Wife and I decided to sell our camper. We had a 24' Travel Trailer. We just realized we weren't using it nearly enough, only once this year. We burnt ourselves out on doing local trips with it, the campgrounds are full of nothing but people partying non-stop.
For longer trips, we realized after gas and wear and tear its much cheaper to rent a house on airbnb. We went to St. Augustine last month, and a house rental was $80 for a nice 2 bedroom house 2 blocks from the beach and right on a canal off the ICW. Had a huge screened in porch, nice kitchen, laundry, etc. vs. $50 for a campsite in a similar area, but then you factor in I get 6mpg towing the camper, plus the stress of towing it 1000 miles.
So, we put it up for sale. I had a lady contact me and ask if I'd be interested in trading for a pontoon. Well, we were actually talking about taking the camper money and buying a pontoon, so I was absolutely interested.
They had a 1996 Sweetwater they had for sale for $4000.
I traded the camper for the boat and $1000 (from them).
Later, I ran the blue book values. Camper came in at $5300. The boat, trailer and motor is worth $11,0000. :shock:
I feel like I got a heck of a deal here.
We took it out on Friday while the kids were in school.
Boat rode great, but the engine gave me some issues, it didn't want to idle.
This weekend I did some work to it.
New plugs, new fuel filter, I took the carb off and cleaned it really well, and I added a tell-tale since it didn't have one.
Now it purrs like a kitten. It'll fire right up and idle for as long as I want.
I've already booked a cabin down at Lake Cumberland for October to do a striper fishing trip with my dad for 3 nights. Can't wait.
For longer trips, we realized after gas and wear and tear its much cheaper to rent a house on airbnb. We went to St. Augustine last month, and a house rental was $80 for a nice 2 bedroom house 2 blocks from the beach and right on a canal off the ICW. Had a huge screened in porch, nice kitchen, laundry, etc. vs. $50 for a campsite in a similar area, but then you factor in I get 6mpg towing the camper, plus the stress of towing it 1000 miles.
So, we put it up for sale. I had a lady contact me and ask if I'd be interested in trading for a pontoon. Well, we were actually talking about taking the camper money and buying a pontoon, so I was absolutely interested.
They had a 1996 Sweetwater they had for sale for $4000.
I traded the camper for the boat and $1000 (from them).
Later, I ran the blue book values. Camper came in at $5300. The boat, trailer and motor is worth $11,0000. :shock:
I feel like I got a heck of a deal here.
We took it out on Friday while the kids were in school.
Boat rode great, but the engine gave me some issues, it didn't want to idle.
This weekend I did some work to it.
New plugs, new fuel filter, I took the carb off and cleaned it really well, and I added a tell-tale since it didn't have one.
Now it purrs like a kitten. It'll fire right up and idle for as long as I want.
I've already booked a cabin down at Lake Cumberland for October to do a striper fishing trip with my dad for 3 nights. Can't wait.
