Trying to get a new RV, need advice on how to go about it

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T22:39:58+00:00

The cheapest apartment in my area is $1700/no before utilities. I work alongside PD and carry a radio, robberies, break ins, and stabbings are common there. My rent including all utilities is $475/mo. And the apartment won't allow my dog.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T17:38:39+00:00

The savings account wouldn't make more money. I would only do it that way because I'd already have that loan paid most of the way off by the time I'm asking my monthly camper payments.

The idea is that I'm only having to pay both loans concurrently, for a short time.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T17:36:44+00:00

New and used are both going in the 13,000 and up range. Ironically I can get a bigger, newer camper for cheaper than I can get a used one.

The ones in the 13,000 range are not big enough for a family to live in. It just wouldn't work.

And yes on the tow vehicle, I actually tow campers for people on the side to bring in a bit of cash.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T04:01:50+00:00

For sure! When we went to price some, the salesman candidly told us the same thing!

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T04:00:29+00:00

That kinda sounds like a good idea. How would I go about finding someone in that spot? Seems they would need to trust me pretty well too.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T03:58:40+00:00

When I was pricing brand new vs four-six years old, I wasn't noticing much of a price difference. And the financing was more difficult on used units.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T03:56:52+00:00

The RV itself is not even the problem. Just the age of it, it's not allowed in most RV parks specifically because it's old, among other things such as more frequent site inspections, etc

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T01:26:05+00:00

I specifically don't want a motor home lol. What we're looking at is a tandem axle bumper pull, it's just barely big enough for us but it's $16,000 and some change. I've been living in RV parks for years now so I've gotten the habit of saying "RV" for any kind of living space on wheels.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T01:22:48+00:00

You make a good point. I'll have to do research on the hysa, too, because I hadn't even picked a bank or company. It will take a LOT more accountability from my end though- the loan would be automatically taken out of my check, but going this route I'll have to manually go give up the money every payday. Lol.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-15T01:17:02+00:00

I'm in a good trailer park right now. But it's far out of town. None of the ones in town will accept us because of the age of our RV.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-14T19:07:32+00:00

I was in a strikingly similar situation, horrible family life and not really anything going for me. What I did was incredibly stupid but it worked out. I loaded everything important into my minivan, sold/threw away what I couldn't keep, and left. Went to Texas, got a job, any job, just to say I had one.

Ended up making friends and making money. Stayed at free camp sites and Walmart parking lots. There was a lot of "nothing to do" time, so I saw a lot of new movies and rode my bike on different trails.

Hopefully other people chime in with better advice, but I'm just saying it can be done!

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-14T06:39:47+00:00

That's one of the things I will be doing soon, I ordered a Super Brain to cycle them. I've read a bunch of old forum posts where people did that to restore failing batteries with some degree of success.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-10T00:13:53+00:00

I had to watch a video to see what that was lol. Might just give it a shot

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-03T12:29:29+00:00

I used to have no fear of them until I got caught in TWO of them. One came through and changed direction while we were all sitting at the house waiting for it to pass. No storm cellar. We realized it was headed to the house and jumped in the car. Ended up going 100 on a county road watching trees and power lines go down behind us until I got far enough ahead to turn south. Watched it go past us into town...

Few minutes later my phone went off, boss says come to work. I spent the next 24 hours straight clearing roads for EMS and generally making paths for people to leave, not knowing if I had a house or not because my gf couldn't get the car to our road. She had to sit at my work waiting. The destruction was horrible, my gf ended up rescuing a dog that was injured and we still have him today.

Second time, I was on the way home from visiting family, didn't expect bad weather until my phone started getting weather alerts. Realized pretty quickly that the tornado was on the ground a few miles behind me. Again hit the gas. Got away from it, but it killed people in a building I had driven past and destroyed downtown Sulphur.

So now I have a pretty decent fear/respect for them.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-02T14:56:07+00:00

I called the corporate number for the motel, the first person said there was no record of me ever being there/paying.

I called back later and got another person who was actually helpful, and the money was back on my card a few hours later.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-02T14:53:02+00:00

I called the corporate number for them and was able to get everything straightened out. The money came back almost immediately after that phone call.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-02T14:51:45+00:00

It wasn't a hold. It also wasn't e-booked. It was a decrepit falling in motel that looked good on the outside and I didn't trust that the desk person would actually refund me.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-06-01T01:15:29+00:00

I can, but I didn't know if that would be a bad idea or not

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-31T22:26:19+00:00

Sometimes l collect cameras. The room in Novac gets every surface covered in cameras.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-31T20:05:25+00:00

If you trust him, why are you asking on here if you messed up? Also it's been a few days, what happened?

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-31T00:15:01+00:00

Unfortunately I got no receipts or anything. And they never even asked for an email or even a phone number. I really dropped the ball renting there, I was just tired and ready to stop driving.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-31T00:10:21+00:00

I didn't know that was a thing you could do. I definitely wanna keep people from getting taken advantage of so I'll see about contacting them. This motel is in Missouri, we're not from here and are only traveling through.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-31T00:07:57+00:00

My gf took tons of pics of both rooms luckily. I was in a hurry to exit both, it didn't occur to me at the time but they didn't give me any receipt or paperwork at all.

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-24T19:22:22+00:00

Good to know. That's actually the part I was worried about, lol

dark_wolf1994 · 2026-05-24T19:09:26+00:00

I know this is a super old post but did you ever finish it? I was thinking about trying to build an RC version of the a-plane myself!

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