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Foggy mountains · Foggy mountains

hi to y’all out there wherever you are. Hopefully it’s where you want to be. My husband and I are getting ready to go full time in a 5th wheel and we have a new duramax diesel 2500HD Chevy 3/4 ton with all the trailer towing upgrades. What is the best 4 season 5th wheel, under 30 ft. now days? I have been heari...

s2man · s2man

I recently bought an '87 Jamboree with the intent of gutting it and installing a mobile sharpening service. But the more I dug into the coach the better the mechanical systems looked (aesthetics need some work, of course). Then, while planning the shop layout, I realized the actual volume of my equip...

Vinson-Olson · Vinson-Olson

This is Jerry and Betty in Texas and have just signed on. We have both just retired after putting in over 105 collective years of working. Since 2004, we have traveled by car to most of our USA for fun, to meet friends or family and we've done it by taking 2-3 week trips and staying in the hotels. We now want...

OurTime · OurTime

Hello, How is everyone doing? My wife and I are starting the research and planning to become full timers. After raising several children successfully, we would like to get out and do something together with just us and the dogs. We enjoy traveling and seeing new places and just enjoy life all around....

New Member · dosbeagles

Hello my name is Chris. My wife and I have been rving since 1989. We full timed for two years from 2013 to 2015 but health issues and family issues have taken us off the road. We currently do not have an rv. Our last was a 40 foot Winnebago Ultimate Advantage. That was the rig we full timed in. We are st...

RVStrayKatz · RVStrayKatz

Was just pointed to this forum by a fellow member and RV friend of ours, can't believe we have been in the RV community for a few years now and had not come across such and excellent board. Dawna and I with our two little furry friends Reggie and Lizzy are the RVStrayKatz, we started as snowbirds and have tr...

KatharinaM33 · KatharinaM33

Hello Community!My name is Katharina and i am living in Venice Beach. I am lucky to have found such a nice RVing community to talk about my RVing tours i am doing form time to time.wishes katharina

Stevefury · Stevefury

Thank you for allowing us to join your forum. Since this is an introduction, here's a short about me: I will be 56 in January. I grew up camping almost every spring/summer/fall weekend as a kid until about 17 years old with my parents, 3 siblings in a couple popup campers in the mid 60s to late 70's. I have a...

Bob M · Bob M

Hello All, Like the subject says DW and I are closing in on retirement and are strongly considering the full time RV lifestyle in either a 5'er or a Class A. One of the reasons for considering the fulltime lifestyle is because we don't know where we want to retire. We had a tent camper for years and real...

LPinTX · LPinTX

We are long-time RVers (weekends and vacations for the last 20 years) who attended two RV Dreams rallies, and we are finally ready to full time. We started our RV life in a 25’ fifth wheel and then went to a 32’ Class C motorhome. Shortly before we retired this year, we sold the motorhome and purchased a...

sanstech · sanstech

My wife and I are going on the road - We decided to give it at least a year as Full time RVers. I'm 69 and I want to see if I can make. Open to any suggestions. We bought a new Jayco Flight SLX 8. We are going to pull it with a 2018 Toyota Tacoma V6.

Dando · Dando

Been rving since 1992.. aljo 1902, aljo 24 foot, prowler, tahoe, k-z new vision ultra, montana legacy... dodge dakota, 95 f-350, 97 ford f 350 , 2002 f350, 2004 Ram Cummins, 2015 ram cummins, 2017 RAM CUMMINS TOW DADDY! Aisin, 4:10s, Auto level, prep, 3500 4x4 Dually longhorn.. took 2 years to find the...

AKdreaming · AKdreaming

Hello all, Army vet retired from the Army at least. We lived in our RV a Keytsone Cougar 5th wheel for a year and pulled that thing up to Alaska after I retired from the Army. Now I am in the process of getting a degree in Computer Systems Technology. The plan is to go full time and travel after I finish my degr...

Mo · Mo

Hi everyone! My name is Monisha, but my friends call me Mo. I'm a 38-year-old disabled vet and PhD student who is ready to live my RV dreams. There is a lot to tell about myself - like the life I've lived as a woman in the Army and as a veteran - and I don't know where to begin. I saw a different side of com...

borderman · borderman

Old married couple from Indiana with a fifth wheel, from a travel trailer. Some differences, may have questions.

arcaguy · arcaguy

Hi everyone, as you can probably guess I'm brand new here. The reason I joined is that I'm in the process (a long one) of deciding what RV my wife and I purchase when I retire in a little over 2 years. I have ruled out a trailer as I am a fairly avid motorcyclist and don't intend on giving up my bike. This lea...

jmmandjk · jmmandjk

I am new here and new the RV world. We ordered our 5th wheel last month and we pick it up Tuesday. I can't wait. We have a Keystone Montana 3931FB. It is 41.5 ft with 3 slides. We are parking it at a local campground so we can get to know our 5er. This is the first RV for us. We plan on going full time later n...

OneReallyOldGuy · OneReallyOldGuy

My wife and I have decided to live fulltime in an RV. I have done extensive research for the past 9 months and we‘re finally ready to give birth to our life changing decision. We quickly decided on a fifth wheel and began our long journey to find the right one. We narrowed the search down to DRV, Luxe, and Ne...

Penny · Penny

I have always wanted to travel when I retired. I attended a workshop with Howard and Linda in Columbus this year and I was hooked on the idea of RVing. I am brand new. I retire in June. I do not own a RV yet but I am seriously looking at travel trailers I have never driven anything bigger than a Honda fit. ...

Cyride · Cyride

35 years ago my wife and I was on our honeymoon in the Yellowstone area. While there we talked with some folks that were spending the summer voluntering in the park while living in their RV. My wife and I thought that would definitely be something we would like to do and have kept it in the back of our mind...

DaveImagine · DaveImagine

Greetings RV-Dream'ers! Looking forward to starting an RV adventure in Fall 2019 with my family of 5 (me, wife and 3 kids). We plan to go for one or more years and travel all around North America to see the sights. Since we don't have an RV or TV we will be starting fresh. I have very limited experience towi...

DagoRanch · DagoRanch

I've returned, some of you MAY remember me. I was active on here back in 2009-2011 when my wife and I had decided to leave the rat-race and start planning to full-time RV work/travel. We thought we had it figured out and how we could make it work. The downward spiraling economy had other things in stor...

2014Sierra · 2014Sierra

Hi, My wife and I have been living full time for about 8 years now. Let me back up just a little. I have been RV camping since I was an infant. (thanks dad) I was raised as an explorer, maybe that was part of the reason I enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. after a bit of time, I got out and worked for the Veterans...

Oilpig · Oilpig

Howdy folks! My wife and I are in the process of listing our house, buying our first RV, and roaming the country for a year before our daughter starts kindergarten next year. We are VERY fortunate in that my wife works for a health and happiness company and can work from anywhere, as a petroleum geolog...

dck22 · dck22

Hello everyone. We are very happy to be here. My wife and I just got a 2018 Forest River Forester 3271s. It is our first motorhome and first time camping since tent camping around the Southeast during our honeymoon 41 years ago. My wife is retired and I guess I am to. I've been working as a contractor for d...

Meinmn · Meinmn

Hello everyone. Hubby and I are looking forward to nice weather and going camping. We are experiencing an ice storm here in a Minnesota right now. Very nasty! I retired earlier this year and Hubby plans to retire in May. We have a workcamper position for the summer in Mpls / St Paul area. We are hopeful...

cork8364 · cork8364

It took me awhile but the Rally in Pigeon Forge pushed my wife over to my side and is now agreeing that we need to go full-time. We are about to list our house and I told my boss I will be resigning my federal government civil service position in the April timeframe. My wife (Jari) is legally blind due to Mult...

dovenson · dovenson

Hello guys and gals! I'm Benson, and my family owns a 2015 Winnebago Minnie. So nice to be part of this community.

fhlphotos · fhlphotos

I have plans to buy a camper and live in it eventually. I look forward to learning all I can from others who are living in your campers full time.

Campgirl · Campgirl

Good morning. I'm new here and yesterday's attempt to say hi isn't showing up, not even on my profile, so I'm not sure what happenned. Any ideas?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Hi everyone! We’re new to the community, and also not tech savvy. It’s nice to meet y’all! (Preview) hi to y’all out there wherever you are. Hopefully it’s where you want to be. My husband and I are getting ready to go full time in a 5th wheel and we have a new duramax diesel 2500HD Chevy 3/4 ton with all the trailer towing upgrades. What is the best 4 season 5th wheel, under 30 ft. now days? I have been heari...	Foggy mountains	11	1465	09:20 PM Sep 19, 2018 by Foggy mountains
	Hello Dreamers (Preview) I recently bought an '87 Jamboree with the intent of gutting it and installing a mobile sharpening service. But the more I dug into the coach the better the mechanical systems looked (aesthetics need some work, of course). Then, while planning the shop layout, I realized the actual volume of my equip...	s2man	0	838	02:12 AM Sep 5, 2018 by s2man
	Hello from two newbies. (Preview) This is Jerry and Betty in Texas and have just signed on. We have both just retired after putting in over 105 collective years of working. Since 2004, we have traveled by car to most of our USA for fun, to meet friends or family and we've done it by taking 2-3 week trips and staying in the hotels. We now want...	Vinson-Olson	11	1217	07:51 AM Aug 25, 2018 by jayc
	Hello Everyone (Preview) Hello, How is everyone doing? My wife and I are starting the research and planning to become full timers. After raising several children successfully, we would like to get out and do something together with just us and the dogs. We enjoy traveling and seeing new places and just enjoy life all around....	OurTime	7	1032	07:44 AM Aug 25, 2018 by jayc
	New Member (Preview) Hello my name is Chris. My wife and I have been rving since 1989. We full timed for two years from 2013 to 2015 but health issues and family issues have taken us off the road. We currently do not have an rv. Our last was a 40 foot Winnebago Ultimate Advantage. That was the rig we full timed in. We are st...	dosbeagles	10	1375	11:04 PM Aug 24, 2018 by EugeneBusby
	Howdy Y'all (Preview) Was just pointed to this forum by a fellow member and RV friend of ours, can't believe we have been in the RV community for a few years now and had not come across such and excellent board. Dawna and I with our two little furry friends Reggie and Lizzy are the RVStrayKatz, we started as snowbirds and have tr...	RVStrayKatz	4	1724	06:11 PM Jul 20, 2018 by RonC
	Hello from Venice Beach (Preview) Hello Community!My name is Katharina and i am living in Venice Beach. I am lucky to have found such a nice RVing community to talk about my RVing tours i am doing form time to time.wishes katharina	KatharinaM33	2	1111	07:00 AM Jul 10, 2018 by arcaguy
	Hello, Steve and Des from Georgia (Preview) Thank you for allowing us to join your forum. Since this is an introduction, here's a short about me: I will be 56 in January. I grew up camping almost every spring/summer/fall weekend as a kid until about 17 years old with my parents, 3 siblings in a couple popup campers in the mid 60s to late 70's. I have a...	Stevefury	5	1788	08:58 PM Jun 28, 2018 by LarryW21
	2.5 Years and counting (Preview) Hello All, Like the subject says DW and I are closing in on retirement and are strongly considering the full time RV lifestyle in either a 5'er or a Class A. One of the reasons for considering the fulltime lifestyle is because we don't know where we want to retire. We had a tent camper for years and real...	Bob M	6	1359	11:26 AM Jun 22, 2018 by Barbaraok
	Hello from San Antonio, TX (Preview) We are long-time RVers (weekends and vacations for the last 20 years) who attended two RV Dreams rallies, and we are finally ready to full time. We started our RV life in a 25’ fifth wheel and then went to a 32’ Class C motorhome. Shortly before we retired this year, we sold the motorhome and purchased a...	LPinTX	1	1070	08:49 PM Jun 19, 2018 by LarryW21
	Retiring from business (Preview) My wife and I are going on the road - We decided to give it at least a year as Full time RVers. I'm 69 and I want to see if I can make. Open to any suggestions. We bought a new Jayco Flight SLX 8. We are going to pull it with a 2018 Toyota Tacoma V6.	sanstech	4	1722	08:56 AM Jun 8, 2018 by LarryW21
	New Guy Here (Preview) Been rving since 1992.. aljo 1902, aljo 24 foot, prowler, tahoe, k-z new vision ultra, montana legacy... dodge dakota, 95 f-350, 97 ford f 350 , 2002 f350, 2004 Ram Cummins, 2015 ram cummins, 2017 RAM CUMMINS TOW DADDY! Aisin, 4:10s, Auto level, prep, 3500 4x4 Dually longhorn.. took 2 years to find the...	Dando	2	1458	02:42 PM Jun 7, 2018 by sanstech
	Hello FNG here. (Preview) Hello all, Army vet retired from the Army at least. We lived in our RV a Keytsone Cougar 5th wheel for a year and pulled that thing up to Alaska after I retired from the Army. Now I am in the process of getting a degree in Computer Systems Technology. The plan is to go full time and travel after I finish my degr...	AKdreaming	5	1500	06:29 PM May 29, 2018 by Mo
	Greetings! (Preview) Hi everyone! My name is Monisha, but my friends call me Mo. I'm a 38-year-old disabled vet and PhD student who is ready to live my RV dreams. There is a lot to tell about myself - like the life I've lived as a woman in the Army and as a veteran - and I don't know where to begin. I saw a different side of com...	Mo	5	1683	12:18 PM May 1, 2018 by Mo
	Hello (Preview) Old married couple from Indiana with a fifth wheel, from a travel trailer. Some differences, may have questions.	borderman	2	1473	03:45 PM Apr 25, 2018 by RonC
	Hello everyone (Preview) Hi everyone, as you can probably guess I'm brand new here. The reason I joined is that I'm in the process (a long one) of deciding what RV my wife and I purchase when I retire in a little over 2 years. I have ruled out a trailer as I am a fairly avid motorcyclist and don't intend on giving up my bike. This lea...	arcaguy	2	1152	08:28 PM Apr 24, 2018 by arcaguy
	Hello everyone (Preview) I am new here and new the RV world. We ordered our 5th wheel last month and we pick it up Tuesday. I can't wait. We have a Keystone Montana 3931FB. It is 41.5 ft with 3 slides. We are parking it at a local campground so we can get to know our 5er. This is the first RV for us. We plan on going full time later n...	jmmandjk	4	1723	02:23 PM Apr 22, 2018 by RonC
	Hello everyone (Preview) My wife and I have decided to live fulltime in an RV. I have done extensive research for the past 9 months and we‘re finally ready to give birth to our life changing decision. We quickly decided on a fifth wheel and began our long journey to find the right one. We narrowed the search down to DRV, Luxe, and Ne...	OneReallyOldGuy	3	1422	02:47 PM Apr 19, 2018 by TonyM
	Hello (Preview) I have always wanted to travel when I retired. I attended a workshop with Howard and Linda in Columbus this year and I was hooked on the idea of RVing. I am brand new. I retire in June. I do not own a RV yet but I am seriously looking at travel trailers I have never driven anything bigger than a Honda fit. ...	Penny	6	1559	08:57 PM Apr 14, 2018 by melody
	Chasing our dream (Preview) 35 years ago my wife and I was on our honeymoon in the Yellowstone area. While there we talked with some folks that were spending the summer voluntering in the park while living in their RV. My wife and I thought that would definitely be something we would like to do and have kept it in the back of our mind...	Cyride	4	1644	01:18 AM Apr 5, 2018 by Someday
	Hello! (Preview) Greetings RV-Dream'ers! Looking forward to starting an RV adventure in Fall 2019 with my family of 5 (me, wife and 3 kids). We plan to go for one or more years and travel all around North America to see the sights. Since we don't have an RV or TV we will be starting fresh. I have very limited experience towi...	DaveImagine	4	1335	06:40 PM Apr 2, 2018 by DaveImagine
	Hello AGAIN! (Preview) I've returned, some of you MAY remember me. I was active on here back in 2009-2011 when my wife and I had decided to leave the rat-race and start planning to full-time RV work/travel. We thought we had it figured out and how we could make it work. The downward spiraling economy had other things in stor...	DagoRanch	9	1510	09:07 PM Mar 17, 2018 by DagoRanch
	My intro (Preview) Hi, My wife and I have been living full time for about 8 years now. Let me back up just a little. I have been RV camping since I was an infant. (thanks dad) I was raised as an explorer, maybe that was part of the reason I enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. after a bit of time, I got out and worked for the Veterans...	2014Sierra	6	1617	11:52 AM Mar 7, 2018 by austinrver22
	Going full-time for 1 yr with a 4 yr old :) (Preview) Howdy folks! My wife and I are in the process of listing our house, buying our first RV, and roaming the country for a year before our daughter starts kindergarten next year. We are VERY fortunate in that my wife works for a health and happiness company and can work from anywhere, as a petroleum geolog...	Oilpig	4	1168	11:49 AM Feb 25, 2018 by Russ Ranger
	Just starting (Preview) Hello everyone. We are very happy to be here. My wife and I just got a 2018 Forest River Forester 3271s. It is our first motorhome and first time camping since tent camping around the Southeast during our honeymoon 41 years ago. My wife is retired and I guess I am to. I've been working as a contractor for d...	dck22	2	1058	10:15 AM Feb 24, 2018 by LarryW21
	Introduction (Preview) Hello everyone. Hubby and I are looking forward to nice weather and going camping. We are experiencing an ice storm here in a Minnesota right now. Very nasty! I retired earlier this year and Hubby plans to retire in May. We have a workcamper position for the summer in Mpls / St Paul area. We are hopeful...	Meinmn	3	1131	09:55 PM Feb 23, 2018 by RonC
	Getting close now! (Preview) It took me awhile but the Rally in Pigeon Forge pushed my wife over to my side and is now agreeing that we need to go full-time. We are about to list our house and I told my boss I will be resigning my federal government civil service position in the April timeframe. My wife (Jari) is legally blind due to Mult...	cork8364	1	1039	12:43 PM Feb 8, 2018 by RonC
	another rv fan (Preview) Hello guys and gals! I'm Benson, and my family owns a 2015 Winnebago Minnie. So nice to be part of this community.	dovenson	1	1317	09:53 AM Feb 2, 2018 by LarryW21
	Country Girl Stuck In City but Dreaming of Camping! (Preview) I have plans to buy a camper and live in it eventually. I look forward to learning all I can from others who are living in your campers full time.	fhlphotos	3	1395	07:11 PM Jan 30, 2018 by LarryW21
	Hey ya'll (Preview) Good morning. I'm new here and yesterday's attempt to say hi isn't showing up, not even on my profile, so I'm not sure what happenned. Any ideas?	Campgirl	3	1075	01:48 PM Jan 29, 2018 by Campgirl
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