The thing is a freaking monster!! The captain chairs in back swivel and recline so the boys are in heaven lol. Needless to say when we drive to AL no one will be riding with me in the other truck we have to take back to my MIL. Oh well, I will blast the radio and have some peace and quiet without the kids lol.





Now time to get the house in order. Less then 3 weeks left!! I may lose my mind.

At least that is what your gonna think! Just let me say we have researched this long and hard.

First things first. It seems we have bought one heck of a big fifth wheel toy hauler. It has 3 axles and is just shy of 42 feet long. That means that an F-450 truck just won't cut it and neither will most other trucks in the same class. What we need is a commercial truck. How insane is that?

We finally found one in our price range and it will do the job like no other.



Hopefully we can run up to Vegas next Wednesday or sooner to get it. The owner *said* he would hold it for us and I hope he does.

Here is one of the cool parts too. It has 5 leather captains chairs in the cab and since there are 5 of us it will work out perfectly. I am not too keen on the green but hey, we all have to make sacrifices lol.



So, when it is all said and done this is what we will look like towing our vehicle down the road. I hope there is enough room for us in those RV parks lol


Now to answer all your burning questions.... No, you do not need a CDL to drive one of these truck. Why you ask? Ok, maybe you could care less but you came here to learn right? This particular truck started out as a 2 axle semi tracker but it has since been cut down to a single axle and converted to something that will tow an RV. Single axle means you do not need a CDL, provided the truck does not weigh more then 26,000 lbs.

Now a tid bit about me. I used to have a CDL (I dropped it when I got my AZ license). Anyway I have driven a semi with a 53 foot trailer across this country over every mountain range in the U.S. However I will probably let dh do all the driving of our fifth wheel but if push come to shove I can drive it. And I should say it was fun as heck driving a semi. I loved being the biggest thing on the road. Of course I hating the parking part of it and ultimately that is why I don't do it any more.


P.S. I got a molar pulled the other day. My face is swollen and I am still in pain and on meds etc... So if I sound a little out of it, please forgive me. And the really fun part is, in less then 2 weeks I get to go get another molar pulled on the opposite side of my mouth.

P.S.S. Have I mentioned lately we leave AZ in less then a month and I haven't even started going through anything in the house yet to get ready for this move? *JUST SHOOT ME!!!*

We got our loan paperwork for the fifth wheel yesterday (yay!!) So that is signed and sealed with our down payment (ouch) and in the mail. Oh and get this, out first loan payment is due before we even get the fifth wheel LOL. Gotta love that!

Still waiting to hear about our truck loan. They said it may be Wednesday before we hear anything, but I am going crazy waiting. I really hate waiting *sigh*

We had a banner moment as far as dh is concerned. He has been going back and forth on getting the new truck or getting a used one. He hates to buy anything new. And when he buys new (this applies to almost anything) He always buys the cheapest of whatever it is then wonders why within a year it breaks and we have to go out and buy a new one of whatever it was we bought in the first place.

Well hey, he finally figured out if we get the good things to begin with, albeit more expensive, the longer they will last. I don't mean expensive just to be expensive, but better quality which usually means more expensive. Wow, it seems like forever for him to get to this point. I honestly never thought it would happen.

We are getting a new truck!! The paperwork is going to the bank tomorrow through the dealership. They use 17 lenders, there has got to be one that will approve us, yes? I am worried about even posting about it yet, but here I am doing just that. Just to be safe though I am not going to post any pics yet.

In fact we haven't even seen the actual truck we are buying. It is a model that not the usual person buys so they don't make too many. They didn't even have one on the lot. The only one is in California so it has to be brought here to AZ and that will take about five days or so. We really need this truck to pull our 5th wheel so please send positive loan vibes our way.

When it is a done deal I will reveal the type of truck and bunches of pictures!! Lets just say it is a monster....