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Boozecamp wrote: Looking for ideas from those that full time thru winter. I full time through winter in Iowa. Once it gets down to freezing temps, we just run off the tank, for a couple of reasons. There are two RV parks in the area that are open year round, both charge a flat rate of $300 to repair your hydrant if you freeze it up and it cracks. The guy who was in the spot next to me last winter shelled out over a grand paying for frozen, cracked hydrants. I watched the people with heated hoses last winter, and they all fought them constantly. I spend maybe 10 minutes out in the cold every 2 or 3 days to fill the tank, the people who stayed hooked up spent WAY more time out in the cold fighting with frozen water. I definitely understand the appeal of staying hooked up. Especially with my noisy water pump. But all factors considered, for me it's just not worth it.600Views0likes0CommentsRe: Help me wrap my arms around the full time process
Dog Folks wrote: The last little bit was placed at the curb with a "free to take" sign. This, along with a craigslist ad is a very quick way to get rid of stuff that is too useful to toss in the trash, but not worth the hassle of trying to sell. And when we did it, we found that people were highly appreciative of items that we were feeling silly for not having trashed years ago. Anything with scrap metal value will disappear within the hour. The big thing to remember is that all of the stuff you currently *think* you need to hang on to, you don't. Sentimental things, sure, but my experience was that a massive downsizing of possessions left me feeling free, not deprived. Use your judgement, but keep in mind that a lot of your stuff will cost more to store for 5 years than it will to just buy it again new if you decide you need it later.174Views0likes0CommentsRe: How much will a big fifth wheel limit us?
tsetsaf wrote: If you will be working from the road the boonies is not an option. Satellite internet has terrible latency issues. If you're a 16 year old kid trying to get your xbox online, then, yeah, latency is a deal breaker. If you're a grown up trying to get some work done, the most likely latency will fall somewhere between "minor annoyance" and "latency? what's that?" It's never hard to tell who the gamers are....691Views0likes0CommentsRe: Class a vs. small trailer
We started the whole RV "thing" with a Dodge Durango pulling a 20' travel trailer. It worked out fine. Nobody ended up dead. Divorce was discussed only a few nights a week. Not every night, by any means. Yeah, it worked out fine. Let's put it this way. You're talking about REALLY cramped quarters. We moved up to a 32' motorhome. Our marriage is back on solid ground. Space is good.407Views0likes0CommentsRe: Mid Life Crisis Or Just Ready To Live?
ncrowley wrote: I do not full time in an RV but I have a class A and travel quite a bit. But my response is not related to the RV. In my life, I have found that my greatest rewards have been when I have taken a calculated risk. I say calculated because you need to try and take an unbiased look at the pros and cons and then decide. Do not let anyone, including the people here, tell you what to do. Listen to what everyone says and decide for yourself what applies to you. Use that knowledge to make your decision. Do not decide because you are afraid to fail or because your family is against it. It is your life and it is too short. Do not look back and regret this opportunity. As long and you can financially take care of yourself and your son, you should go on this adventure. Enjoy the ride and create bonding moments with your son. After a few years, you may decide to go back to a stick and bricks home, or you may decide that you want to continue. But you have taken a risk and opened up the world for you and your son. Anyone that full times in an RV is definitely marching to a different drummer. Personally, I love people that have heard that different drummer and did not allow the clamors of those less courageous to drown it out. What this guy said. X 1,000,000484Views0likes0CommentsRe: Mid Life Crisis Or Just Ready To Live?
Spleenstomper wrote: Except that she posted that she wants to live full time in the RV in a spot in Arizona. That must have been mentioned in the "modified" original post that I haven't seen. Even still, I don't see a problem. My wife and I have been in our current spot for nearly a year now and it's working out great. We'd like to travel more, but I have a job here that, for the moment, is just too good to leave. We'll probably sit tight for about another year, then move on (and, yes, that means living in the motorhome through another Iowa winter). I can hear a lot of people asking "If you're not travelling, why not just get a "real" house?". First and foremost, neither one of us wants to. We live in beautiful surroundings, we get to sleep under dark skies with no street lights glaring through the windows, no screaming sirens at 3am, and we're surrounded by happy people. None of those things have been true when we've lived in the city. Or even when we've lived in a small town. I spent 20 years of my life living the "bigger, better, more" crap. A house is not "security", and you can't buy peace of mind and happiness at WalMart. Here's my point. We are free. In the true sense of the word. If I get tired of this job, or management tells me they've outsourced my position, I'm only a tank of gas and one week from pretty much any opportunity anywhere in the country. No house to sell, no storage units to rent, no movers to hire. We can break camp and be on the highway in an afternoon. To me, that's real security. I feel more stable and secure now than I ever did when I was a homeowner.485Views0likes0CommentsRe: Sell House to Buy 5ver and Truck
Got kids? Cousins? Friends? As far as the bank needs to know, you live with them. That's your address. You just happen to "go camping" more than most folks. My "official" mailing address is a house that I have never slept a night in. The small amount of mail that gets sent there gets tossed in a box that sits in the corner of a little used room. I swing by and pick it up every few months. That's even the address on my driver's license. Minimal hassle for the people doing us the favor, and it satisfies the requirement for a "real" address.171Views0likes0CommentsRe: Wondering??
I wouldn't mind having a home base, but it wouldn't be a house. I'm a fairly "handy" guy, grandpa taught me how to fix cars before I was old enough to drive, always done my own home repairs, etc... Since we went full-time 2 years ago I find I'm spending WAY too much money having other people do repairs and maintenance that I'd be perfectly fine doing myself. Plus, I prefer doing it myself because then I know it's been done right. Since going full-time, there are certain things that I simply don't have a suitable spot to do. My perfect home base would be 2 or 3 acres of wooded land, about 10 miles out from a decent sized city (so parts and supplies are handy), with a shed large enough to pull the motorhome or a couple of cars into. Add on a concrete pad with full RV hookups, and I'd call it perfect.477Views0likes0Comments
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