Crimson Red Sports

I know very little about them and I am toying with the idea of getting one for the project I am on.  

I am looking at the ones that look like buses.  

Discuss.

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I have thought about this myself but have never bought one.  I was thinking I would go with something that you tow.  The reason is that when you get to your destination, you can unhook from it and you will have a normal SUV or something to drive around town.  With the bus style, you would have to tow a car or something behind you it you wanted something to drive.  Also, you would have to maintain the engine/transmission etc. on the bus one even though you would leave it parked almost the whole year.  It just seems like a lot of unnecessary overhead to me.  Not to mention the added expense up front.  You are basically buying a vehicle AND an RV.  With the tow behind deal you are only buying the RV part and you should be able to get a lot more bang for the buck.

I also have a 16' utility trailer.  I have though about building or buying a camper style deal that I could set down on the utility trailer.  It would be small, but it would be big enough to sleep in and would be a mansion compared to a tent.

By camper style, I am referring to those things that you sit in the bed of your pickup truck.  They usually have a bunk or something that comes over the cab.  When you are done, you lift it off the bed and you have a normal pickup truck again.  Something removable like that so I can put it on my trailer when I wanted to go camping, then take it off when I needed to haul stuff.  It would probably have to be custom built, but that is not a bad thing actually.  I could make it a lot nicer that way.

The utility trailer idea is probably more trouble than it is worth.  The utility trailer is not that expensive, so you would not save a lot of money on a travel trailer by leaving off the wheels, axles, hitch, frame, etc.  Plus you would have to devise a way to remove it and store it off the ground when not in use.  But in my opinion a travel trailer is the way to go.

These things pay off if your company is paying a housing/hotel/motel allowance per day. The oil companies have a 110' house trailer on location for our guys(2). But smaller jobs, or inaccessible locations they stay on the rig 12 hours then switch off and go back to the motel for 12. In these instances, they can get $110 per day to use their own pull behind camper. The ones I've seen are nice, with sat tv, w/d, etc. One guy says he also uses his at home, to get out of the house, when his wife is babysitting the SIL's brat kids.

My wife has mentioned saleing our home and buying one of those Motor Homes. She wants to travel and do the work of helping build Churches, Hospitals, and schools, sort of like Carpenters for Christ. I had 33 yrs. as a State Licensed Electrician in Alabama and Georgia. The idea of traveling around helping others just pours out of her heart. I guess it would probalby take something in the cost range of $75,000 to $90,000 to do what we would need. I sure want my internet. It would probably run on Diesel.  RTR!

Is diesel internet faster? Wirers for the Word. RTR

I was talking about the motor Home but it just got out of place. Thanks. I have heard her pray aboput this so she thinks about it.
I understand the one my friend has, it is completely furnished. He has the Street Finder and they love it. RTR!

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 #+ Hey general I am living proof I make mistakes huh.  :-X I will try to do better some day though.  ;D RTR!

It was more WV being funny than your error.  I like the idea of diesel powered internets.

Well you know they cost to much per gallon. RTR!

422 posts per gallon.

Anybody have any thoughts on pull behind travel trailers vs. drivable motor homes?

Two completely separate price ranges and owner demographics.

What WV said.  Totally different animals.  Pull behind trailers are like being in a trailer.  Diesel pushers are much more stable and solid feeling and comfortable.  Also about 7 times as much, to start.  I learned all of this on the interwebs.

The quality of RV I would want is too much to spend on this project at this time.

This is what I would be willing to spend money on in the future.

(http://www.motorhomecentres.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/rv-motorhome1.jpg)

I don't have first hand knowledge but from what I have heard a fifth wheel pull behind is a good option.

 That's nice.

except the 50k truck you have to have to pull it.

True

You can get one a few years old for under 100k.

(http://www.marathoncoach.com/images2/1131%20em%20drivers%20pro.jpg)

You can get a lot of hotel rooms for the price of this. Marathon--I'd guess $1.2

Hey general just go down to Dandy at Oxford and check those out. RTR!

Well if money were no object, which would you pick and why?

Yeah, that's not going to happen.

I need to read some more about them and the depreciation and stuff.

We are now debating the furnished, everything included, weekly maid service, executive route, or the rent our own little place and just go buy furniture.

They have mostly trailers and 5th wheels.

I'll take the marathon at 1.2 M, dont want to be too greedy.

Reason?  I like nice things.

That's what I have always asked. How many hotel rooms does it take to pay for one of these?

If you can afford $1.2 Million how about a 25K for me lol. Wooo, RTR!

I would rather have a 60K truck that I could drive every day and a really nice travel trailer to pull behind it.

(http://photos.ebizautos.com/7122/6216823/6216823_1.jpg)
(http://coachmenrv.com/models/catalina/catalinamain.jpg)
(http://coachmenrv.com/floorplans/catalina/large/39TBS.jpg)
(http://coachmenrv.com/models/catalina/catalinaInteriorFeatureXLarge.jpg)

Thinking about running away from home? BTW, I'm a Chevy guy, but that is one nice Ford.

I haz the jealous. That looks better than my apartment.

If I did I would bring them with me.  :D

I like being able to unhook once you get there and drive around town in the truck.

If I bought a trailer though I would just pull it with the Expedition we already have.  It is great for hauling the kids around, if you can spare the $100 it takes to fill that sucker up every few days.

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If I had 1.2 to spend on a toy I would go with one of these:

(http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/07/24/ciruss-jet_7hiB6_5784.jpg)

When you get in one of those you can tell you're in a trailer.  They dont have a sturdy feel.  But that could just be the ones I was checking out. 

Just for fun, check out the Marathon Motor Coach site.  Incredible features and interior designs. Paint jobs off the hook.

The motor coach guys always have a tow car, for tooling around once you reach your destination. The woman had a Expedition 2 cars back. Great "personnel" carrier.