The most chair I have ever purchased

[jtcurbo]

The most expensive chair I have ever bought.

I'm fairly new to the MOC. The way we found out about it was by a man who saw us pull into a Cracker Barrel Restaurant. He asked if I belonged to the Montana Owner's Club. I told him I didn't know about it. He proceeded to explain how to join. I'm really glad he did. We have been rving for 39 years. On several of our trips I kept noticing the Montana fifth wheels and admiring them.
After spending a month in Montrose, Colorado, we returned to our home in East Tex. I saw an add in Camping World for a chair I wanted. So, we went to the nearest CW to buy it. My wife enjoys looking at new rv's and wanted to look at the one's there at CW. The gates were closed so we left. But right next to CW was a Montana Dealership, RV Station in Tyler, Tex. We pulled in and my wife started going through every fifth wheel there. We currently owned a Hitchhiker II. She fell in love with a 37 ft. 2018 HM 345 RL. We bought it the very next day. That was the most expensive chair I have ever bought. We are now full timers for the last 2 yrs. and loving it. John Curbo

[Jeff n Susan]

Congrats on your new unit! Welcome to the forum!
Just like getting a free truck with that $50k hat huh? LOL

[jtcurbo]

Jeff that's exactly right. LOL

[Dixie Flyer]

Originally Posted by Jeff Myers

Congrats on your new unit! Welcome to the forum!
Just like getting a free truck with that $50k hat huh? LOL

The wife and I went to an RV dealer in Knoxville, Tennessee to buy some lights for our awning and left in a motorhome. That was the most expensive set of lights I ever bought in my life. I kept the motorhome for a year and traded back for a Montana fifth wheel. Love our Montana. It's a 3611Rl. Really like the floor plan. bought a used F250 diesel short bed, installed a pullrite hitch in the bed along with a 33 gallon fuel tank that really makes it easy on traveling. With a 500 mile range I stop when I want to not when I have to.

[jtcurbo]

Dixie Flyer, I have been weighing the pros and cons of having a motorhome. I've landed on the fifth wheel. The auxiliary tank wao one of the best decision I made. You are right I don't have to stop until i'm ready to. I usually stop when my fuel gage starts moving.
Liked your post. Happh trails.

[DebNJim B]

John,
Congrats on the "new chair" and finding this forum. You will love both.
Enjoyed your story and have a similar one. Ours included needing a new truck to tow the 5er. DW loved the front living room.
Funny thing with ours. We didn't like the electric reclining theater seating so we donated it to Goodwill and bought individual recliners. So we spent the big bucks and now don't even have "that chair"

[jtcurbo]

DebNJim, I'm looking to replace our recliners, hope you are hunkered down in a safe place.

[Dixie Flyer]

Originally Posted by jtcurbo

Dixie Flyer, I have been weighing the pros and cons of having a motorhome. I've landed on the fifth wheel. The auxiliary tank wao one of the best decision I made. You are right I don't have to stop until i'm ready to. I usually stop when my fuel gage starts moving.
Liked your post. Happh trails.

WE bought a used Foretravel, the best motorhome on the market. It was a 37 foot model. Limited storage because all the outside compartments were full of gadgets that related to operating the motorhome. The ride home was with all of the asile space littered with stuff from the Montana camper as there wasn't enough space to store everything. Once we arrived home we had to get tow equipment install on the MH to tow a car. We tried to rent a car every where we went and that worked out okay. The car rental people would come to the campground with a car and rental agreement and then we would take it back when done. to get the NH serviced was choir. One that took extra planning and saving up the money for the service, It was expensive. Anyway we decided to go back to the Montana fifth wheel when we got our South Carolins tax bil at the end of the year. South Carolina would not let us claim the Mh as a second home as it had an engibe in it. The Montana we could get a break on the taxes by claiming it as a second home. SO went back to the camper and truck saving us thousands of dollars in taxes.

[jtcurbo]

DixieFlyer, That confirms my choice to not buy a motorhome. For years we claimed our rv on income tax as a second home. Now we are full time and get a bigger income tax break claiming the standard deduction. We don't owe anything or have enough deductions to claim. Good place to be in and simple tax filing. Happy travels.

[Vet4jdc]

Welcome to Montana ownership and welcome to MOC! Some good folks here!

[Texan]

Hope you don't think you've through spending money. When you buy an rv and especially when you get on this forum you 'REALLY' spend money. I don't have the problems many r-vers have on account i seem to spend a lot of money improving mine by hearing others problems. Has anyone said these are a 'Money Pit'? Welcome and safe travels.

[jtcurbo]

Texan, you are right about money pit. We have been rving since we bought our first trailer in 1981. We are on our 6th RV with our Montana. Thi is our second fifth wheel. We went full time 2 yrs ago. We love our life.

[footz1941]

Know what you mean. We were in a RV park in Nashville when I went next door and looked at 5ers. Found one I really liked Wife and SIL went with me that afternoon and fell in love with it. DW said I could live in this. Did not buy there but started the ball rolling. Went home to South Texas, put our house on the market Now full timing a little over 2 years

[jtcurbo]

Footz 1941, your experience is very similar to ours. It was overwhelming getting rid of 50 years of stuff. Thank goodness we have 4 kids to take a lot of our stuff. Where in South Tx did you live? I grew up in Pharr, Tx.in the Rio Grande Valley.

[footz1941]

Lived in Alamo for 10 years. Wife’s late husband was from Pharr. His mother taught school for PSJA. From Kansas City originally. Had a house in KC area a house in Alamo and a RV. Whatever we wanted was always somewhere else. Sold both houses, bought a bigger 5er and hit the road. No regrets

[G & S Russell]

Originally Posted by jtcurbo

The most expensive chair I have ever bought.

I'm fairly new to the MOC. The way we found out about it was by a man who saw us pull into a Cracker Barrel Restaurant. He asked if I belonged to the Montana Owner's Club. I told him I didn't know about it. He proceeded to explain how to join. I'm really glad he did. We have been rving for 39 years. On several of our trips I kept noticing the Montana fifth wheels and admiring them.
After spending a month in Montrose, Colorado, we returned to our home in East Tex. I saw an add in Camping World for a chair I wanted. So, we went to the nearest CW to buy it. My wife enjoys looking at new rv's and wanted to look at the one's there at CW. The gates were closed so we left. But right next to CW was a Montana Dealership, RV Station in Tyler, Tex. We pulled in and my wife started going through every fifth wheel there. We currently owned a Hitchhiker II. She fell in love with a 37 ft. 2018 HM 345 RL. We bought it the very next day. That was the most expensive chair I have ever bought. We are now full timers for the last 2 yrs. and loving it. John Curbo

We went to RV Station in Tyler to buy and $8 furnace exhaust wheel and did the same thing. We also had a Hitchhiker II, however, We found a 3813 MS that they gave us an awesome price on, but we wanted the RV refrigerator which they didn’t have. Short story, we now own a 3812 MS that we bought in Georgetown. We’ve been self quarantined at Lake Hawkins for the last three weeks and are loving our new “Lake House” Welcome to the forum. Lots of good people here. Happy Trails.

[Mikendebbie]

Welcome to the forum! I love your story!
Your post and G&S Russell’s post are talking about places we are very familiar with! Both DW and I grew up in East TX (Tyler and Henderson) and when I met Debbie she was the new HOT first grade teacher at Hawkins Elementary. We spent lots of time out at the lake. My info says “Austin” but we are really located in Williamson County (Wier-Granger area)...not too far from Crestview RV. We bought ours from the Fort Worth dealer because I was on temporary assignment up there at the time.

[jtcurbo]

Mikndebbie, we have a hook up at a friend's place just South of Palestine. We lived in Palestine for 28 yrs. we sold our home and travel in the Summer and in the winter. We come back to Palestine in the Fall and Spring to see our Dr's. We use our daughter's address in Round Rock, Tx. Right now we are hunkered down here in Palestine until the virus goes away.

[jtcurbo]

G&S, we are hunkered down in Palestine,Tx. We hope the virus is gone by June. We plan to head toward the Northeast for 3or 4 months. We usually go to Colorado and Northwest Montana to Kalispell. You are at a good place in Tx.

[G & S Russell]

Originally Posted by jtcurbo

G&S, we are hunkered down in Palestine,Tx. We hope the virus is gone by June. We plan to head toward the Northeast for 3or 4 months. We usually go to Colorado and Northwest Montana to Kalispell. You are at a good place in Tx.

Jtcurbo,
While you are in Palestine, go to the Oxbow and get you a pie. They are delicious. We spent a long weekend at a B&B in Palestine. Great town with long interesting history.