hh article this week re living in lorry to save money

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Anyone else feel this was a bit off piste and misguided?
"can you live in your lorry and save costs", looking at massive disco palace 24 t oakley type lorries and challenging a reporter to bravely stay overnight and...drum roll.....cook macaroni cheese for her husband :eek:
Did briefly mention actually living in your lorry rather than a house but very much not the focus of the artcile.
Well of course you can stay a few nights at a show in a luxury lorry otherwise really whats the point :confused:
Might have been more interesting to focus on smaller lorries without generators etc, with 3 people sleeping in 7 ft of living and cooking 3 meals a day on two gas burners, lots of tips that could have been passed on there.
 
I thought that to anyone who could afford those lorries could surely afford a house or to put another way anyone who bought one of those lorries then had to live in it as they could not afford a house needs their priorities checking .
however if I ever win the euro lottery a seriously lovely lorry would be high on the to buy list.
 
I do remember a showjumping couple from Yorkshire living in their lorry for some time as it was the only way they could afford to compete. It's quite a few years ago but, from memory, they did well on the circuit, got some new owners and were eventually able to either buy or rent somewhere to live. It might sound barmy but I guess that if you are completely focused on achieving your goals, you will make a lot of compromises in terms of personal comfort.
 
No horse lorries here, but if I could afford a trailer like this I'd live in it too! Much nicer than my house.

http://www.fletchershorseworld.com/trailers/bison.html

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I've done the weekend stays in a cold lorry, sleeping on the floor, making breakfast on a camping stove, whilst the horses had their cosy weekend billets at racetracks.
 
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I've lived in my lorry for over a year before. It's classed as having luxury living but it's nowhere near as plush and nice as say an Oakley. I used the washing machine and shower of the houses I was parked outside and had an emectric hook-up from one of the houses which helped alot.
It's prefectly do-able!
 
Super_Kat said:
I've lived in my lorry for over a year before. It's classed as having luxury living but it's nowhere near as plush and nice as say an Oakley. I used the washing machine and shower of the houses I was parked outside and had an emectric hook-up from one of the houses which helped alot.
It's prefectly do-able!
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More or less the same as an RV or caravan type thing really isn't it? :)
 
no different to living in a touring caravan or a motorhome, except there's probably more room in a lorry if you used the horse space as living space too. yes you could live in one but where would you park it? to have electric and water you'd need a campsite for any long term living and once you'd paid site fees it probably wouldn't work out particularly cheap!
 
team barney said:
I am surprised it is legal, after all you can't live in a caravan parked on your own land, how is a horsebox any different?
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ahhh well there's the thing, just do as the 'unofficial caravan club' do and park it on someone elses' land, claim you're persecuted when asked to move and you'll be allowed to stay;):rolleyes:
 
Ibblebibble said:
ahhh well there's the thing, just do as the 'unofficial caravan club' do and park it on someone elses' land, claim you're persecuted when asked to move and you'll be allowed to stay;):rolleyes:
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Remember when you do this to tap into the national grid and water mains on the sly collect lots of tyres so you can burn them . Thether your horses all over the place and race them on the roads .
 
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