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On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:24:40 -0500, GuzzisRule
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:11:12 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:28:34 -0500, GuzzisRule
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:20:09 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:42:52 -0500, GuzzisRule
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True, but once you get up to those $300-$500 a night rooms, RV's
start looking pretty good!

Not unless you spend more than 3 weeks on the road a year.
Just the amortization of the cost of the RV was more than we spent on
rooms, rentacars and air fare when we ran the numbers with my RV owner
neighbor (based on losing 50% of the purchase price in 5 years).

That was a conservative guess

Well, a big part of that depends on the purchase price of the RV. Ours
wasn't near six figures -
unless you include the truck, which I don't 'cause I needed it anyway.

Unless you really need a big truck for something else, you have to
include the truck. Those guys with 5th wheelers look pretty funny at
home depot with a dually.

Those guys with a dually have a *big* dick, or so I've heard. The extra
capacity afforded by the
dually is about 1100lbs for the Silverado 2500 diesel. There are a bunch of cons.

I needed that truck to haul stuff with. Actually, the one I had prior to
this one hauled stuff, but
I gave it to a nephew.

If I am not picking up something like sheets of plywood I just take my
Prelude. I can get a dozen 2x4 8s or 15 bags of concrete in there.

These are cypress saw mill slats I got from a local mill for trim on
my new book case
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Packing%20honda.jpg

I have had a pickup for years. Even when it was a 3 rd vehicle. Always
handy. But I pull a #4400 boat trailer combo and do have a slide in
camper. But just use.a lumber rack when taking the kayak for the day.
Wife also has a Venza so the smaller car need is filled also. When towing
a large trailer boat, I want both the power and safety of a larger pickup.
Mine is a 2004 and gets 19 mpg on the highway not towing and about 14
towing to the Sierras.