Gas Mileage, Dependability, and Full Timing

[breal14]

1) get a lawyer. $5000 now is $200000 lost later.
2) consider a shorter RV with big slides. Slides give you a LOT of space and still come in for driving and parking.
3) most class C's can only tow 5000 lbs. that's max rating, so it's probably 4k to be safe. I don't think towing your rig on a 1000 lb trailer is an option. Downgrade to a jeep? they are good toads and can be flat-pulled. not sure about the land cruiser.
4) don't buy a damn thing until the divorce is finalized, or you may lose it to her too.

 

[Strider]

1) get a lawyer. $5000 now is $200000 lost later.
2) consider a shorter RV with big slides. Slides give you a LOT of space and still come in for driving and parking.
3) most class C's can only tow 5000 lbs. that's max rating, so it's probably 4k to be safe. I don't think towing your rig on a 1000 lb trailer is an option. Downgrade to a jeep? they are good toads and can be flat-pulled. not sure about the land cruiser.
4) don't buy a damn thing until the divorce is finalized, or you may lose it to her too.

I don't have the $5,000 at the moment. I used a good deal of money to pay off debts and then this happened.
If I have to go class C, then I will put my Land Cruiser and HJ in a lot for storage.
Have thought of an old CJ5 or flat fender Jeep as a TOAD. Or, a Royal Enfield Himalayan motorbike.

The other option I was literally just thinking about is just stay with the Casita, find a little plot of land, and then go from there. Problem with the Casita, as with any other camper, is the cold weather. Where I live and work it drops below freezing during winter.
I can visit friends in Florida for a bit, but until the end of May, I am stuck with my job and location.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

It's said the heavier you are the harder you fall.

Guess that's why such a large number of people are praying for a total collapse of the current system.
In that system you are just a peon. . So you are correct in your observations.

when you start rebuilding, keep your focus small, don't try keeping all the baggage or your just keeping the fight going much longer than it has to.

take the assets you have, paid for or not, and assess how they can work for you. Look at what you have lost as water under the bridge, because it will only bring you under the current.

this may not help, but you are not the only one who has lost all and had to start over. Look at it as a clean slate!

 

[Strider]

It's said the heavier you are the harder you fall.

Guess that's why such a large number of people are praying for a total collapse of the current system.
In that system you are just a peon. . So you are correct in your observations.

when you start rebuilding, keep your focus small, don't try keeping all the baggage or your just keeping the fight going much longer than it has to.

take the assets you have, paid for or not, and assess how they can work for you. Look at what you have lost as water under the bridge, because it will only bring you under the current.

this may not help, but you are not the only one who has lost all and had to start over. Look at it as a clean slate!

I agree. My focus is to go small. I will be happy with a 1/1 and a garage if possible. Just want to be able to write, work on my art and my Land Cruiser, and hang out with my dogs at home and hiking etc. Everything else can go in the pisser.

 

[MaraZen]

Hello!
Here's my dilemma...
I was divorced in September from a vampire. She ignored every single plea I made over the years: to fix the marriage, to end it amicably... I filed for divorce and served her, then messaged her and her family to back it up, then messaged her one more time.
She ignored it.
I was awarded the house and her the Vacation Club that she got behind my back.
Then she denied being served or even signing for papers-under oath.
USPS records and examples of her signatures resulted in the court saying she was indeed served.
Because of a discrepancy in the value of the vacation club (estimated wrongly as same as the home) they opened the decree for property division. So basically now the house is going to be lost.

Lesson here is that the "Justice" System is not about justice. Laws don't count. Rules don't count. Evidence doesn't count. The judge can do what ever she/he wants. Men are highly discriminated against. It's a sham.

Unfortunately, I can't afford a lawyer. They all want a $5,000 retainer fee and will drop you the second that runs out if you can;t refill it. The state doesn't care.
My Ex wife makes almost three times what I do and does have a lawyer. She also has a buig family. One of her sisters is a judge. The husband is an attorney.
I have been handling this on my own and using online consultation to help me make sense of things.

I have been trying to start my businesses for two years and unable to because of this hell.
I illustrate, write, and am moving into some online teaching. Those endeavors do not require much space.
However, I also make leather items like old west gunbelts. I occasionally make props for theater/tv/film. I am also trying to restart my mural business: murals for kids' rooms and businesses that deal with kids.

I am also a certified Off Road Instructor. My Land Cruiser is a project vehicle which will be my teaching and adventure vehicle.
I have two dogs.
There's then the Cowboy Action Shooting stuff.
So I need some space.

My idea is to convert the bedroom into my small workshop.

I don't really want to stay in an RV as my permanent living. I want to get a little plot and put up a little house. Maybe I can live in the RV while I build the little house or wait for a kit, or whatever.

In the end, I would likely travel in my old Land Cruiser with a little camper conversion.

But for now I am in need of a place to live and work from, that I can move around in.

I have my Casita camper and need to sell or trade it in. Problem is that it's a 2024 and I owe about 32,000 on it still. Trading it in will be a loss. I don't know that anyone wants to take over the payments.

The for sure thing is: I will not marry again. One time was horrible enough.

If you want some advice on the house, get a tiny house to be built the way you want and tow it behind. Get the land too with plumbing and electric put on the property so when done with where ever you go then you can go back to it and live. I have been looking into that too besides RVs. I have done a lot of research and calling tiny home builders, went to see what they are about and talked to builders on their sites where they build. I could not believe the stuff they can do. You would have it built the way you want verses RVs have what you want but also stuff you don't want. RVs can be built for you but they build it with what they have. There is the weight issue.... RVs weigh a lot and with the Tiny homes you can have them built to suit the weight you can deal with by what it is built with and tell them the least amount of weight to make the house because of fuel usage to save on gas, etc. Also the tiny home can be the length, height and any storage made wherever you want it, whatever products you want it built with, etc. OH another thing, I am sorry that you are going through something terrible. It is horrible what a loved one does to you. To think that a person who you married could do such evil. I am not married and never have been, I don't like all the horror stories. I am staying single for that reason, among others. I will pray for you. I hope things get better. Have fun with your adventures. Just my 2 cents.