Back on the Fence

So, just when I think we have made a decision, I find we're back at the beginning again.

We have been looking at a number of trailers. There aren't very many in our price range with living quarters. There are very few in the length range (35' to 40') that we're looking for. And most of them seem to be far away. So the option of building our own from a car hauler trailer came up again. But even the the basic trailers are $7,000 to $10,000. Plus the cost in time and money of fixing one up the way that we want. So even before the fix up, we're at $17,000 to $20,000, which is as much as we really want to spend total.

So, we have started thinking again about doing a bus conversion. If we sell the truck and buy a bus for $7,000 or $8,000 and the 1 acre of land for $5,000, we're at $12,000. And and actually ave some place to put the RV.

It would probably cost between $5,000 and $10,000 for convert either the trailer or bus. We could plan it how we like, including a bunk house for the kids, with probably 3 bunks (for the next little bundle, which, while I'm not pregnant yet, is another story all together).

We could use the Jetta as a tow vehicle, rather than having to set up for the trailer to tow a car. However, then it would add up the miles on the Jetta since we would have to pull it as a toad. But we also wouldn't have the open space in the RV for the kids to be crazy in. And the bus will likely be about 35' which is shorter than the majority of trailers we've looked at. But in some ways, that will be good, as it will then fit in more RV parks.

So the real issue is the amount of time it will take, and if we can make it look good, or if it will look a little too country for us to be happy with it.... Hmmmm....