading my truck, I think they should let me out of the purchase. It seems like they could be liable if something happens.What did the owners trade for?Do they still have their truck they used to pull this thing?See where I am going?They may not want it anymore.
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mayo30
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03/10/13 05:27pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Front cap insulation
Friend had a 2002 Bounder,same thing no insulation,going down road in subfreezing temps then stopping for the night brought a flood down on to the dash,.He started checking all areas,frost in the closets with clothes frozen to the wall etc.It took him many many dollars and work to fix the problem.His big concern was mold and he thinks he got it all.
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mayo30
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03/10/13 10:21am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Another sad day for Canada
Also Stomping Tom.The good old hockey game man.
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mayo30
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03/07/13 06:15pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Canadians coming to the USA???
Does the time not also accumulate for total time spread over X number of months etc. and does it also not start or trigger income taxes for length of time across the border?I haven't paid much attention these last years but seem to recall some impending pit falls.
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mayo30
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03/03/13 05:21pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: How long to stay in Tombstone, AZ
Haven't arrived back home yet, but we are already looking at next winter. How long doesn't it take to take in the sights in the Tombstone area? That includes the tourist trap kinds of things as well as hiking and Jeeping.
Also suggestions on where to stay. Want full hookups and dog friendly. Something more than a gravel parking lot would be appreciated.
Old enough to be a geezer in knee socks but don't act or think like it!
Kind of a unique comment,how exactly does a geezer in knee socks act and think,I am not sure but I might be one.
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mayo30
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03/02/13 07:44pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: PROTECTING RIG FROM DAMAGE IN ALASKA
Essentials for traveling to Alaska:
1. Dog sled. (six-dog-minimum)
2. Big saw for cutting ice blocks for your igloo.
...2(a)Someone to lift the ice blocks.
3. Whale harpoon.
4. Moose guard.
5. Polar Bear repellant.
6. Mosquito net (747-size mesh).
7. Skinning knife/chain saw. (Your choice)
8. Fake I.D. for attempting to collect an "oil check" as a resident Alaskan.
Hope this helps! :)
ON EDIT P.S.:
I forgot you'll be traveling through Canada...don't forget that they have a dress code!
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Jealousy will get you no where.
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mayo30
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02/25/13 03:43pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: 2013 Lance 2185 vs. 2013 Spree 231BHS?
What is the R factor of both,you may want to check as that is very important and some manufactures tend not to show it,also check to see how the doors and windows are installed,some manufactures just seal off the openings and don't frame them out for good solid door and window installs.check how the manufacture does its leak test if at all.Check out the Tracer travel trailers for a good view of tests,quite graphic.Closely check how the frames are constructed and of what.Exciting times are ahead.
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mayo30
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02/23/13 12:01pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Husband wants to quit snowbirding :(
We have only heard one side of the story,I can understand a lot of things that he may not be interested in.Not everyone likes to be in close social contact with others doing crafts,foul(the spelling is correct)suppers,etc.He may not be depressed or what ever he has been diagnosed with now,maybe he is happy,do we really know how he wants to spend his life after all it is his life to do with as he pleases as long as he does not hurt anyone else.I hope he is satisfied and the marital relationship is really none of our business.Just be nice to each other and don't expect others to live as we think they should.I am going to hide now,so you can all diagnose me.lol.
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mayo30
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02/21/13 07:28pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Thinking about buying a Lance 1575
My wife and I were considering the Lance 1685 as a downsize but up quality from the 32-foot TT we bought a little more than a year ago. WoodGlue was very helpful and we would have gone with her recommendation had I not found a great deal on a slightly used Arctic Fox (see sig). I believe the construction quality of the Arctic Fox is among the best and Lance is among the best of the light-weight units.
I agree that the Arctic Fox looks good,I like the roof,system with trusses,I like the R factors which are important summer or winter.I like the frame system of either I beam or closed channel,I think the walls are well made,I don't like laid in aluminum pieces routed into styrofoam and only corner tacked,Arctic Fox doesn't do that.I like to see the windows and doors framed as Arctic Fox does not only sealed.I really have no preference of wood or aluminum or a combination as long as it is well done.Cupboards glued and screwed of solid wood that doesn't require plastic washers and anchors to prevent screw pull through.You made a good choice.
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mayo30
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02/20/13 09:50am |
Travel Trailers
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