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04-01-2021, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Seattle, WA
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Super Excited !!! Picking up our 4369 Soon :-)
We will be picking up our 2016 4369 soon in Houston, TX. It's been a long road but, we are almost there.
We live in Seattle and flew to Houston and purchased this hardly used 2016 Dutch Star 4369 early in February.
We have also purchased a 2017 Buick Enclave located in Tampa that was for sale on this site. It is all set up to flat tow and we will fly to Tampa on April 12th to pick it up and drive it to Houston where we will set it up for towing behind our new coach.
We just sold our house in Seattle and decided to become residents of South Dakota for we will be living full time in our RV and traveling. The plan is to live on our boat in the summer up in the great Pacific NW and then head south in the winter when Seattle's wet and dark winter starts.
I paid the sales tax and licensed both our new vehicles in South Dakota using Americas Mail Box to help me with that process. This saved me over $18,000 in tax and license fee's. I am super happy with how this has worked out :-)
From Houston, we will drive North to South Dakota, get our drivers licenses and become official residents. From there, we will head West to Yellowstone Nation Park on our way back to Seattle. At that point we can also start working on getting new insurance quotes for our vehicles which will also save us $$$ from what we are paying now.
I will update our trip on this tread as we move along on this journey...lots of new things to learn and excitement to have enjoying our new home on 8 wheels.
Wish us luck !!!
Cheers,
Curt
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04-01-2021, 09:24 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Texas
Posts: 118
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How awesome 
Wishing you the best on your travels and with your new vehicles!
Let us know how it all goes....
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Doug & Nancy Nies
2021 Newmar Dutch Star 4081 (Spartan)
Daily & Toad: 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
For Fun: 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
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04-01-2021, 10:01 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
Posts: 24,115
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Congrats, looks like a busy few months.
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Don & Mary
2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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04-01-2021, 10:23 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Northern Nevada
Posts: 751
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Very Nice. 
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Just the Wife & Me!! & Lily our Yellow Lab 
2011 Newmar Mountain Aire 4344 !!
450HP Cummins on a Freightliner Chassis !!
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04-01-2021, 10:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Ft. Myers, Fl.
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Congrats. I would be where you are but Covid set my plans back a year. Looking at 4369's also. Keep us informed!!
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04-03-2021, 06:36 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by outlawten5
Congrats. I would be where you are but Covid set my plans back a year. Looking at 4369's also. Keep us informed!!
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The 4369 is the deal....great room and very comfortable, let us know what you find....good hunting out there :-)
Cheers,
Curt
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04-03-2021, 06:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 807
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Congrats Curt. The Newmar Kountry Klub has an active Fulltimer’s chapter with great folks. Check it out on the NKK website.
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2010 Dutch Aire 4317
2014 Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
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04-03-2021, 08:29 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by enjoyrv
Congrats Curt. The Newmar Kountry Klub has an active Fulltimer’s chapter with great folks. Check it out on the NKK website.
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Thanks for the heads up on that, I will check it out for sure :-)
Cheers,
Curt
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04-03-2021, 09:54 PM
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Community Moderator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Posts: 31,546
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Very nice coach. Welcome to the Newmar family.
Post pictures when you get a chance.
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2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
No amount of money can buy you an extra second of time.
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10-26-2021, 06:34 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Seattle, WA
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Update on our DS 4369 Purchase
I almost forgot to update our adventure...We did fly down to Tampa first and picked up our 2017 Buick Enclave and then drove it to Katy, TX to pick up our 2016 DS 4369 on a FL Chassis that only had 4700 miles on it.
We got our new coach set up to tow our Buick and drove all the way home up through South Dakota (Where we became legal residents) and West through Yellowstone National park and back to the Pacific NW North of Seattle.
We had a great trip with no problems and are now getting things ready to go full time and will be heading south just after Christmas.
Thanks everyone for your input and help on this forum !!! what a great group :-)
Cheers, Curt
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10-26-2021, 06:42 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 381
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Looks great! Happy Camping!!
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Bylandorsea
On land:2019 Dutch Star 4326 Spartan K2 Chassis Cummins ISL9 Onan10 KW On sea:08 Meridian 490 Pilothouse 2X Cummins QSB5.9 Onan13.5KW
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10-27-2021, 04:23 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club LA Gulf Coast Campers
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Lafayette, LA
Posts: 639
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Gorgeous Coach!! Congratulations!!
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GUS2000 - John, Misti and Marley (Mini Australian Labradoodle)
2024 Newmar Dutch Star 4369/Blue Ox Apollo
2017 Ford Explorer/2018 Ford SuperDuty/M&G Braking System
HAM - K5OJT - Yaesu 991A
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10-27-2021, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canton, MI
Posts: 1,004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flyingcash
I almost forgot to update our adventure...We did fly down to Tampa first and picked up our 2017 Buick Enclave and then drove it to Katy, TX to pick up our 2016 DS 4369 on a FL Chassis that only had 4700 miles on it.
We got our new coach set up to tow our Buick and drove all the way home up through South Dakota (Where we became legal residents) and West through Yellowstone National park and back to the Pacific NW North of Seattle.
We had a great trip with no problems and are now getting things ready to go full time and will be heading south just after Christmas.
Thanks everyone for your input and help on this forum !!! what a great group :-)
Cheers, Curt
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Congratulations. I have the same year and color Dutch Star and same tow vehicle. Great coach. Welcome to the Newmar family.
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Tigerfan1
2016 DSDP 4369, Freightliner Chassis, AF One brake system, 2016 Chevy Equinox
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10-28-2021, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Southern CA
Posts: 206
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Boat in the summer and motorhome for the winter..........perfect!
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