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06-30-2019, 04:36 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Hendersonville, NC
Posts: 13
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Shopping for 1st Class A
Greetings,
My wife and I are researching our first used Class A for purchase as retirement is right around the corner.
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Barry & Mary Jo
Sadie & Hunter (Labrador Retrievers) NC Mountains
2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, W22 Workhorse
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06-30-2019, 04:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 1,150
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Hi there! Me too.
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TARDIS Project 2001 Mountain Aire DP40' 330CAT
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06-30-2019, 09:36 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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Browse our 'class A' forum for good ideas and help.
Let us know if we can help you.
Happy Trails!
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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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06-30-2019, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member
Foretravel Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Home is Where WE PARK IT...
Posts: 6,054
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1st.. View the "tag" lines at the bottom of the responding posters..
To give you an Idea of where they are coming from and the equipment they have.
Keep in mind..
Your 1st coach is a learning tool..
When You tour/view "In Person" any perspective coach..
View it First with all slides retracted,
If the coach is fully usable without the slides extended, then give it a second look.
(Think wally-docking,rest areas,truckstops...any where that you cannot/do not have room for the slides to be extended)
BUY USED! & buy one with everything you "think" you want and will need..
IF the perspective coach seems a bit small but still "DO-Able" .......REMEMBER!!!
What seemed small... becomes unbearably TINY after being Coop'd up" for a week or more due to weather...
(AKA.....Cabin Fever)
And.... You WILL make mistakes and have booboo's We all have.....(sometimes more than twice..)
Within a year or two you will discover..about the RV
What you love about the RV...
What you can kinda-sorta tolerate with the RV..
And what you absolutely hate about that !@#$%^%$#@! RV.
Then you can go get what you should have gotten in the first place..
Happy Hunting
Remember!!!!
Every day you "put off" retiring...is just one LESS day you have remaining to enjoy being RETIRED !!!
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'02 Foretravel... "This Shack will do"
being pushed by an '06 Scion xB
SKP's of Box Elder, South Dakota
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07-01-2019, 07:04 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,780
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Hi Barry & Mary Jo! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang! 
Hope you find the perfect rig for your needs!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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07-01-2019, 07:20 AM
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Registered User
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 7,114
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Welcome to the Forum.
Remember, you're buying an old house and an old truck. Depending how far back you're looking, if you have DIY skills, you'll be able to find some very good prospects.
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07-01-2019, 02:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: SW Louisiana
Posts: 8,953
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What saddlesore said, simply put, you don't know what you don't know when shopping for a first coach. So it will hurt a lot less if you buy a used coach that is further down the depreciation curve when you decide you should have bought something else a year or two down the road.
I can't tell you what these things are that you don't know or will completely fail to consider when buying your first coach, some of it is personal preference, some depends on how you use the coach, types of places you want to visit, etc.
A few common things that get overlooked though by first time shoppers are the cargo carying capacity (pounds of junk you can haul around), cargo bay design (side hinge vs top hinge cargo doors, ...) liveability of the interior overall layout (lack of kitchen counter top, shower too small, bashing your head when standing up from the toilet, etc.), handling (turning radius, wheel cut, how it handles in cross winds, etc).
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2017 Jeep Cherokee Overland & 2007 Toyota Yaris TOADs with Even Brake,
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07-01-2019, 02:34 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Oklahoma Boomers Club
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Choctaw, OK
Posts: 464
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You're one step behind us: we got the bus four months ago. After two years of research. I don't mean to scare you but there is a lot of research to be done. Some of it is hard numbers and some of it is anecdotal - but it all adds up to a picture of what you want.
Holler at us out here on the forum if/when you need some steering!
Steve
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Him: USAF, Retired
Her: RN, CPC, CPMA, COC
With Skye the mini-Aussie velocimuncher and Maybelle, her ferocious little half-sister
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07-04-2019, 05:08 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Where we park it!
Posts: 13,145
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Welcome to the forum and congrats on the upcoming retirement.
You are joining a good group of folks here with good information to share.
You might want to rent a unit or two or three for short trips to see what works and what does not for you. We all have different tastes and needs.
God luck in the search and enjoy the adventure!
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2018 Tiffin Allegro RED 37PA
2020 JEEP Trailhawk
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07-04-2019, 05:14 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Hendersonville, NC
Posts: 13
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Thank You
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Barry & Mary Jo
Sadie & Hunter (Labrador Retrievers) NC Mountains
2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, W22 Workhorse
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07-04-2019, 05:17 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Hendersonville, NC
Posts: 13
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Luckily, I have a few skills. Thanks ��
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Barry & Mary Jo
Sadie & Hunter (Labrador Retrievers) NC Mountains
2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, W22 Workhorse
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07-04-2019, 05:18 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Hendersonville, NC
Posts: 13
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Appreciate that. A tremendous amount of information out there!
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Barry & Mary Jo
Sadie & Hunter (Labrador Retrievers) NC Mountains
2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, W22 Workhorse
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07-04-2019, 05:19 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Hendersonville, NC
Posts: 13
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Very much appreciated.
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Barry & Mary Jo
Sadie & Hunter (Labrador Retrievers) NC Mountains
2007 Fleetwood Bounder 35E, W22 Workhorse
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