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Traveling Grunts · Traveling Grunts

My Wonderful Husband was in Marines Infantry ( aka grunt) and we have called ourselves the Grunt family for years. Now we are making a HUGE lifestyle change and giving up everything that we have worked really hard for to pursue a life of more freedom and simplicity and becoming fulltime RVer. We have a o...

foxriverguy · foxriverguy

As future full-timers we wonder what others do with such important papers as insurance policies, RV and/or toad titles, etc. We don't know if we should keep them in a safe deposit box or with us as we travel. What do you take and what do you keep in a safe location other than your RV home? As always, thank yo...

tibbar · tibbar

I guess I have the cart before the Horse and have posted before introducing myself. My name is Caroline and I am married to my "Keeper Hubby" after releasing the first 2 back into the wild where they now happily roam. In 2001 we bought a lite weight 30 foot RV and an F-150. I guess we have used...

Mark Serley · Mark Serley

just spent over two hours reading many great topics, Q&A's, and i hate being on this #@** computer, but i love rving with my wife Patti and boston terrier Jack. had a travel trailer for 4 years and upgraded to a montana 5th wheel last february. got a new 3500 chevy silverado dually and put 22,000 mile...

wildbill2673 · wildbill2673

My wife and I have been full timers for since 2008 and we have been traveling during the summer since 2006 for our job. I have not had a chance to look over the entire site. However from what I have read I thought it a good idea to join since we travel so much and are kind of young to be full timers and have learn...

huronwoods · huronwoods

Hi everyone! I would like to introduce myself as a new forum member. We are fulltimers since May 2011, and I have been reading this forum for a few months now as a guest, and finally decided to join. The topics discussed on here are very interesting and relevant, and I like that the posts are civilized and...

Our_Time · Our_Time

HI Rv Dreamers!! Our Time... I guess says it all... I have been reading alot on forms and sites about full time Rving. Have talked with some and a thank you to Lucky Mike for the useful advice. My wife and I are looking forward to getting out there. I do have a question. We are older and will be using m...

Gunnyswife · Gunnyswife

Hi all: We just bought our first full time RV. Older but in very good shape. Not going to move it for a while but that is OK. Hubby is still active duty military and we have about 6 months left if he doesn't get extended. So for now we are going to live in it locally, get used to it and start fixing it up a bit. Hubb...

zigzag3337 · zigzag3337

I would've titled it new to the site, but after I went to register, it said that my screen name was already taken. For kicks and giggles I tried to log in with my old trusty password and it worked. Appears that back in 2008 (which was a very busy year for us), I stumble across your site and registered, but nev...

Raytronx · Raytronx

Hi! My name is Ray. My wife Anne, our beagle Angie and myself have been full timing it since spring 2011. We are in our mid to late 40s. I'm an electronic technician and my wife was in software development but in the process of switching to a career as a photographer/writer. Check out her work at http://an...

debrjean · debrjean

Hi! I just wanted to stop by and say hello and introduce myself. My name is Debbie and I am the better half of mesa48 who has already introduced himself here and shared a bit about the two of us. We have just recently started the conversations of becoming full time rv'ers and have set a goal of beginning wi...

Nuclear Roadie · Nuclear Roadie

I lived in an Alpenlite 5th wheel while working nuclear power plant shutdowns during 2001 to 2002. Working on the road in a 5th wheel was much better than trying to find a hotel or rental to live in for weeks or months on end. My partner kept the 5th wheel, I left the road, bought a house and worked at one nuc...

New member · mesa48

My wife found this site a couple of days ago so this is my first post. We have just started the conversation about becoming full timers about a year or so from now. We own a home in northern Calif. We already have a 05 Challenger 5th wheel 32TKB that we tow with a 2007 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 4WD. I installed ai...

MarkS · MarkS

This appears to be a valuable resource as we prepare for the rest of our lives. Jackie and I have been married so long our DNA is the same. We spent twenty three years as an Air Force family. Worked in a couple of industries following my retirement and now find ourselves preparing for the second greatest a...

Pete G · Pete G

Just want to say hi. My husband Pete and I Claudia are getting ready We put our house up for sell and we are cleaning everything out yard sale this weekend .Pete has posted and taken pictures of things and put it all on gregs list. So I guess you can say our dream is getting closer. Both of us wish it was her...

AloraDanin · AloraDanin

Hi All, Just happened on this website while looking for RV Park reviews. Lots of interesting information. Hubby retired in February 2012 and we had our house sold and were on the road by March 1, 2012. First trip took us to Arizona and California and then back up to Canada. We stayed in Calgary for 5 wee...

SusieQ · SusieQ

Hi! I've never been on a forum before - so afraid of "breaking the rules!" I recently read Howard's journal from the very beginning. Now I'm disappointed every time I check and there's no new post! My husband and I plan to fulltime beginning in May 2014, so we've been researching all the info...

letsgo2 · letsgo2

Hi, We are Paul and Peggy Snively. We just joined the forum and look forward to learning more about full time rving. We have enjoyed 2 three month stretches and loved it. We have an old hitchhiker 5th wheel and it has performed perfectly. We have a decided to move to...

rockyroad · rockyroad

Hi all My name is Terry and I plan on jumping into RVing during the first part of next year. I have been thinking of this for quite a few years and because of some recent personal circumstances I have decided to throw myself into this fulltime next year. I have been absorbing myself into all things RV for th...

rkprater · rkprater

I am not a new member of this forum but not sure if I ever introduced myself since we didn't have an RV. My wife and I just bought a 2013 Forest River Surveyor Select 32' in Sept. This is a tow behind and we also bought a 2012 Toyota Tundra 5.7 L V8 to pull it with. It has the full tow package. We have had the tr...

surfsupirate · surfsupirate

Hello folks... first post and hope it lands correctly. Just back to the good 'ol USofA after a long vacation in C/America and decided to try something I've had on my radar for a long time. Will be purchasing a used 5th wheel within a week and looking for some advise. Have been eyeballing this forum/site f...

Pete G · Pete G

Hi to all, Pete and I have a toy hauler and been doing some traveling the last year. We are both retired and could not go for to long do to the fact that his mother had lived with us. But sadly a month ago we had to put her in a nursing home and now we are doing all the paper work and trying to get things moving so we c...

Beth-Cal · Beth-Cal

Hello RV Dreams family~ We just purchased a 36' Fleetwood Terra today! We put our house on the market and plan on "Full Timing" as soon as it sells. I am excited but also scared! This is new to us in every aspect. So I am sure I will have maaaany questions:). We are both 40 and I am leaving an excel...

Niko · Niko

Became a full timer about three months ago. Needing a little help on a few issues and thought something like this would answer some of my questions! Good sailing!

New Member · Zippo

When we were younger we did a bit of traveling with the kids. Now we are both retired and debating the wisdom of selling our house or maybe renting it out. Need to think more on that. However, we just started looking at a Class-A, have one in mind. Powered by the Ford V-10. How is that power plant? Is it enoug...

Sonny · Sonny

Hello my fellow RVers. My partner and I are Full-time RV Workampers. We are currently Full-time managers at Nelson's Outdoor Resort, Umatilla, Fl. We have taken on a poorly managed and poor maintenance of past 5 years of current owner. We worked winter of 2010/2011 as Workampers and returned in...

AllenNRuthy · AllenNRuthy

DW and I have been dreaming, talking and researching fulltiming for the last 5 years. Being in our mid 50's retirement is a long way off. We decided not to wait. Our tentative plan is to put the house on the market in spring and move into our 5ver at a local campground to test our ability to live fulltime...

BethO626 · BethO626

Hey Everyone! I'm so happy that I found this site. My husband and I have been discussing buying a used RV and just getting the heck out of here with our kids as soon as we can. We are from Newark, NJ and we just don't feel like we belong. The people around here (including family) are really negative and drain...

chaimemet · chaimemet

We live in Ft. Lauderdale, just purchased our first fifth wheeler at Lazy Days, traded our AS for the Dynamax Trilogy.

yorkiebeebs · yorkiebeebs

I've dreamed of rving and have researched it for years. I love to read blogs of full time rvers and their experiences. Last year we bought our first motorhome. Then came my fear of riding in it. My hubby has been going out and getting experience driving it with a friend and my confidence is building....

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Introduction of the Grunt Family (Preview) My Wonderful Husband was in Marines Infantry ( aka grunt) and we have called ourselves the Grunt family for years. Now we are making a HUGE lifestyle change and giving up everything that we have worked really hard for to pursue a life of more freedom and simplicity and becoming fulltime RVer. We have a o...	Traveling Grunts	9	1432	01:37 PM Nov 14, 2012 by jayc
	What "important" documents to take (Preview) As future full-timers we wonder what others do with such important papers as insurance policies, RV and/or toad titles, etc. We don't know if we should keep them in a safe deposit box or with us as we travel. What do you take and what do you keep in a safe location other than your RV home? As always, thank yo...	foxriverguy	17	3108	01:33 PM Nov 14, 2012 by jayc
	About this Texan (Preview) I guess I have the cart before the Horse and have posted before introducing myself. My name is Caroline and I am married to my "Keeper Hubby" after releasing the first 2 back into the wild where they now happily roam. In 2001 we bought a lite weight 30 foot RV and an F-150. I guess we have used...	tibbar	11	1029	08:27 PM Nov 13, 2012 by heyduke
	New to Forum and loving it (Preview) just spent over two hours reading many great topics, Q&A's, and i hate being on this #@** computer, but i love rving with my wife Patti and boston terrier Jack. had a travel trailer for 4 years and upgraded to a montana 5th wheel last february. got a new 3500 chevy silverado dually and put 22,000 mile...	Mark Serley	12	1474	08:17 PM Nov 13, 2012 by heyduke
	new here 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 1998 Terry 36' 5th wheel (Preview) My wife and I have been full timers for since 2008 and we have been traveling during the summer since 2006 for our job. I have not had a chance to look over the entire site. However from what I have read I thought it a good idea to join since we travel so much and are kind of young to be full timers and have learn...	wildbill2673	5	942	02:34 AM Nov 11, 2012 by WestWardHo
	New to Forum (Preview) Hi everyone! I would like to introduce myself as a new forum member. We are fulltimers since May 2011, and I have been reading this forum for a few months now as a guest, and finally decided to join. The topics discussed on here are very interesting and relevant, and I like that the posts are civilized and...	huronwoods	2	795	09:14 AM Nov 10, 2012 by Lucky Mike
	Newbie..Help Please Medicare and fulltime questions (Preview) HI Rv Dreamers!! Our Time... I guess says it all... I have been reading alot on forms and sites about full time Rving. Have talked with some and a thank you to Lucky Mike for the useful advice. My wife and I are looking forward to getting out there. I do have a question. We are older and will be using m...	Our_Time	5	1237	03:17 AM Nov 8, 2012 by Our_Time
	Hello from Oklahoma (Preview) Hi all: We just bought our first full time RV. Older but in very good shape. Not going to move it for a while but that is OK. Hubby is still active duty military and we have about 6 months left if he doesn't get extended. So for now we are going to live in it locally, get used to it and start fixing it up a bit. Hubb...	Gunnyswife	12	1254	06:35 PM Nov 2, 2012 by Gunnyswife
	First Time Posting... (Preview) I would've titled it new to the site, but after I went to register, it said that my screen name was already taken. For kicks and giggles I tried to log in with my old trusty password and it worked. Appears that back in 2008 (which was a very busy year for us), I stumble across your site and registered, but nev...	zigzag3337	12	1843	07:29 PM Nov 1, 2012 by zigzag3337
	New to Forum, fairly new to the full time lifestyle. (Preview) Hi! My name is Ray. My wife Anne, our beagle Angie and myself have been full timing it since spring 2011. We are in our mid to late 40s. I'm an electronic technician and my wife was in software development but in the process of switching to a career as a photographer/writer. Check out her work at http://an...	Raytronx	12	1909	02:52 PM Oct 27, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	New here! (Preview) Hi! I just wanted to stop by and say hello and introduce myself. My name is Debbie and I am the better half of mesa48 who has already introduced himself here and shared a bit about the two of us. We have just recently started the conversations of becoming full time rv'ers and have set a goal of beginning wi...	debrjean	2	851	02:00 PM Oct 26, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	Future Fulltimer for good... (Preview) I lived in an Alpenlite 5th wheel while working nuclear power plant shutdowns during 2001 to 2002. Working on the road in a 5th wheel was much better than trying to find a hotel or rental to live in for weeks or months on end. My partner kept the 5th wheel, I left the road, bought a house and worked at one nuc...	Nuclear Roadie	5	1335	02:39 PM Oct 24, 2012 by Pete G
	New member (Preview) My wife found this site a couple of days ago so this is my first post. We have just started the conversation about becoming full timers about a year or so from now. We own a home in northern Calif. We already have a 05 Challenger 5th wheel 32TKB that we tow with a 2007 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 4WD. I installed ai...	mesa48	7	1150	02:43 AM Oct 23, 2012 by rclvnv
	Preparing for a change in life (Preview) This appears to be a valuable resource as we prepare for the rest of our lives. Jackie and I have been married so long our DNA is the same. We spent twenty three years as an Air Force family. Worked in a couple of industries following my retirement and now find ourselves preparing for the second greatest a...	MarkS	5	1391	05:35 AM Oct 21, 2012 by MarkS
	Soon to be fulltimers (Preview) Just want to say hi. My husband Pete and I Claudia are getting ready We put our house up for sell and we are cleaning everything out yard sale this weekend .Pete has posted and taken pictures of things and put it all on gregs list. So I guess you can say our dream is getting closer. Both of us wish it was her...	Pete G	6	1177	04:49 PM Oct 18, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	Fairly New Fulltimers (Preview) Hi All, Just happened on this website while looking for RV Park reviews. Lots of interesting information. Hubby retired in February 2012 and we had our house sold and were on the road by March 1, 2012. First trip took us to Arizona and California and then back up to Canada. We stayed in Calgary for 5 wee...	AloraDanin	9	1207	09:15 PM Oct 17, 2012 by laurly
	New to forum (Preview) Hi! I've never been on a forum before - so afraid of "breaking the rules!" I recently read Howard's journal from the very beginning. Now I'm disappointed every time I check and there's no new post! My husband and I plan to fulltime beginning in May 2014, so we've been researching all the info...	SusieQ	6	2021	03:49 PM Oct 12, 2012 by heyduke
	Going Fulltime (Preview) Hi, We are Paul and Peggy Snively. We just joined the forum and look forward to learning more about full time rving. We have enjoyed 2 three month stretches and loved it. We have an old hitchhiker 5th wheel and it has performed perfectly. We have a decided to move to...	letsgo2	3	1075	03:46 PM Oct 12, 2012 by heyduke
	New to the forum (Preview) Hi all My name is Terry and I plan on jumping into RVing during the first part of next year. I have been thinking of this for quite a few years and because of some recent personal circumstances I have decided to throw myself into this fulltime next year. I have been absorbing myself into all things RV for th...	rockyroad	5	995	03:44 PM Oct 12, 2012 by heyduke
	New Forest River Surveyor (Preview) I am not a new member of this forum but not sure if I ever introduced myself since we didn't have an RV. My wife and I just bought a 2013 Forest River Surveyor Select 32' in Sept. This is a tow behind and we also bought a 2012 Toyota Tundra 5.7 L V8 to pull it with. It has the full tow package. We have had the tr...	rkprater	7	1844	08:21 PM Oct 10, 2012 by rkprater
	Hi all another newbie 'just about' seeking advise (Preview) Hello folks... first post and hope it lands correctly. Just back to the good 'ol USofA after a long vacation in C/America and decided to try something I've had on my radar for a long time. Will be purchasing a used 5th wheel within a week and looking for some advise. Have been eyeballing this forum/site f...	surfsupirate	6	1384	08:20 PM Oct 4, 2012 by Lucky Mike
	Hi Guys (Preview) Hi to all, Pete and I have a toy hauler and been doing some traveling the last year. We are both retired and could not go for to long do to the fact that his mother had lived with us. But sadly a month ago we had to put her in a nursing home and now we are doing all the paper work and trying to get things moving so we c...	Pete G	1	915	05:31 PM Oct 1, 2012 by Jo And Craig
	Just bought our RV today (Preview) Hello RV Dreams family~ We just purchased a 36' Fleetwood Terra today! We put our house on the market and plan on "Full Timing" as soon as it sells. I am excited but also scared! This is new to us in every aspect. So I am sure I will have maaaany questions:). We are both 40 and I am leaving an excel...	Beth-Cal	18	6033	10:02 PM Sep 30, 2012 by Technomadia
	Hi all (Preview) Became a full timer about three months ago. Needing a little help on a few issues and thought something like this would answer some of my questions! Good sailing!	Niko	5	1192	12:07 AM Sep 28, 2012 by shystywolf
	New Member (Preview) When we were younger we did a bit of traveling with the kids. Now we are both retired and debating the wisdom of selling our house or maybe renting it out. Need to think more on that. However, we just started looking at a Class-A, have one in mind. Powered by the Ford V-10. How is that power plant? Is it enoug...	Zippo	8	1729	05:37 PM Sep 24, 2012 by jbarrett72
	Hello fellow RVers Fishing camping cabins mobile homes marina non-ethanol fuel (Preview) Hello my fellow RVers. My partner and I are Full-time RV Workampers. We are currently Full-time managers at Nelson's Outdoor Resort, Umatilla, Fl. We have taken on a poorly managed and poor maintenance of past 5 years of current owner. We worked winter of 2010/2011 as Workampers and returned in...	Sonny	1	3468	10:59 PM Sep 19, 2012 by PIEERE
	The dream is getting closer (Preview) DW and I have been dreaming, talking and researching fulltiming for the last 5 years. Being in our mid 50's retirement is a long way off. We decided not to wait. Our tentative plan is to put the house on the market in spring and move into our 5ver at a local campground to test our ability to live fulltime...	AllenNRuthy	14	1506	03:52 AM Sep 18, 2012 by FOSJ
	Wannabees, Gonnabees, Hopefully! (Preview) Hey Everyone! I'm so happy that I found this site. My husband and I have been discussing buying a used RV and just getting the heck out of here with our kids as soon as we can. We are from Newark, NJ and we just don't feel like we belong. The people around here (including family) are really negative and drain...	BethO626	5	1370	08:41 PM Sep 17, 2012 by AllenNRuthy
	New member, new RV, Trilogy 2013 3850 from an Airstream 2008 31 Classic (Preview) We live in Ft. Lauderdale, just purchased our first fifth wheeler at Lazy Days, traded our AS for the Dynamax Trilogy.	chaimemet	5	1323	06:53 AM Sep 12, 2012 by shystywolf
	Getting ready for our first little trip (Preview) I've dreamed of rving and have researched it for years. I love to read blogs of full time rvers and their experiences. Last year we bought our first motorhome. Then came my fear of riding in it. My hubby has been going out and getting experience driving it with a friend and my confidence is building....	yorkiebeebs	8	1614	03:42 AM Sep 5, 2012 by FOSJ
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