New to 5th wheel, considering full time for a year or two…too much?

[aakdcr]

Hi, I’m a 66 year old single woman and have lived on a ranch in Montana for 7 years. I’ll be listing the ranch for sale and in the several years it may take to sell, I’m considering buying a ~35 foot 5th wheel and an F350 tow vehicle and traveling to 6 candidate cities for where I may want to eventually live. My idea is to live in or near the towns for a couple of months, join a gym, volunteer at a library, get to know the community a little. Ultimately my ranch will sell and I’ll have decided where to move next, then I’ll sell the 5th wheel md buy a house. So- my motivation for full time RV living isn’t as recreational as y’all, but I am retired and have some flexibility and some interest in exploring. Questions: I’ve owned one small bumper pull trailer, a 19’ R-pod (used), and never did learn to understand the electrical system which never worked well- it baffled me. I’m hoping that in purchasing a high quality 5th wheel I may have fewer issues. (i hope to add solar, lithium batteries, composting toilet .. and have found helpful posts on this forum). Am I taking on too much? would you do this alone? I’m not super handy.

 

[JohnYEC]

There are plenty of online sources with lots of DIY info that should have answers for just about any issue you might ever come up against, so I believe that going this alone would be quite doable.

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