2001 Presidential Fifth Wheel

We are having so much fun looking at fifth wheels. We have been looking for over a year now. We know that this will be a much bigger purchase than our little 23 foot travel trailer that we have now and we want to make sure we get the perfect one for us because we plan to travel in it a lot in the years to come.

We learned our lesson from a mistake we made when we purchased our current RV. When we bought it originally, we had made up our minds to begin our camping experience with a pop-up camper. We were not sure that camping would appeal to us, so we didn't want to invest a lot of money in our first RV. So after looking only at pop-ups all over town, we decided on one at Dickson's. After making our decision and sleeping on it, Randall went out the next day to sign the papers and complete the deal. Once Randall got out there, the salesman wanted to show him a 23 foot trailer that he could get for just $1000 more. Randall looked at it, like it, and then I met him to look at it. We looked at a couple of other trailers on their lot and liked this one the best for the money and we bought it. Since then, after looking extensively at many other lots, we have found trailers that we would have liked a lot better for our needs. In other words, once we changed our mind about the pop-up, we should have taken our time to look at what was out there and I am sure we would have not gotten the one we have now. Oh well.....we learn from our mistakes.

Last Friday, March 27, Randall took me out to Johnny's RV to show me a fifth wheel that he saw earlier in the week that he liked. We are no where near ready to buy our fifth wheel. But we want to look at every make and model possible so that when we are ready that we will get just the right one for us. We have always been set on getting a new fifth wheel. While we were looking at this one, the salesman told us to take a look at a used fifth wheel they had just gotten in on a trade in the day before. It was a 2001 Presidential which is the top of the line for that model. We looked at it and it was really in great shape and was a great price. We really considered going ahead and buying it now. One problem was that they would only give us about $5000 dollars on our trailer that we owe over $13,o00 on. We figured we would be better off keeping our trailer and trying to sell it. So until it sold, we would have two trailers if we bought this fifth wheel. Another problem is that we currently do not have a truck large enough to pull the Presidential. Johnny's said they would take the fifth wheel over to Gulf Shores for us and then we could get Gulf Breeze to pull it out and in for us when we use it over there. The only probem with that is that would be the only park we could go to until we bought a larger truck.

We have also been working on an aggressive retirement plan where we are making extra payments on our mortgage on our house and putting quite a bit in savings each month. If we were to buy the Presidential, purchase a larger truck to pull it, and still have our payment for our current trailer, we would not be able to save or make additional mortgage payments. As badly as we wanted this fifth wheel and as good a deal as we thought it was, it just was not a wise move to make all things considered.

So we continue on our journey of looking at every fifth wheel that has ever been made:)