Long distance truck driving is a miserable job with inhuman hours and working conditions, low pay, and adverse effects on one's health.  One trick a friend of mine, who was president of a national moving company, told me about was a situation in which transport companies did rent to own deals with "owner operators."  The driver made the payments from his earnings, then as the end of the term was closing in and he was about to be granted title to the truck, the company started giving him less work so he couldn't make the payments.  The company claimed a default and took the truck back leaving him with all the money he invested in the $125,000+ truck down the drain.  It's no wonder no one wants to work as a long haul driver.

One good example is the trucking industry.  There is a critical shortage of drivers, resulting in transport bottlenecks in the movement of supplies.  Truckers are now mostly paid by the mile, not by the time on the job.  When they wait for a day and a half to hook up a load, they are not making money.  When they arrive at a terminal and again have to wait, and wait, and wait to unload, they are working for free.  Real truckers' pay has actually declined.  If a trucker was paid a 1980 wage in constant 2015 Dollars, s/he'd be making about $110,000 a year instead of the average pay of today at about $50K a year.  Until we resolve supply chain and logistics issues, there will be shortages and prices will reflect the law of supply and demand.

Our current rig, we paid $37K off the lot, on a 2017 MSRP of $46K.. But it appears I could sell it for +45K today, if I was so inclined. But it's replacement would be in the neighborhood of $65K, no dealing, full MSRP, and a wait.. so.. not happening. 

I am fairly convinced that used RV prices are influenced by the delta from real (discounted) pricing on new RVs. In this market, the discounting is practically nil on new units that now cost more. Of course, the bright side is that used prices have also risen significantly the past year. I am not in the camp that used pricing will decline anytime soon, unless or until things generally slow down on the new side. Of course, you can sell your late model Pod now for high dollar, but then you also have to buy a replacement trailer at high dollar, unless you are leaving the Pod/camper experience altogether or have a second trailer. ~PP 

Anyway, yes we are seeing similar price increases in our area as well with travel trailers and fifth wheels.  Doesn't matter the make or model, new or used.

We will be hanging on to our 179 as well as our Frontier for quite a while longer.

The other problem is the devaluation of our dollar.

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I was looking at the renewed stock of our local dealer, and noticed that the new RPods back in stock, and seem to be priced about 10k more than we paid for ours last March. I am surprised at the amount of the price increase, and wonder if you've noted this price increase elsewhere where you all live.

Have RVs increased this much in other brands?