Advice please!!!!!!

[mercc350]

mercc350, check KSL.com here in Salt Lake.   There are several listed all of the time, and many right now.  Just click the classifieds link and do a search for tent trailer, folding camper, pop up camper, folding trailer, etc.  There are 106 adds right now if you type in tent trailer.  We have been looking casually for a used upgrade, and have looked at a few over the last couple of weeks.  Condition has been varied, as well as "quality" of owners.  we have not found what we want, not because there ave been no choices, but because we are being pretty precise about what we want especially since we like what we have right now, and want to pay cash for whatever we buy.  Good luck, and I hope you can find what you are looking for, as Puping is great.

I will check it out. As far as being specific on the price I can afford your right. I am wanting to find something in the $2500.00 range for a popup that can get my through for a year but worth putting money into after that or around $1000.00 or less for one that needs work before use. I know " hard to find". I definetly see it now.

[mercc350]

If it's going to sit eight months out of the year because of your schedule, that's one thing. But if you're thinking you won't be able to use it two-thirds of the time because of the weather, you're mistaken.

We just did a weekend in Hells Canyon and hope to camp a lot between now and perhaps the end of October, anyway, and maybe into November. You'd be amazed how well a little heater can warm up a PU, and those off-season times might be the perfect time to visit places that would be too hot during the summer (Bruneau Dunes and Craters of the Moon come to mind).

Having said all that, I think the key for you will be patience and flexibility. If you can hold out, you'll likely be able to find what you want. (I'm occasionally a bit of an optimist.) We had a miserable tent camping experience last Memorial Day weekend, so our patience was very limited. In addition, we're both getting older and a little less flexible physically.

Ultimately, we decided if we didn't buy very soon, we'd give up on camping altogether. So we decided to take the plunge and buy new. Despite the cost, we've had no regrets, and it has made camping enjoyable again, even for our autistic son, who likes having a table to draw at and a bed/space of his own.

Thank you for yor reply. Your right 3 months a year is probably not what I would like to do, just thinking in the tent camping mode I guess.

I have always tent camped here in Idaho and like you, I have to either get another means or give it up for the next 3 years. I can't and will not give up camping which I love so much. Can't afford a new one due to medical bills from my son being in NICU for two weeks, even with insurance that bill adds up and I need to live within my means. In my posting below I stated what I can spend an d I believe that is reasonable for what I am looking for. Hopefully I can make it happen.

Regards,

Steve

[Walt H]

Thank you for yor reply. Your right 3 months a year is probably not what I would like to do, just thinking in the tent camping mode I guess.

I have always tent camped here in Idaho and like you, I have to either get another means or give it up for the next 3 years. I can't and will not give up camping which I love so much. Can't afford a new one due to medical bills from my son being in NICU for two weeks, even with insurance that bill adds up and I need to live within my means. In my posting below I stated what I can spend an d I believe that is reasonable for what I am looking for. Hopefully I can make it happen.

Regards,

Steve

I understand what you're saying about medical bills; I got hit with $14K not long after we moved to Idaho, and it took six months to get our temporary insurance to agree to pay any of it.

Good luck with your search. I know last year someone I work with was looking at an older Coleman that was being sold for $800. From the pictures, it actually looked fairly decent. So they can be found. Moving to Idaho helped us rediscover the act of camping. Buying our PU helped us rediscover the joys of doing so. You can imagine how great it feels on Sunday afternoon when my son, who used to say he didn't want to go camping, now says "I don't want to leave."

[Herbie]

I have been trying to find a good used pop-up camper in idaho for the last couple of years. Where I live there dosen't seem to be anything used at all but junk. I have been reading articles on this site for quite awhile and have enjoyed the different postings very much. My question is. Are there any users in my part of the country that have had the same problem? Dealers here are a joke with there prices and craigs list users keep posting popups that don't even exist.

I know this site is based mostly back East just want to know if the same problem is there as well.

Hi,
I'm in Kaysville, Ut.  Where in Idaho are you?  I would get on KSL.com
select Classifieds
select Recreational Vehicles
select Tent Trails; currently there were 107 listings.  Some of coarse are already sold.

 I bought my 1996 Colman, Shenandoah from here last fall.   I did not read the current listings but there might even be some in Idaho.

Good Luck!
Herbie

[mercc350]

I understand what you're saying about medical bills; I got hit with $14K not long after we moved to Idaho, and it took six months to get our temporary insurance to agree to pay any of it.

Good luck with your search. I know last year someone I work with was looking at an older Coleman that was being sold for $800. From the pictures, it actually looked fairly decent. So they can be found. Moving to Idaho helped us rediscover the act of camping. Buying our PU helped us rediscover the joys of doing so. You can imagine how great it feels on Sunday afternoon when my son, who used to say he didn't want to go camping, now says "I don't want to leave."[/QUOTE

That is awesome that he likes to camp that much now. Hopefully I will be as fortunate. Thank you again for your replys I really appriciate it.

I you ever come across anything in the catagory I am looking at please shoot me an email at stevenn400@msn.com if it works I would be more than happy to treat your family to dinner with a gift certificate to your favorite restaurant seriously!!!

I don't know how long you have lived in Idaho and how well you know camp grounds and the like. If you come accross an area you want to go and not sure about it feel free to shoot me an email I have probably been there at least once.

Take Care,

Steve

[mercc350]

Hi,
I'm in Kaysville, Ut.  Where in Idaho are you?  I would get on KSL.com
select Classifieds
select Recreational Vehicles
select Tent Trails; currently there were 107 listings.  Some of coarse are already sold.

 I bought my 1996 Colman, Shenandoah from here last fall.   I did not read the current listings but there might even be some in Idaho.

Good Luck!
Herbie

Kaysville is very not too far for me. Thank you and what an awesome site!!!!!!!!!