Thinking of "Full Time" with your help
Hello folks. This is my first post so be gentle... I’ve read many posts on different forums on a great deal of issues and hope I’ve learned enough to not ask too many dumb questions. Now there ...
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You're already looking in the right direction for the correct rig for full timing. I currently have a National Tropical 35' DP. It's great for what I do with it and has plenty of room for our two week trips. But if I was going to full time, I'd want more room. I probably wouldn't do the 45' myself, but that's only because I don't want to have the road restriction issue. The main things I'd look for in a full time coach would be at least three slides, a king sized bed, and lots of basement storage with easy access to it, like those big pull out drawers.
Now on one thing you said, you say you plan on staying half the time with friends and family hooked up to their power. Keep in mind that a rig of your size will need a 50amp power supply if you want to run everything in it, especially your air conditioners. Most houses do not have an RV outlet like that unless somebody has installed one. Most house outlets are 15amp outlets. I keep my motorhome plugged into a 15 amp outlet but if I try and start one of the AC's it blows the breaker. Right now my motorhome is in my shop and I have it plugged into a 20 amp outlet and I can actually run one AC unit from it, but I have to switch the frig over to gas or the breaker kicks if both run at the same time.
Now on one thing you said, you say you plan on staying half the time with friends and family hooked up to their power. Keep in mind that a rig of your size will need a 50amp power supply if you want to run everything in it, especially your air conditioners. Most houses do not have an RV outlet like that unless somebody has installed one. Most house outlets are 15amp outlets. I keep my motorhome plugged into a 15 amp outlet but if I try and start one of the AC's it blows the breaker. Right now my motorhome is in my shop and I have it plugged into a 20 amp outlet and I can actually run one AC unit from it, but I have to switch the frig over to gas or the breaker kicks if both run at the same time.
