Upgrading your rig

[DQDick]

There are a lot of open questions in your question. First of all, the basic answer is easy, like cars, if you trade in every few years you are able to stay up with the latest and greatest but you have to come up with some money. For some of us, probably particularly full timers, rigs are different. First we bought a floor plan we love and fits our lifestyle. That means we spent a lot of time and research before we made a deal. That or even a similar floor plan may no longer be available causing a lack of interest in trading. Another thing that happens to a number of us is that we made the rig our own. That means that we've added options and amenities that aren't even available on new rigs. Some examples from our rig would be IS, disk brakes and a much better flooring surface, not to mention all the little things like more shelves, plumbing improvements and stair railings etc. Having spent the time and money to upgrade ours ourselves to fit us and our lifestyle it would be stupid to trade and have to spend that time and money again. I guess you could say that we upgrade our rig to a better model about every six months when a new idea hits us.