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Know what you're getting into...

Like PhilnJill mention, both of these chassis are severely under powered, however, will get you where you need to go. There's nothing wrong with that except when you are on a long one lane road and traffic starts backing up. Expect to turn off more often than not or you'll have some angry drivers following you. You will need to develop a driving style that allows for the slow driving and not impeding traffic.

Before making any other recommendations, you need to provide some other ideas for us to help you, for example.

1. Have you researched the expense and inconvenience of disconnecting your rig every time you want to drive it daily? A vehicle/trailer might do better.

2. Driving the vehicle daily with all your possessions in it, means you are paying much more for fuel for every mile you drive casually.

3. Are you mechanically inclined? Buying a used unit (or a new unit, but you can get a warranty) means things might break and Alaska is an expensive place to get these fixed. Doing it yourself will save money, but you'll have the inconvenience of "being down" until you can get it repaired and you'll have to allow for the learning curve.

4. How much convenience do you want? The more gadgets, the more weight (less mpgs) and more things to know about and more that can go wrong.

5. Maintenance is critical!!! More stuff to learn and do. Not impossible, not necessarily difficult, but can be messy and require lots of tools (that you must carry).

6. Are you ready for the cramped quarters, every day, every hour, every minute? Many who full-time in a rig like this also carry around a tent or screen room, etc. to allow for living space outside the unit. They also learn to use the outdoors as an extension of their rig.

7. Mindset? Think ahead, be prepared to want to upgrade. Avoid the expense by allowing that you should get something larger and intimidating and that YOU WILL get used to it over time with experience. Don't settle for something too small, that then becomes smaller when you get used to it and you should have gotten something bigger.

8. Unlike a used house, an RV has been subjected to perpetual earthquakes throughout its life if it has lots of miles on it - more to go wrong, when it does go wrong.

9. Homesteading - I can't provide details, but you'll need to prepare mail, medical, insurance and stuff like that. This entails more than I can provide.

I'm not trying to scare you away from your goal. I'm just trying to provide more information so you aren't blind-sided by something unexpected. I hope someone has more to add. Eliminate any surprises going forward.

Best wishes to you!!!

BTW: I LOVE ALASKA!!! I recommend that place to EVERYONE to visit at least once in their lifetime, and you'll want to go back!