Wolf -N- Witchy
Rookie Expediter
Howdy.
We are new here and looking to pick your knowledge.
Many a years gone by, I was an Owner Op, coast to coast hauling household goods. Been out of the trucking world for 25 year.
Anyway the wife and I are selling our home to live full time in our 5th wheel trailer. I just had open heart surgery that we were told I should never have survived but beat the odds and here I am. ( the Doctor who was shot and murdered in Boston was the man who saved my life ) We were told to live each day as a gift. So our gift to each other is to pack up and travel this beautiful country of ours. Our kids are all grown and have their own lives, We dedicated our lives for 16 years to rescuing and keeping safe purebred gray timberwolves. Never able to have a vacation or leave the property together for longer than a few hours. So it's now our time to live and build memories we both can carry with us into the next life.
So it's very important to us to learn from you people that know the answers to our questions. Being that my hospital bills wiped out every dollar in savings and our retirement money will be whatever the house sells for, The market is very poor here in New England...So who knows...
So whatever we buy for a toter truck has got to last us with as little problems as possible. So the help you can give us will assist us in buying the best truck for our dollars.
This is my wish list truck, Now remember we are hauling our belongings along with our home so space is a must and weight the ending factor.
I have been checking out the Freightliner M2 106 expeditor/hotshot.
I know nothing about the MB motors and only read and hear it's bigger $$$ on breakdowns, The remaining field of motors I know more about.
Never had a truck with auto trans, But like the idea as the bones get older. The Sleeper/coach is very much needed, With that we can deadhead back home living in that saving on hotel stops. Single rear ex is good. The frame length is very important, I'm thinking at least 155 inches from behind the sleeper. That allows me to have a dry box behind the sleeper for storage some open deck and then enough room for the 5th wheel etc.
I also need the truck to be under CDL, Gave that up many years ago and really see no need for it now, Am I wrong? The trailer we are hauling is 36 feet long wet weight is 17,480 Plus I'm just now looking into adding a Idahotote to the rear of our trailer to haul my bike on. Not totally sure on regs through the states yet. So this is what we have been looking at. I'm not only sold on freightliner, Pete, Kenworth, Int, I know nothing about Volvo but I can read and learn.
So our question to you all is this. The truck above I spoke about is where we are leaning. We are looking to buy used, with mileage being under 300,000 of course the more under the better. What are your thoughts about this truck and it's abilities? Do you have any other ideas or trucks that you feel would be better for us to buy? The other thing I have to keep in mind, is if anything happens to me, the wife has to be able to drive this puppy until she decides to do otherwise. So any information on the good or bad of any brand truck you feel we should know about please share and know we will learn from your advice.
The more trouble free times we have, The more enjoyment we get being together and building a lifetime of memories in a short time.
Thanks for all your help and insight.
Look forward to reading your thoughts. It's also ok to email me if that's easier for you.
Again Thanks
Team Witch -N- Wolf
We are new here and looking to pick your knowledge.
Many a years gone by, I was an Owner Op, coast to coast hauling household goods. Been out of the trucking world for 25 year.
Anyway the wife and I are selling our home to live full time in our 5th wheel trailer. I just had open heart surgery that we were told I should never have survived but beat the odds and here I am. ( the Doctor who was shot and murdered in Boston was the man who saved my life ) We were told to live each day as a gift. So our gift to each other is to pack up and travel this beautiful country of ours. Our kids are all grown and have their own lives, We dedicated our lives for 16 years to rescuing and keeping safe purebred gray timberwolves. Never able to have a vacation or leave the property together for longer than a few hours. So it's now our time to live and build memories we both can carry with us into the next life.
So it's very important to us to learn from you people that know the answers to our questions. Being that my hospital bills wiped out every dollar in savings and our retirement money will be whatever the house sells for, The market is very poor here in New England...So who knows...
So whatever we buy for a toter truck has got to last us with as little problems as possible. So the help you can give us will assist us in buying the best truck for our dollars.
This is my wish list truck, Now remember we are hauling our belongings along with our home so space is a must and weight the ending factor.
I have been checking out the Freightliner M2 106 expeditor/hotshot.
I know nothing about the MB motors and only read and hear it's bigger $$$ on breakdowns, The remaining field of motors I know more about.
Never had a truck with auto trans, But like the idea as the bones get older. The Sleeper/coach is very much needed, With that we can deadhead back home living in that saving on hotel stops. Single rear ex is good. The frame length is very important, I'm thinking at least 155 inches from behind the sleeper. That allows me to have a dry box behind the sleeper for storage some open deck and then enough room for the 5th wheel etc.
I also need the truck to be under CDL, Gave that up many years ago and really see no need for it now, Am I wrong? The trailer we are hauling is 36 feet long wet weight is 17,480 Plus I'm just now looking into adding a Idahotote to the rear of our trailer to haul my bike on. Not totally sure on regs through the states yet. So this is what we have been looking at. I'm not only sold on freightliner, Pete, Kenworth, Int, I know nothing about Volvo but I can read and learn.
So our question to you all is this. The truck above I spoke about is where we are leaning. We are looking to buy used, with mileage being under 300,000 of course the more under the better. What are your thoughts about this truck and it's abilities? Do you have any other ideas or trucks that you feel would be better for us to buy? The other thing I have to keep in mind, is if anything happens to me, the wife has to be able to drive this puppy until she decides to do otherwise. So any information on the good or bad of any brand truck you feel we should know about please share and know we will learn from your advice.
The more trouble free times we have, The more enjoyment we get being together and building a lifetime of memories in a short time.
Thanks for all your help and insight.
Look forward to reading your thoughts. It's also ok to email me if that's easier for you.
Again Thanks
Team Witch -N- Wolf