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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: midnight Target on July 27, 2002, 12:05:37 PM
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I'm putting in an 8 hour Saturday just to keep up with orders, and our least expensive product goes for almost $20k.
Looks like somebody's doing ok.
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Wish I could open a privite prison farm like you
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I spent my whole life in the wealthiest nation on earth. People have whined about the economy the whole time. Its a little embarrassing.
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Here is one of our "cells" 10bears.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Here is one of our "cells" 10bears.
Well no wonder. People are selling there homes, and moving to trailer parks.
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Midnight,
Which company? The wife andd I are thinking serously for being RV fulltimers in about 2 years. We're looking at what is currently out there and will get real serious in about a year. Got a small 5th wheel now as a camper and RV "trainer". :)
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Mav,
I work for Thor California, a division of Thor Industries. Our products include Wanderers, Tahoes, Jazz, Mirage. Thor Industries is Airstream, Dutchman, Keystone, General Coach (in Canada), Komfort, Four Winds, Aerolight and I'm sure some more I can't think of right now.
I would be happy to point you in the right direction even if it isn't one of our products. Full timing means you should really step up beyond the entry level stuff. As a quality proffesional in the biz I have a pretty good idea who is doing it right and who isn't.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Midnight,
Which company? The wife andd I are thinking serously for being RV fulltimers in about 2 years. We're looking at what is currently out there and will get real serious in about a year. Got a small 5th wheel now as a camper and RV "trainer". :)
My God! My wife and I aren't the only people out there that are thinking about going full-time in an RV! :)
My wife makes and sells jewelry on the side, her business is taking off somewhat, and we've been thinking that if we could get into enough craft shows to make it self-supporting, we'd almost have to go out on the road full-time because of the distances involved. Besides, I've been a cube slave for 15 years, maybe this is as good a time as any to get out of the office for a year or two, if we can make it work financially.
So we'll be looking in roughly the same timeframe as you are Mav, getting serious about the end of 2003 and maybe making the move in '04 or even '05. Should be interesting. :)
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Moose,
We already have a F350 dually turbo diesel and are considering a heavier truck, like a Freightliner F60 for a 18K lb 5er. The market is open now on trucks and I was underwhelmed by the performance of the F350 towing a 23' 5th to Texas last June. Gotta have MORE power!!!!:D
Midnight,
Any tips you can give would be appreciated. We ARE serious about this and are doing our research now. Only hangup is waiting for the kid to finish high school and the wife to retire, both 2 years from last month. We arre looking at about 34' lentgh and somewhere between 12 to 14k lb 5er. The Ford can do the 12k but not much more. Floor plan we like is the same as the Lakota 34RLT. You can email me if you'd like. I'll be happy to pass on anything to Moose.
Thanks
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that's cool, midnight.
i'll tell my company that the economy is great, that the lack of work, due to customers getting hinkey about the economy, is a figment of their imagination, hence, no need to lay me off!
sorry, just 'cause everythings cool in your world, don't mean some of us ain't gonna be hurting in the new shrub economy.
:rolleyes:
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Maybe you should call it the "new Osama Economy". That's a heck of a lot more accurate.
The bastige has pretty well killed the airline industry and plenty more besides.
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Mav,
My salesmen would shoot me for saying this, but if you have the coin a Teton 5er is about as good as you can get for full timing. They are pricey though, and might exceed your weight requirements.
check them out here
http://www.tetonhomes.com/
Moose,
We do have something that is right up your alley. A 36' Toy Hauler. This is a comfortable 5th wheel with a 10' garage in the back. We have many customers that use these for craft shows or antique shows. They live in the front and set up the "garage area as a store. Get a virtual tour at Thor California (http://www.thorca.com)
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Well, the economy has nailed me hard. I'm sliding ever closer to bankruptcy and don't have any assurance of being able to pay my mortgage past October.:(
I'm looking for work, and have been for a long time, but I've not even been called in for an interview for a job that pays enough.
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Sorry to hear that Karnak - hope your luck changes.
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We do have something that is right up your alley. A 36' Toy Hauler. This is a comfortable 5th wheel with a 10' garage in the back. We have many customers that use these for craft shows or antique shows. They live in the front and set up the "garage area as a store. Get a virtual tour at Thor California
Drool. :) Meesa liiiiike.
But...14000+ pounds GVWR? Um...wtf do you use to pull that thing? Seems like even a one-ton dually would be overmatched. I don't think I can afford having to go to tractor-trailer driving school! :)
We'd actually been looking at class A motorhomes, 32-35 feet. We'd have to put her show booth display in underfloor storage, or keep it in a tow vehicle (get a small pickup/wagon/hatchback as a shuttlecraft--fortunately, selling jewelry means she doesn't need a huge display). But in any case, we're still in the seriously exploratory stage.
Thanks for the link, that's some nice stuff you guys make and sell!
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GVWR is the Rated weight, not the actual weight. Think of it as "how much the trailer CAN weigh". Actual dry weight is much less, IIRC that unit is around 10k.
There are class A's with a similar garage design. One company even includes a mini-cooper in the back. Here is a Class C that 4 Winds makes on a diesel chassis.
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Originally posted by Moose1
Drool. :) Meesa liiiiike.
But...14000+ pounds GVWR? Um...wtf do you use to pull that thing? Seems like even a one-ton dually would be overmatched. I don't think I can afford having to go to tractor-trailer driving school! :)
We'd actually been looking at class A motorhomes, 32-35 feet. We'd have to put her show booth display in underfloor storage, or keep it in a tow vehicle (get a small pickup/wagon/hatchback as a shuttlecraft--fortunately, selling jewelry means she doesn't need a huge display). But in any case, we're still in the seriously exploratory stage.
Thanks for the link, that's some nice stuff you guys make and sell!
Moose, There are at least 2 duallies out there that can haul 14k lbs. That would be about the max for one and about 1k lbs under for the other. It depends on what you get for the truck equipment too. At least one company that makes semi tractors has goten the news that RV'ers are looking for more capabilities. Freightliner makes a scaled down tractor that fits the bill up to 30k lbs trailer weight. :eek: Look at the FL60 model. There are used ones out there at a SUBSTANTIAL savings. Some folks are converting class 8's (full semi tractors) to rv use. Power tools!!! :D
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I'm putting in an 8 hour Saturday just to keep up with orders, and our least expensive product goes for almost $20k.
Looks like somebody's doing ok.
Same here dude. We have more work than we have people to do. Stock market Schmock market.
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Reporter: What would you say is the most accurate economic indicator?
Greenspan: I don' know...how are Midnit and funked doin'?
;)
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Hey it’s good Funked and Midnit are learning the conservative mantra ”I’ve got mine so diddly you too”
I’ve got a small ranch on the south point of the Big Island bought and paid for.. I’ve got a fishing pole, Winchester 30.30 and skinning knife so I too can say ”I’ve got mine so diddly you too”
Who needs a good economy I’ve got mine.
Midnit, hope your selling as many big ticket luxury items this time next year.
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Originally posted by 10Bears
Hey it’s good Funked and Midnit are learning the conservative mantra ”I’ve got mine so diddly you too”
Well, let's see...
"Hey! you've got yours and I want to take most of it away from you since I've been sitting on my butt and I don't want to work to get what you worked to get. And fox you if you don't like it."
Which do you like?
Are these the only two we have to choose from?
:D
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Nah Toad, my mantra is "I got mine but I want some of yours too." :)
MT is right about the RV market tho. We camp almost every weekend (just got back from Lake Almanor) and reservations months in advance are required at virtually all California campgrounds, public or private, and some of these rigs I see parked in a camping space have GOT to cost major bank. Don't worry, though, once us PETA activists close down the forests and oceans from human intrusion, thus killing the RV market, MT will be back on welfare with the rest of us.
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Wow 10Bears did you have an extra large bowl of amazinhunk Flakes this morning?
All I'm saying is "I'm getting a little something and so are most of the people I know and observe in this region, so maybe some of the whining about the economy is just people using statistical measures to create panic in order to sell advertising and/or achieve partisan political goals."
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heheh Funked, not afraid to dogfight ya in the main arena or in a political forum.. choose yer plane or topic.. makes no difference to me.
Naw it's good you and midnight are doing good.. continue your gloat don't mind me.
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lol Thrawn - but seriously - MT if you're so overworked maybe the mobile home industry needs several tens of thousands H1B workers
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Since freakin when is "business is good" a conservative mantra? And since freakin when am I anywhere near conservative? I'm not gloating, nor am I getting rich. I'm just saying that the media perception of the economy may not be the actual case. That is all.
Conservative??!! Might as well call me a NAZI baby killer fer crise sakes!!!:rolleyes:
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http://www.tropictrailer.com
they carry some very nice living quarters trailers
http://www.tropictrailer.com/motorcycle_living_quarters_trailer.html
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Originally posted by Elfenwolf
. We camp almost every weekend (just got back from Lake Almanor)
Is this where the bungi-jumping accident occured?
Cobra
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Two of my good friends have go TO the states on H1bs in the last month...
I think they are nuts myself. First thing the yanks are going to do after they shoot all their CEOs is kick all the canadian programers out of the country...