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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( just need to find a dealer willing to do the delivery )</font>
I'd be surprised if you find a dealer who is not willing to do the delivery. They might add a little bit to the price if they have to deliver it, but every RV dealer I've known would deliver them. It might surprise you to learn how many people live in travel trailers, never move them, and don't have a vehicle they could pull it with if they wanted to. Just be honest with them about the road, so they'll likely go look at it first if there's any doubt. A dealer may have his own employees (or himself) deliver one, or most of them also have individuals whom they hire to make deliveries.
I have a brother-in-law who recently bought a park model trailer from an individual; elderly lady. Her son said he'd deliver it; about a hundred miles. He thought he could maneuver it into a very tight lot my brother-in-law had bought at a lake. He got his truck stuck and they had to go find a fellow with a tractor to first get the guys truck out of there, and then to put the trailer in place. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I know you've talked about both conventional and fifth-wheel trailers, and while I prefer fifth-wheel to travel, if I were going to have a trailer to leave in one place, I'd prefer the conventional. One reason is that usually are not as tall. Another big reason for old folks like me is that you don't have as many steps to go up and down. And another is the fact that if you're concerned about getting it to where you want it, I'll bet you could find someone locally with a tractor that would put it in place easily.
Eleven years ago, I hired a regular mobile home mover to move my parents' 14 x 52 mobile home from the Texas coast to central Texas. It started to rain just as he arrived, and sure enough, he got stuck. A neighbor pulled the truck out with an old Farmall M. But of course he couldn't handle the trailer. However, I called another guy with a big Deere and paid him $125 the next day to move the trailer into place.
I'd be surprised if you find a dealer who is not willing to do the delivery. They might add a little bit to the price if they have to deliver it, but every RV dealer I've known would deliver them. It might surprise you to learn how many people live in travel trailers, never move them, and don't have a vehicle they could pull it with if they wanted to. Just be honest with them about the road, so they'll likely go look at it first if there's any doubt. A dealer may have his own employees (or himself) deliver one, or most of them also have individuals whom they hire to make deliveries.
I have a brother-in-law who recently bought a park model trailer from an individual; elderly lady. Her son said he'd deliver it; about a hundred miles. He thought he could maneuver it into a very tight lot my brother-in-law had bought at a lake. He got his truck stuck and they had to go find a fellow with a tractor to first get the guys truck out of there, and then to put the trailer in place. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I know you've talked about both conventional and fifth-wheel trailers, and while I prefer fifth-wheel to travel, if I were going to have a trailer to leave in one place, I'd prefer the conventional. One reason is that usually are not as tall. Another big reason for old folks like me is that you don't have as many steps to go up and down. And another is the fact that if you're concerned about getting it to where you want it, I'll bet you could find someone locally with a tractor that would put it in place easily.
Eleven years ago, I hired a regular mobile home mover to move my parents' 14 x 52 mobile home from the Texas coast to central Texas. It started to rain just as he arrived, and sure enough, he got stuck. A neighbor pulled the truck out with an old Farmall M. But of course he couldn't handle the trailer. However, I called another guy with a big Deere and paid him $125 the next day to move the trailer into place.
