And that brand and model would be??

Tim & Robyn wrote:

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Oh yea... NuWa  37CKRD CE.....

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Congratulations!  You picked the best in my opinion!  After lots research we have decided on NuWa also, but probably a Discover America model in a shorter length.  Since your CKRD has a GVWR of 19,000 lbs I can see why you want an HDT!

By the way, if your dealer has this on the lot you might want to find a way to buy it now.  NuWa has announced a couple of recent prices increases and more may be coming.  They are getting hit hard with price increases from their vendors due to the increased cost of fuel.  You should be able to drive a hard bargain as most dealers must be having a hard time selling any RV's these days.

Have fun and we hope to see you down the road sometime.

Hi Bill,

NuWa has a DA with the same floorplan as the 37CKRD CE.... the 360RSB. That's what we went to see at the dealer in Ocala to make sure the floorplan would work for us. They also had a Champagne Edition, although a different model, and we wanted to crawl through that one to see the differences between that line and the DA line. There's no doubt the DA would be easier on the pocketbook, but the clincher for us is the NCC - we want at least 4000# and only the CE line offers that.

My wife has an aunt who has been fulltiming for years in a Hitchhiker that is now almost 20 years old... we've never seen that one, as she's in an SKP coop in Arizona, and we don't want to blow the budget traveling all over the place just to look at units... that's why we spent so much time researching, researching, reading owner forums, etc.

We don't think we'll have too much problem selling our house here in Columbus, GA... there is a big expansion taking place at Ft. Benning with base closures elsewhere resulting from BRAC (base realignment and closure), plus the armor school is being moved here from Ft. Knox in Ky. However, we also need to sell my mother's house in Pembroke Pines FL... that might not be so easy, unless we let it go way below market value (whatever that is this half hour). And timing it to get it all to happen in relatively short order won't be easy either because we can't control when the houses sell, unless we really lowball them (which won't make the neighbors happy). But we are determined to do whatever we must to make it happen... once we set things in motion it's got to move because we can't carry any financing debt for very long... If we have to we'll even raid the retirement kitty and pay it back when everything else is sold.... just don't want to have to deal with the taxes - that would wipe out any discounts we might  get on the purchases, not to mention lost earnings during that interval...

The hard part for us now is to remain patient... so close, and yet so far... sheesh...

Yea, we've thought about the 450s-550s, and MDTs, but from what I've been able to gather a used HDT and conversion would still be cheaper... It all depends of course on what the costs come out to be, but what we have in mind is something like a used Volvo 610, with a bed conversion to tow a fifth wheel, and a platform added between the cab and the tow hitch to haul around a Smart Car for running around places when we're set up in a campsite somewhere. At current prices we could do a trade straight up and get money back on a Smart Car (we're driving a Honda Civic hybrid with less than 7,000 miles on it, and it's paid for). I've seen pictures on the internet in various forums of setups like this... Don't know what it would cost yet, but we're going to find out.

Here's a picture of what a setup like this looks like:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_XtPKY0BOat0/Rol4W_kDxyI/AAAAAAAAAzA/8yMrJtJEzPA/s1600-h/Toterman+(2).jpg

We don't want to drive two vehicles or double tow...

Congratulations, that's great news. Wishing you a lot a great days with your new rig. This is the beginning of a new life.

Tim & Robyn,

We are so happy and excited for you.  Congratulations!!!!

-Colleen