Well I took a 500$ deposit on this sweet little rig today. Buying a 2013 XLR viper from my dad. He’s moving to a 2005 Holliday rambler 38 foot motorhome with a Cummins/allison combo now that he’s retiring. Only 44k miles and has been sitting for a long while. We’ve got a few kinks to work out and it’s not perfect cosmetically but will be perfect for atv riding and hanging at the lake.

Just reserved a camp ground at cucumber creek in smithville ok. I really bumped the thread to ask for mattress recommendations. Pros cons of a full size queen vs and camper queen and what’s everyone using?

I always assume people with RV's are rich.

It costs more to travel with those things than it is to just get a hotel room.

It depends. If you're not investing a lot of time in it, it's an expensive hobby. However, over the years we've met a lot of people that live like nomads in their motorhomes. Those people aren't rich. They're essentially migrant workers.

Can't believe I've never seen this thread.

We got a 28' travel trailer (Keystone Passport) about 4 years ago. We love it but it's a lot of work. We've had quite a few issues with build quality, especially plumbing but most of those are worked out. There's just a lot to maintain. Fortunately, we don't roam. We find a spot and park for a couple of months. Cuts down on the work some.

I take mine on several riding trips a year. Usually there aren’t hotels within 40-50 miles. Or like little Sahara there’s only a few hotels and they’re booked months in advance. Then we park it June, July, august and into September on lake Hudson in Salina Oklahoma. Stay at least one night a weekend there. I can park for free and have to use the generator but it justifies the money to me. I’ve only got 12-13k in my camper. Going on year two of that many weekends at the lake I’ve come close to breaking even. But that’s not counting the upgraded truck costs. I’d have a half ton of not for the camper.

That's a great point. You have to pull it.

We've got an Infiniti QX80 which is a pretty expensive option for doing basically nothing but pulling a camper.

Honestly I’d have just as expensive of a truck probably but newer.

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Got the new to me XLR viper toy hauler out last weekend. Extremely pleased. So much more room than the 27’ work and play I just sold. Measures 36’ over all. It was a new experience driving this tall bastard west on 40 in 40mph gusts out of the south. A semi almost blew into me.

A person could live in that thing and travel full time. I wonder if anyone has ever thought of doing that.

My wife’s ready to travel.

I don’t to live in it with two kids. But I may end up at the Google site behind Worlds of fun. . And would live in it short term while I sold my home near Tulsa.

Considered it but its cheaper to get a hotel these days than fill those suckers up with gas. Also I've done the camping as a family. Now, I'm retired and want my comfort without a hassle.

"Roughing it" at Myrtle Beach

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That looks fantastic right now.

We had great weather while we were there. I think it stayed between 75 - 85 degrees the time we were there. Didn't get any rain either.

Supposed to be on the road to Sand Mountain NV right now but they are expecting snotty weather up there this weekend. Postponing until next weekend expecting temps in the low 80`s. No quads, just the razor this time.

I was jogging through our big city park a couple of weeks ago and saw an RV that was completely unlike anything I've ever seen. I was fascinated by it and kind of want one.

It looked like it was probably a futuristic 1970s vintage, though I could be wrong on that. I committed the name to memory and of course forgot it once I got back home, but it started with a V and I think it had two V names, something like "Vista Voyager". But I don't see any pictures of it when I google those names.

It was only slightly taller than a car, and perhaps twice as long. So it was low and sleek, with rounded body features. It was almost like a tall limo. It looked like it would drive like an automobile, and you couldn't stand up in it, but it had a lot of room for sleeping or whatever. Anyone know what I'm talking about?