Full-time and don't/didn't like it?

pnichols wrote:

Slowmover wrote:
The point is to be outside. Shirtsleeve weather. Some extra clothing to cover a variety of conditions. The pleasure of cooking inside or out.

If my “ideal” was a lumbering, unstable 5’er to which I had to buy a commercial vehicle to drag it with, that sure takes the fun out of solo touring a region. Day trips.

Same with a Moho. It’s flat funny seeing the “toad” that only two people will ever use. A big family group it makes some sense. But repairs and maintenance are a pain as little is DIY. Two drivetrains has to be justified.

THE POINT is that many MAY NOT have made good choice when it came time to buy an RV.

The extra work of “bigger” is a huge turnoff. If not today, then tomorrow.

Highest reliability, longest-life and ease of travel were the priorities I learned as third generation owner of type.

Set-up and take-down shouldn’t be a burden.

There’s NEVER an end of things to do or see. A major city or an unknown region. Any budget.

A life of television has stunted many of you. Most of whom you might meet.

Throw it out, as it’s poison.

No one had them until reasonably priced solid-state portables were available in the mid-late 1970s.

Absolutely NO ONE missed them.

Examine assumptions. The rut you prefer is still just that.
The lifelong slave loves his collar too much to remove it.

An RV is maybe last chance to wake up in an unfamiliar place . . and allow the unfamiliar part of you come forward.

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Well, unless your profile isn't up to date .... your RV setup is a PU truck towing a fairly good sized TT or 5'er of some type .... which seems to me to be a bit limiting.

It my opinion, the "RV'ing philosophy" of yours above seems to indicate this kind of a rig ;) :

It’s a possibility. Very short trips. In no way full-time. And, does it make a good family vehicle the rest of the time? (No).

Add in a definition:

1). How long parked on one place with no need of re-supply? Nothing. No external sources connected.

2). Now: bad weather. Illness or injury. Confined to vehicle.

— Point being just how “true” is it the vehicle is self-contained? Time, is the answer, along with possible complications. The primary limitation is water capacity. Propane a close second. (Electrical pretty much irrelevant. Not necessary except for furnace fan).

Propane is what makes an RV possible. Cook, clean, bathe, refrigerate food and lighting.

The Quigley camper van trades self-containment for but a few miles of unpaved road capability. (Some may want that).

Mines longer than I wanted. But it’s not going off-pavement in any reasonable sense of that restriction. Two weeks unsupplied is easy. Cooling or heating isn’t difficult. The pickup was my company’s vehicle. Not necessary, but already owned it. No house, so it still functions for the “business” of trailer restoration. Until not needed. Then, back to a car. I’m pretty tired of a 9,000-lb trucks poor braking in a combined rig versus that of a 5,000-lb car, for starters. Same for handling and crosswind-resistance. It’s more work with the same trailer.

Gee, how does he know that?


As to travel, again, a new place is new people. How they live three states over. How they got their start as a state. Then the differences in geography, zoology, and the rest.

An RV is the extension to the weekend day trips you’ve made from home.

“Where” one is parked is OCCASIONALLY the point. A campground is a campground is a campground. It’s about the region. What there is to see and enjoy. (A destination campground is a different beast).

The miles solo ALWAYS dominate. They determine BEST vehicle spec.

As for the grumps, we know who made bad choices and think the primary purpose of RV’ng is to watch TV some warmer or cooler place. Attacking me versus THE ATTEMPT to understand what was written, well . . . carry on. TV really is your god. Getcher panties untwisted a little more quietly, huh?

My first thirty years of this travel was in using cars. Same trailer type and weight. Cars not as good as what can be found today. But were better than the pickups “you” believe necessary (when there’s no IRS rules applicable). Can’t separate meanings of Need versus Desire.

Family car. Easy-to-tow TT. The formula is easy. . Lower budget, and did more.

You want unstable, short-lived and expensive to operate, have at it. Stay with the lemmings on that hard road. New guys with 15, 20 years of ignorance and the contempt to prove it.

Get on back to the satellite TV threads. Keep the poison fresh. Hit a few National Parks. Visit a few long-lost relatives. Call that your great adventure.

There was more to be experienced. Hiding between your ears, and, when found by accident, rejected.

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