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Old 01-21-2021, 03:48 PM   #1
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getting ready to go FT ?

Have a year be for wifie retires and then we sell stick house and go nomad, currently in NY don’t see this being best state to register & insure the Rig, LOOKING for some insight on best state to use for address, insurance & registration, will be picking your collective Brains for the next year for other issues.
 
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Old 01-21-2021, 05:33 PM   #2
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We're full timers that have a Florida residency. No state tax and very inexpensive to register your truck and RV (we just renewed ours, $183.00 for truck and Montana).

These guys will take you through the entire process.

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Old 01-21-2021, 06:28 PM   #3
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We escaped NY Taxes seven years ago for Florida. Still have Property in Dansville as a home base during the Summer.
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Old 01-21-2021, 09:43 PM   #4
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look at South Dakota along with Texas and Florida.
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IF a true fulltimer, cannot beat Dakota Post, Sioux Falls SD. Have used them for years.
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Just a suggestion if you are serious about selling out and hitting the road full time. If you do not have the camper now, get it now and use it for a year. New or used unit, you'll have bugs to work out and customizations you'll want to make/add that fits your lifestyle. These things take about a year to unearth and get changed or fixed.

If you are purchasing new, you will probably have multiple issues that will require warranty work, or fixes you can do yourself which is much faster than waiting on warranty approvals. It's MUCH easier getting these repairs, upgrades, changes, comfort changes done on your camper while you still have a permanent dwelling to retreat to when the camper is in the shop.

These days, it seems, very few who purchase new campers have no issues at all .... very, very few.

I advise, purchasing the camper now. Take it out and go camping as much as possible over the next year. Camp in your own drive way. Sleep in it every night and test all the systems to the max over the next year. Again, if something breaks down, it's easier to fix in your own driveway than in a campground, or worse, sitting at a dealership repair shop waiting on warranty approvals.

Your's may be the exception (let's hope so), but it does take a year of constant, steady use to break in a new to you camper. You really need to experience it going through all 4 seasons of the year so you have no disappointments when on the road full time.
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Old 01-22-2021, 05:44 PM   #7
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Thank you all for the info. Really looking in to Dakota Post "looks good". Picking up Trailer in a couple weeks Keystone Montana 3781RL I am planning on using it for year + before hitting the road to work out bugs and equant us with the unit, That's a very good suggestion Thanks for reaffirming me my plan was a good one.
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We use My Home Address. Emery, SD. they will handle registration on TV, Dealer can handle first registration on 5vr.
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I forgot to mention SD tax is lower than most states. We use SD for mail more than tax saving's.
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We have been full time for about 7 years. We use "Your Best Address" in Sioux Falls, SD. We are happy with them and they the care of all license plates and things. The only thing I have to do in person is Drivers License.
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South Dakota Has a 4% excise tax and no state income tax. The folks at Americas Mailbox (search for Americas Mailbox on the web). Getting a drivers license and plates for your vehicles is very straightforward. Took me about 2 hours to get my license and truck plates.
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Thanks

Have definitely decided on SD for my address, found our Hot Spot T-Mobile, Trailer ahs been in for service 2 times for 13 issues with only 4 resolved just found 2 more most are minor a couple others I fixed, had a washer/dryer installed, taking it in when parts are in, Thanks for all your input have a great memorial weekend.
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Just a suggestion if you are serious about selling out and hitting the road full time. If you do not have the camper now, get it now and use it for a year. New or used unit, you'll have bugs to work out and customizations you'll want to make/add that fits your lifestyle. These things take about a year to unearth and get changed or fixed.

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These days, it seems, very few who purchase new campers have no issues at all .... very, very few.

I advise, purchasing the camper now. Take it out and go camping as much as possible over the next year. Camp in your own drive way. Sleep in it every night and test all the systems to the max over the next year. Again, if something breaks down, it's easier to fix in your own driveway than in a campground, or worse, sitting at a dealership repair shop waiting on warranty approvals.

Your's may be the exception (let's hope so), but it does take a year of constant, steady use to break in a new to you camper. You really need to experience it going through all 4 seasons of the year so you have no disappointments when on the road full time.
Dutchmansport is correct. We bought ours in Feb 2019 and it’s taken us till now to get it where we like living in it FT. It will take a while to fix all the problems and make changes that improves your living, setup, maintenance, etc.
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If I was in your shoes right now in my area I would go ahead and sell home and move into the Montana. People can't put a for sale sign in their yard now and get back in the house before their phone starts ringing. Bidding wars! We moved into ours a year before retiring and had everything all set to hit the road.
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