Full Time RVers

Where do you Park?

Hey everyone. I'm new to the Forum, and I'm about to take the leap in a few weeks to full-time RV living. My question is this, Where do you park?Do you stay in RV parks? Trailer parks? Wal-Mart parking lots? I'm a touring performer, so I don't need a...

Full-timing in same TT for over 10 years .. anyone else ?

We have full-timed in the same TT since March 2004 .. anyone else full-timing in a travel trailer?We have been made aware of an underlining doubt when we tell people that we full-timing in a travel trailers .. many think it can only be done in a mot...

Long shot, anyone used WA state as home base?

We want to go full time next year and are current residents of Washington state. Washington state doesn't come up on the usual suspects of RV'r domicile choices for some reason (South Dakota, Florida, and Texas being the three).The only mail forwar...

Online ordering hassles

We have been fulltiming for over 12 years now, and we have ordered hundreds of items online during that time. I ran in to a brand new set of hoops today.On Saturday, I ordered an RC plane from AMain.com. This morning I received an email with the fo...

If you had Eight Years to Plan

I posted this topic in another forum and wanted to use it again to introduce myself. My wife and I are planning to retire to an RV in 2023 and are using the time to plan. I've been browsing these forums for sometime and thought it was time to start...

The costs of a full year van-dwelling

I have tracked my van-dwelling expenses for one full year now, mostly as an experiment to see where the money really goes in my style of van-dwelling. While other van-dwellers tend to stay put for long periods of time. I usually put down a lot of mil...

Travel from boise to pas vegas

Hello everyone, new to the forum, so I'll introduce myself. I have been full time since may and have circled the US and have come back to boise. We got hit hard by this storm and found out our camper is not as winter friendly as we thought! My water ...

50amp Surge Guard Needed or Not

Hello all we just bought a 2011 new to us 5th wheel and will be picking up tomorrow so pictures to follow. I have a $200 gift card to use at the RV lot store. This RV will be placed in a Resort RV park, can anyone tell me how inportance a Surge Guard...

Winter living In Wyoming

Has anyone lived in central Wyoming in a 5th wheel during the winter? We are trying to prepare for winter & do not want to leave anything out. We have a 2014 Big Country 5th Wheel & live on 5 acres & wide open to the elements. Just moved & were hit...

How long to get ready?

Once you decided to FT - how long did it take to: decide what to take, store, give away, sell house, get insurance and all that stuff?

Question on using RV Loan

I have a quick question I needed to ask, and wasn't sure where to ask it. I just got a loan in order to go full-time and leave the mortgages behind.Obviously I wanted to get solar panels, maintenance kits, the whole shibang. My question is--the RV ob...

New Guy, Basic Questions on Full Time Cost

Just wanted to see if anybody has any advice for living full time in a Fifth Wheel or TT? I am seriously considering it, but not sure about the repairs involved, electricity, costs, etc. I am willing to learn. What concerns me is that the costs for a...

Wiring Help

We are new to RV'ing, and this is my first post on the subject. We are in the process of building a house, and have decided to live out of a 5th-wheel full-time while we build. Which leads me to my question....We have a temporary power pole that curr...

Question??

How many of you that fulltime own a rv lot that you call home. I mean that is your exit plan when you get to an age you don't feel comfortable pulling or driving your rv. I see no difference in living in a small home when we get elderly, God willing...

Role of grand parents.

How much value do you see in being to be a part of your grand children's lives. We presently only have 2 grand children so it wouldn't be too hard to fit them into a full timer's schedule but with 4 more kids approaching the time when they will be st...

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