Need help from people that live in 5th wheels full time...

http://ourtravelingtribe.com/ http://www.devoesontheroll.com/ http://happilyuprooted.com/ http://crowdedcamper.com/ http://www.herdofturtles.org/ http://coach-and-six.blogspot.com/
http://boyinks4adventure.com/ http://malimish.com/ Here are some family blogs to get you started. Some are more active than others, but most have information about how they chose the RV they have, how they made the decision to full-time or most-time. They seem fairly candid to me for the most part. Happy Reading! LG

I sent you a PM with some ideas you might want to look into.
Happy reading!

Back when I was in college and lived in a "trailer park" you know the kind for what are now called mobile homes, there were several families that came in and stayed for about 6-8 months in fifth wheels or TT's. they all worked for a single company doing electrical work in major commercial construction projects. I guess that was my first exposure to full-time RV'ers, although they only moved once or twice a year.

I think this is much more common now (30+ years later). Several RV parks I have looked at for a place to stay when traveling have advertised "closest RV Park to ????" and naming a nearby plant that requires periodic shutdown/maintenance or doing major expansions.

We have met a number of fulltime families on the road. The ones with older children often home school, but we see school buses stopping in campgrounds often. Don't discount mobile home parks as places for longer term stays. Many do allow RVs.

In addition to Families on the Road, take a look at Fulltime Families.

Good Luck with whatever you decide!!

Thanks for all the info. Keep it coming =)

Here is a website dedicated to families on the road.

Lots of good information here: Link

Consider the weather also. If it's real hot you will need lots of electricity. If it's real cold you will need lots of propane. Best use of many rv's is to follow mild weather. Top end units will be best suited to temp extremes.

We have two daughters, aged 10 and 7. We don't full-time, but we do spend from the middle of April until late September in our unit EVERY year. We have a front bunkhouse fifth wheel.

We have a bunkhouse TT and we hated the bunk room. The girls either had to lay in their beds or be in the living room area with us. With the front bunkhouse, there are bunk beds and a couch and enough room for the girls to lay in the floor and work a puzzle or play a game or read. There is a desk where one of the girls will do their homework while the other one does hers at the dinette. They swap places each evening or if it's pretty, they will sit at the picnic table.

There are a few companies that make them now.

This is the floorplan that we have Wildcat


Here is the Palomino, Sabre Silhouette

Look for a 5th wheel with bunk beds for the children so they can each have their own space to stash their stuff.

Google "full-timing RVing and homeschooling" and read the many blogs out there. Many folks do it.

Good luck!

Not much RV experience,
Would only be for a few years. Till the oldest starts school. Was hoping to hear from someone that does this already and know how they like it and deal with it.