Newbie Decision-PT work on road

Remember there is currently a flood of baby boomers getting into RV'ing. Many of them still healthy enough to want to work while on the road. So there's going to be lots and lots of skilled competition. If you and your SO don't have backgrounds in highly sought after trades, keep your expectations on finding work low. You might considered volunteering at RV parks, or Corp of Engineers areas as a campground host, or host at historical areas. You get your space for free in exchange for hosting, cleanup, that sort of thing. Sure there are some jobs, like guarding the gates to oil wells, or traveling around checking for propane leaks in main pipes, but from what I read about those jobs, they're not all that fun.

I've been full timing for 13 years now, retired 8 years early and lived off the proceeds of the sale of my house, and in the beginning, I had to play the camp host for RV parks for a free space, spent a lot of time at free spaces while traveling like at Walmarts, worked at Amazon in their CamperForce, etc.. Now I've got a routine down and with SS income, I can save $1,000 per month by being frugal and parking at less than 'resorts' most of the year. Doing so paid for my 2 month Europe trip two years ago.

I am a snowbird now so I spend months in Mexico every winter, and the rest slowly traveling north. But when I work, it's to volunteer somewhere fun.

Thanks for the input. Lot to consider but good to have the experience of others.

Go look at everything you can get into. This will be your first coach, it will probably not be your last. Find a floor plan you like and then decide if you are going to travel more or park more. It takes a lot of travel to amortize the additional cost of diesel. But, if you like mountains, a turbo charger fixes them.

Choose carefully grasshopper.

Matt

There have been many discussions on this topic so a search would help. Basically, it is a decision based on many personal factors. In general, if you live in a coach for long periods of time, something bigger is better and a diesel is good because it can carry more and pull more. However, there are those that are very happy living in something smaller and a gas engine. It is hard to know how you will feel living in something for long periods until you have done so. For us, we thought a smaller RV would work for us but we got tired of always tripping over each other and the dog. If you look at the threads posted over the years, most people look for a bigger RV for long trips.

A gasser will have lower CCC than a DP, so that might me a consideration.

Whatever floorplan you choose is a personal decision. What will work for the two of you. Only thing we find important is that we can access the kitchen and bathroom with all slides in. Any rv you choose in your price range will be fine for workamping unless you specifically need office space, want to haul toys with you etc. We are in a 36' gas class A, have been fulltiming for 6 yrs and are still happy with our choice. If we were purchasing again the must have's, which we currently have, would be: walk around bed, 4 dr large refrigerator, full size sofa, full size shower. We have workamped in private owned, forestry parks, county and city parks, and worked for a concessionaire. Our MH worked in all places as we had full-hookup sites provided for us at all of them.

"with the possibility of working part time of the year on the road"

What type of P/T work are you seeking?