What size and type RV do you use to full-time?

Bigger is actually better - we half time and with bigger more room to spread out and more room for stuff

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We go for 6 - 7 months out of the year with a 40' DP. I haven't had any problems with the 40' and much prefer the extra 5' over whatever a shorter unit might provide. If you do buy the shorter one, I'd recommend used as you might want something larger in a year or two.

Bill

Class A, 35 foot, with LR and BR slides. Have owned this for 23 months now and only wish I could have afforded a 3 or 4 slide unit. But I love it...all this space! It's like a real apartment. My other Class A, 35 foot, didn't have any slides and after 12 years in it, I hated it.

BTW, if you get a 4 slide, then you can get a shorter RV since you have so much more elbow room. That is if you tend to drive a few days, than park for weeks. Careful with your choice because some of them are really uncomfortable with the slides in. Poor designs. So if you'll be driving a lot, pay attention to that during your search. Really have to visit them in person to tell.

Not "full timing" but use our camper "full time" (really). Bigger is better, and if you don't have kids at home any more, get a camper designed for 2 and no one else. If you have a guest, they can sleep on the couch and grand kids can sleep on the floor.

But it really boils down to your own lifestyle and how you adapt.

36' fifth wheel for us. You will get just about as many answers to this as there are members on the forum, though.

Rob

“What size and type RV do you use to full-time?“

Depends on where you want to camp. Private RV parks...good to go. Boondocking in USFS out West...too big for many.

28'5" class c with no slides (a requirement for truly cold weather use).

I have Full timed in a 33' no slide and a 34' 7" with one slide for over 18 years.
Only problem for you may be some of the shorter ones have no room for a washer/dryer if you want one.

That hasn't been a problem for me as laundromats have worked fine for me.

I have seen no need for 40' or bigger with up to 4 slides. They are just more problems ready to happen and less MPG when traveling.

With my one slide I can use everything in the MH with slide in. In fact when traveling from point A to B I never put the slide out when staying overnight no matter how many days the trip is. And if the camping is level I don't even put the jacks down overnight.

I have to disagree with most of the posters here as I feel shorter is better. Starting at 17 feet long and increasing as the rig gets bigger and bigger, the number of places you can go and the number of places you can get into drops dramatically. I suppose a monster Class A, with chandeliers, bowling alley, swimming pool, etc. is great if you want to sit in an RV park all year and not actually go anywhere, but then, why have an RV at all? RVs are meant to go places.

One of the great things about fulltiming is that you can just pick up and go whenever you want to. If you have a lumbering behemoth of an RV, it isn't so easy to do that. You never know if you'll be able to find someplace to park at your destination--unless you have the scratch to pay $75 a night to park at an "RV resort."

Just my opinion but as far as I'm concerned, not having "stuff" is an element of the freedom of fulltiming, and that includes the house you're hauling around the country.