RV condundrum...

Chasey_Lane

Chasey_Lane

Salt Life
vraiblonde said:
Not without a bunch of hassle. Campgrounds are never near civilization.

My idea of a vacation is to get somewhere, park the car, and not have to see it again for a week because everything I want to do is either within walking distance or there's good mass transit.


But again, to each their own - when I'm on vacation I don't want to be cooking and cleaning just like I do at home. Like Aps said, that's not a vacation. But if other people enjoy it, more power to 'em!
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Ditto! I prefer cruise vacations over land vacations. I don't have to carry my luggage (other than to and from the airport). There are porters at the cruise terminal, and I don't see my luggage again until it's in my stateroom. I don't have to cook, clean, wash dishes, or fiddle with any gadgets. I can play golf, rock climb, sunbathe, go swimming or relax in a hot tub, go to a show or an ice skating rink, have a few drinks at any of the several bars, hit up the casino, go dancing, and the list goes on and on. Try finding all that within 150 feet of a campground. :smile:
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
Chasey_Lane said:
Ditto! I prefer cruise vacations over land vacations. I don't have to carry my luggage (other than to and from the airport). There are porters at the cruise terminal, and I don't see my luggage again until it's in my stateroom. I don't have to cook, clean, wash dishes, or fiddle with any gadgets. I can play golf, rock climb, sunbathe, go swimming or relax in a hot tub, go to a show or an ice skating rink, have a few drinks at any of the several bars, hit up the casino, go dancing, and the list goes on and on. Try finding all that within 150 feet of a campground. :smile:
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wouldn't be a campground I would care to stay at if you could.

I did a cruise once, couldn't wait to get back home. Hated it. Not for everyone, My parents seemed to enjoy them before they became hypochondriacs and the in-laws enjoyed them before Father in law died.

and luggage? what is this luggage you speak of?
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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bcp said:
Saves a good deal of money too, we never stop at fast food places when we travel, we will pull into a rest stop or a shopping center parking lot etc.. and make lunch in the camper. We eat and move on.
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Part of the fun of traveling for me is eating local food that I can't get at home. Pulling over to slap some ham and cheese on bread, then having to clean up the mess and make sure everything is stowed properly doesn't sound like fun. You can do that at home and it will be even cheaper. :lol:
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
If you think about it, you get a better chance of finding these small town places to experience the "flavor" of the home town cooking and life style. Flying from point A to point B is on good if you want to experience point B.

I like cooking outside, its how God intended it to be. Its why he gave us the intelligence to invent beer and coal, its why Mr Weber was born.

And the dishes and whatnot just go in the cabinets just like they would at home, the trailers don't bounce around enough to disturb them.

I guess it depends on what you really would rather go to see. Natural areas like I prefer, camping gets you closer.
Plays, dining, shopping (which I would rather have sexual reassignment than doing) hotels in the city work out better.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
vraiblonde said:
And that's my point - different people have different ideas on what constitutes a vacation.
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I think it's more that there are different types of vacations that people like to take. One of the pluses of RV'ing to me is it IS away from most everything or, at least, as much as you'd like it to be. You know I enjoy a nice train ride to NYC and bouncing around town as much as anyone. It's just different types of vacations. I've still not met anyone who didn't enjoy a cruise. The very idea of it still makes me vomit.

:lol:
 
Softballkid

Softballkid

No Longer the Kid
bcp said:
If you think about it, you get a better chance of finding these small town places to experience the "flavor" of the home town cooking and life style. Flying from point A to point B is on good if you want to experience point B.

I like cooking outside, its how God intended it to be. Its why he gave us the intelligence to invent beer and coal, its why Mr Weber was born.

And the dishes and whatnot just go in the cabinets just like they would at home, the trailers don't bounce around enough to disturb them.

I guess it depends on what you really would rather go to see. Natural areas like I prefer, camping gets you closer.
Plays, dining, shopping (which I would rather have sexual reassignment than doing) hotels in the city work out better.
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+1 :yay:

I'll load the kids up and go to a campground with a water park, mini golf, movie pavilion, fire pit, bike/hiking trails, moon bounces, plenty of places to go see within 20 minute drives, and all the cold beer I can haul :biggrin:
 
Softballkid

Softballkid

No Longer the Kid
Larry Gude said:
TT is the only thing that is out. Gotta have bikes (dirt and street) and tools and general ####. Saw a 21 foot C today with the kewlest layout I've ever seen in one that short. So, now, it's back to maybe a C pulling the bike trailer.

However, we also saw a $100,000 40' 5th wheeler that had a hot tub, a basement, skylights and a helicopter landing pad...

:lol:
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But, if you get a tow behind toy hauler, you can have all that :shrug:
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Softballkid said:
But, if you get a tow behind toy hauler, you can have all that :shrug:
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All the toy TT we looked at were rather...spartan...and cramped quarters. One of the things I really want is an actual divider between the garage and the living area and I don't want to have to move everything out to sleep. I also want to be able to stop and have a meal or rest along the way without having to open slides. Some of the designs, the table has to fold up as well when toys are in.

Any suggestions, models you're seen, that address that?

:popcorn:


:buddies:
 
Softballkid

Softballkid

No Longer the Kid
Larry Gude said:
All the toy TT we looked at were rather...spartan...and cramped quarters. One of the things I really want is an actual divider between the garage and the living area and I don't want to have to move everything out to sleep. I also want to be able to stop and have a meal or rest along the way without having to open slides. Some of the designs, the table has to fold up as well when toys are in.

Any suggestions, models you're seen, that address that?

:popcorn:


:buddies:
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Yeah, but they were all on tv on one of the rv shows :lmao:

But as for finding a 'real' divider wall for the garage area an living area, I do believe you only find that in the 5th wheel, I could be wrong, but from what I've seen, that's where its been.

You may want to scope out rvnet.com, they have a forum section, and it really helped me out a lot.

I actually found 2 guys on there with the same exact truck as mine, gearing in all that tow 5th wheels and swear by it. But EVERYONE on that site knows something about cmapinig, rather than only having a select few here.
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
Larry Gude said:
All the toy TT we looked at were rather...spartan...and cramped quarters. One of the things I really want is an actual divider between the garage and the living area and I don't want to have to move everything out to sleep. I also want to be able to stop and have a meal or rest along the way without having to open slides. Some of the designs, the table has to fold up as well when toys are in.

Any suggestions, models you're seen, that address that?

:popcorn:


:buddies:
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I can stop and sleep, or cook, or even use the bathroom/shower in mine without opening the slides. I think you can on most
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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Larry Gude said:
I've still not met anyone who didn't enjoy a cruise.
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:howdy:

I enjoyed it, but mostly because of the people I was with. I don't care to have a timetable and schedule when I'm doing something fun, and the ship was confining. I'm glad I went but I wouldn't do it again.
 
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Gilligan

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Larry Gude said:
All the toy TT we looked at were rather...spartan...and cramped quarters. One of the things I really want is an actual divider between the garage and the living area and I don't want to have to move everything out to sleep. I also want to be able to stop and have a meal or rest along the way without having to open slides. Some of the designs, the table has to fold up as well when toys are in.

Any suggestions, models you're seen, that address that?

:popcorn:


:buddies:
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My 24' toy hauler has no slideouts. When its loaded (ATVs or bikes, depending), everything in the 'living and sleeping area' is folded or raised out of the way and inaccessible. The kitchen and (rather spacious) bathroom are all that can be used 'on the road'.
 
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nutz

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A toyota tundra has a bed capacity of 1600 lbs., therefore you would need a fifth wheel pin weight of 1600 or less to keep things on the up and up. If you have a double cab or crew max, best bet would be a Pullrite superglide setup plus load range E tires.

This 5er may be worth considering, Forest river XLR 300X10

My toyhauler is for hayburners but easily converts to carry anything else.
 

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