Our new home on wheels

Look at any one ton truck flyer and you’ll see that such trucks can be configured to pull our new 14000 lb home.  Ask any dealer and they’ll point out several trucks for the job.  Problem is, the trucks they are pointing at are almost never actually configured for such a load.  “My cousin pulls a 40,000 lb hay wagon with his…” they’ll tell you.  Perhaps his cousin has the proper rear end, or perhaps he doesn’t mind replacing his worn out rear end on a regular basis, or perhaps he only loads the vehicle up a few times a year, but the experienced RVers at RV.net are pretty clear about one thing … overload your truck and you are in for some serious repair bills, and are a hazard to yourself and others as well.

Now if we had the budget for a new truck this would not be a problem.  But we are looking for a used truck and it turns out that heavy tow vehicles in the use truck market are as scarce as bikinis in an Ottawa winter.  Who knew?

So we continue to impose on some dear friends while the winter grows nearer, hoping each day to find “Our” truck.

You wouldn’t happen to have a 1 ton dually diesel truck with a 14000lb+ tow capacity for sale, would you?

House sale agreement

Our house is sold, subject to satisfactory inspections etc., and if all goes well we will be out within a month and hopefully moving into a new fifth wheel very shortly after.  Our current plan is to spend about a year traveling through Canada and the US making photographs and paintings and thinking about how we want to live the next part of our lives.

Woohoo!  At last!