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How much you use it really takes into consideration. If you travel alot, and are willing to stay at a Cabelas or Walmart parking lot once and a while I can see saving a few bucks. Or if your towing to one destination that's reasonably priced or free and leaving it there for a bunch of weeks. If you just do that for 10 years with little maintainance....maybe you come out ahead in the end. Not sure.

But if your towing or driving a big bastard a bunch of miles, that calculus on the hotel stay gets eaten up in gas and truck wear and tear pretty damn easy........getting 5 mpg isn't gonna get you far before your paying in gas what it costs for a hotel. That's not even taking into account your initial 100K investment in truck and camper.

Or like the guy said, you have dogs and you don't want to board them....maybe it makes sense for that scenario.

Like HH said.....that math would likely never work out......its more of a lifestyle choice now, than anything else. Before when vehicles, gas, and campers were cheaper it probably made sense.

<blockquote data-quote="Mark from ?" data-source="post: 8342425" data-attributes="member: 10310">How much you use it really takes into consideration.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you travel alot, and are willing to stay at a Cabelas or Walmart parking lot once and a while I can see saving a few bucks.&nbsp; Or if your towing to one destination that&#039;s reasonably priced or free and leaving it there for a bunch of weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you just do that for 10 years with little maintainance....maybe you come out ahead in the end. Not sure. But if your towing&nbsp; or driving a big bastard a bunch of miles, that calculus on the hotel stay gets eaten up in gas and truck wear and tear pretty damn easy........getting 5 mpg isn&#039;t gonna get you far before your paying in gas what it costs for a hotel.&nbsp; That&#039;s not even taking into account your initial 100K investment in truck and camper.&nbsp; &nbsp; Or like the guy said, you have dogs and you don&#039;t want to board them....maybe it makes sense for that scenario.&nbsp; Like HH said.....that math would likely never work out......its more of a lifestyle choice now, than anything else.&nbsp; Before when vehicles, gas, and campers were cheaper it probably made sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark from ?, post: 8342425, member: 10310"] How much you use it really takes into consideration. If you travel alot, and are willing to stay at a Cabelas or Walmart parking lot once and a while I can see saving a few bucks. Or if your towing to one destination that's reasonably priced or free and leaving it there for a bunch of weeks. If you just do that for 10 years with little maintainance....maybe you come out ahead in the end. Not sure. But if your towing or driving a big bastard a bunch of miles, that calculus on the hotel stay gets eaten up in gas and truck wear and tear pretty damn easy........getting 5 mpg isn't gonna get you far before your paying in gas what it costs for a hotel. That's not even taking into account your initial 100K investment in truck and camper. Or like the guy said, you have dogs and you don't want to board them....maybe it makes sense for that scenario. Like HH said.....that math would likely never work out......its more of a lifestyle choice now, than anything else. Before when vehicles, gas, and campers were cheaper it probably made sense. [/QUOTE]

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