jacumja

Good advice guys and I'll definitely crawl through it like I work for the IRS. I typically was planning to focus on the motor, drive train, bushings, leaf springs and rotten tires etc. But I most certainly will be looking for rotten walls now. Any other trouble areas are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your response Fred. To be upfront if I'm on the road and things fail it will be okay because on the road = money. I keep a membership with Golds Gym nationally so I can always park and shower with them. If my oven or generator fails I'll obviously have to get it repaired or fix it. I'd be spending $50-$75 to lug my stuff into a hotel every night anyway. I don't care for how they removed the stove top/oven or the sink/meal prep area.

I plan to immediately repaint the rig to all white. Just so it doesn't scream "I touch children in this thing". Thank you for the axle input. As far as repairing thing goes I'm assuming I will have repairs. As far as the heat and my dog. I'll essentially be making stops in towns and visiting vendors. I'll drive the rig from vendor to vendor but while parked for an hour or maybe two. I'd planned to run him a fan or ac. Is that not possible? If not how the heck would I live in this thing and sleep in it for 8 hour stretches? Or am I missing something? I noticed the ripples on the side of the body. Can some one go into that? As far as the over cab prop up it doesn't bother me as I'd likely use it for storage and sleep in the back bed. Being that it has the side bathroom does that mean the toilet is in the shower pan?

I'm a long time Toyota head, never had anything but Toyotas. Anyway long story short I lost my last business, just caught my girlfriend cheating on me and with my back against the employment wall I have 1 way to go. I need to hit the road and build a new revenue stream. I'm 6'3 and don't need much besides my dog. My work will include hitting every real city in North and South Carolina 1 time a month. I'm planning to relocate from the Coast to Charlotte or Columbia so I can be in the middle. I'd clearly like to live in the RV while on the road. As some city stops will require an overnight or two stay. But I'd also like to live in it at least for a few months while I get my money back together. Anyhow I found this really cheap Toy Rv locally. I'll be the first to admit I'm not sure why they painted it that awful child molester shade of black. But the inside looks okay and I can get it painted. My questions are the following.. -tandem wheel axle, is that part of the whole bad axle ordeal or will it get by? Remember its me (210lbs) and my 90lb pitt bull. -How rough of a ride on the interstate is the early 80's Toyota RV? I'm sure I can ad cruise control and I could care less about acceleration. Also only 1 trip a month into Mountain area the rest are foot hills. -If this is a bad buy I'll stay away. But not to offend I have roughly $3k to spend. With that said if I can upgrade to newer one in 6 months will this one get me by? Also do we know of any other small RV's in my price range? I'd prefer to stick with Toy's but if I can't I can't. Thank you in advance and I'll hang up and take advice now. Ad Describes Manual Tranny/ 104k Miles Toyota motorhome runs and drives has been redone inside out side is decent. Has generator, microwave, fridge, tv, DVD player, 2 full size beds, couch, table, plenty of storage inside and out side camper, a/c and heat, comes with camping tents, has inside toilet and shower, closet, 2 sinks, 700watt power inverter,etc. it's a 4 speed stick shift, has 104,000 original miles, title is clean and clear in hand ready to go.