The chicken or the egg?

When moving to an RV one must decide whether the chicken preceded the egg or vice versa. Do you buy the truck to pull the RV first or the trailer/fifth wheel first? I decided the truck came first as long as I bought a powerful enough one to pull most rigs. Rigs is a manly name for your new home. Women seldom use it. So we settled on a Ford 250 Diesel.

Now we are talking a manly diesel rattler. I love the smell of diesel in the morning! In Viet Nam it was often the smell of diesel burning feces from the crappers. So just plain diesel doesn't smell that bad coming from the big tailpipe of our white rig, Brutus. The son of the previous owner (a recent cancer victim) suggested we keep the name Brutus and seemed happy when I heartily agreed.

The search for the new rolling home now begins in earnest. Suzy's top priority is a bedroom sanctuary where she can nestle up with a good book. Tom's priority as always was price. Tightwad Tom (TT) starts his quest at 15,000 but quickly finds that will easily get him half an RV but not a home for a year. After employing Craig's List again after the success in finding Brutus we find a number of possibilities and spend weeks running down the leads and eliminating the promising but inaccurate descriptions of "late model good condition 5th Wheeler". Then we find Montana! Not the state, the 5th Wheeler, Mountaineer Edition. What a beaut, the sanctuary is perfect, the price is making Tom squeak like a mouse. But its a dream and we can easily see ourselves living in it for a year. Even has a bike rack and generator on the back. My friend Ron who is helping me through the process agrees its the best deal for the money, and more importantly Suzy is in love with it. Its a Deal. We are no longer homeless.