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Califbill

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote:

I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling
foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down.

Most of them are manual ... hand cranked.

It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the
RV crowd. (a motor on that crank)

One broken antenna would pay for it.

I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to
amortize the costs of an RV..
My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a
nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used
it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive
his diesel pusher).
I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a
buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a
day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he
threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat,

I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a
financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing
new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define.

I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times
we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of
comfort from a tent and sleeping bags.

Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is nothing more
than a towable or driveable motel room.

Actually for long tours is much better than tents and motel rooms. In the
late 1980's I had a sabbatical and took 7 weeks to tour the US with two
teenagers and the wife. Did not have to worry about finding a motel room
where we wanted to stop, ate healthier, and when traveling, the kids could
do hobbies, etc at a table. Cost was probably comparable to motels. I
have a truck camper, but tow my boat to some remote lakes and rivers. I
think a 40' diesel pusher, unless you are living in it full time is pretty
worthless. Lots of Federal and State campgrounds limit out at about 28'.