Advice/input?/Soon to be "full time"
First post, pretty excited. I have been stalking the forum for the better part of a year now. I'd like to say that there is an enormous amount of information here and am very thankful for that. ...
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum, and yes there is a LOT of great information here.
Going to south Texas, you will want dual air conditioners in a 35' unit. The F-450 is very capable, yet has a problem with plugged oil cooler that causes the exhaust cooler to overheat, and crack, then leak water into the engine - a bad thing. All of this is prevented with a simple coolant water filter. Stop by your local Napa store and get part #FIL 4019 to mount it in the truck heater hose line, and FIL # 4070 for the filter.
I would be recommending a higher end unit because you will be living in it for 3-4 years, perhaps longer if you enjoy it. They come with higher quality sinks, furniture coverings, ect.
Check with your base, and see where you can park your fifth wheel. There are military bases across the USA, and while you are still in, you can camp for a very reasonable cost. I am not sure what the cost will be when you get out, but you can find out soon! They should have a website with locations coast to coast. I know there is a base campground at Pendleton. It might be a lot less expensive to move into the RV sooner than later, and start living at a base campground now. .
Montana is a great RV for full timing. I have looked at the Heartland toy haulers, and was also impressed with them.
You can also look at RV's at Giant RV in San Bernardino, and I bought mine at Thompson's RV in Fountain Valley Ca.
You can also look at RvSearch.com
Have fun looking!
You might also want to look up FreeCampgrounds.com I posted a couple of area BLM places to camp.
I lived in my RV and traveled full time from 2006 - 08, and then lived in nearby Lakeside on a ranch from 2009 to 2013 in the RV. I moved out of the RV in May 13, and am living in Portland OR now.
Escapees.com is a camping club who started by a electrician who decided to take to the road in a new 1960's truck and trailer. They home schooled their kids, and traveled across the country to new job sites. They started to build campgrounds, and planed to have many of them across the country, but regulations prevented them from building anymore. It is just to expensive to develop a new campground anymore. One is a few miles east of Temecula, and they all offer sites that are about 40X60 feet, and offer a low cost rental of the sites while the owners are out traveling.
There are two or three campgrounds in Texas, with Livingston being their headquarters.
I am sure that today you will get several more replies!
Fred.
Welcome to the forum, and yes there is a LOT of great information here.
Going to south Texas, you will want dual air conditioners in a 35' unit. The F-450 is very capable, yet has a problem with plugged oil cooler that causes the exhaust cooler to overheat, and crack, then leak water into the engine - a bad thing. All of this is prevented with a simple coolant water filter. Stop by your local Napa store and get part #FIL 4019 to mount it in the truck heater hose line, and FIL # 4070 for the filter.
I would be recommending a higher end unit because you will be living in it for 3-4 years, perhaps longer if you enjoy it. They come with higher quality sinks, furniture coverings, ect.
Check with your base, and see where you can park your fifth wheel. There are military bases across the USA, and while you are still in, you can camp for a very reasonable cost. I am not sure what the cost will be when you get out, but you can find out soon! They should have a website with locations coast to coast. I know there is a base campground at Pendleton. It might be a lot less expensive to move into the RV sooner than later, and start living at a base campground now. .
Montana is a great RV for full timing. I have looked at the Heartland toy haulers, and was also impressed with them.
You can also look at RV's at Giant RV in San Bernardino, and I bought mine at Thompson's RV in Fountain Valley Ca.
You can also look at RvSearch.com
Have fun looking!
You might also want to look up FreeCampgrounds.com I posted a couple of area BLM places to camp.
I lived in my RV and traveled full time from 2006 - 08, and then lived in nearby Lakeside on a ranch from 2009 to 2013 in the RV. I moved out of the RV in May 13, and am living in Portland OR now.
Escapees.com is a camping club who started by a electrician who decided to take to the road in a new 1960's truck and trailer. They home schooled their kids, and traveled across the country to new job sites. They started to build campgrounds, and planed to have many of them across the country, but regulations prevented them from building anymore. It is just to expensive to develop a new campground anymore. One is a few miles east of Temecula, and they all offer sites that are about 40X60 feet, and offer a low cost rental of the sites while the owners are out traveling.
There are two or three campgrounds in Texas, with Livingston being their headquarters.
I am sure that today you will get several more replies!
Fred.
