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Recommendations?
Try before you buy. Rent something the size you are thinking of purchasing. Find out before that you need more space/seating.Composting toilet? For a family of 5-6, not gonna work. Overload.
For anything longer than a couple of days, a spare gas ring (turkey burner) is wonderful and keeps from heating the entire trailer up in summer.
Auxiliary power cable and alternative gas source.
It may be just a regional SHTF and you end up parked at cousin Jethro’s place two states away, riding out the hurricane.
Being able to piggyback off his houses propane tank, water and power makes your life so much easier.Don’t max out the vehicles tow weight with just the trailer alone. Once you start adding gear, food and water, you can quickly overload your tow vehicle. Running a second vehicle loaded with food and water helps immensely.
Trailers commonly need seal work done every 5 years or so, plan on it as a regular chore.
Buying a used trailer, I would plan on it before the next winter/storm season. Black mold and water damaged wood are no fun.All of the normal maintenance items also apply, grease the hubs, the ball, use antifreeze in the water system, and so on.
Right now, I am considering the rebuild route, picking up a $500-1000 trailer and doing a gut and rebuild to it, to get what we want.
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Whirlybird is dead on.
Have 2 or more load plans. For me it’s vacation then hunting then SHTF. The hunting and SHTF are very close.
You take different things for vacation area hookups as opposed to no hookups like where I camp to hunt.
In SHTF the cutsie lights, flamingos and kiss the chef apron gotta go. You need to know what to quickly dump out.
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My wife bought a 1978 Dodge camper, leaky and in need of roof work but usable. I tarped it over for the winter and it seems pretty snug. Hopefully we’ll get to reroofing next spring. Nice thing about those old Dodge 318’s – no computer. EMP proof. It would make for a handy mobile command central.
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I apologize for not seeing these great replies until now! 🙁 Great advice Whirlibird and Matt…you sync right up with my husband. Cruise America sells used RVs and purportedly they are good about maintenance. We’ll try renting one of those and see what we think.
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FYI: RV Sales Hit Record In February, On Pace For Blowout 2021
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/unprecedented-demand-rv-sales-hit-record-february-pace-blowout-2021-
What we noticed this last weekend while camping was many of the alternative sites are allowing permanent camping situations to happen because they needed steady income during covid and so many folks lost their homes or hit hard times and are staying afloat the best they can.
We normally like these sites but they are filled up with residents now.
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Wow, Matt– that’s a good observation. My guess is that developed RV spots may be a good investment in future years.
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Most of our developed sites had previously filled up with oilfield and windmill workers. From Sayre to OKC you didn’t dare not have a hotel reservation because no rooms were to be had for the last several years.
Covid and job loss certainly filled up remaining sites and I guess it’s a 50/50 shot as to developing a new site would be worthy though I’m guessing it will be.
Many of the trucks and cars at these temp/perm sites surpassed the “homes” in value greatly as a side note.
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winterizing (water systems) just use low pressure air pressure blow out all the lines,Tank,water heater.leave all the valves open NO water NO frozen busted lines. DON”T use pink antifreeze..
keebler,
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Yeah I bought a device that hooks an air compressor to the faucet the other day then pushes it out the low spot drains.
I hate that pink stuff and it’s a pain with making sure none gets in the hot water heater.
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I recommend Van Specialties, they took good care of us. Some other camper van conversion companies like Sync Vans, Tourig.
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I have (2) old conversion Vans 90,96 Chevy Hi Tops.. capt chairs out of 90. still had bench/full size bed, Lots of room for potty, small fridge/cooler Water brick.Portable sink.96 i left in tack has Queen bed Elec control, had the AC fixed. radio OOC. just wanted it for transportation.they make great BOV’s.my 2 cents.
keebler in VA.
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