My wife and I are looking at 3 - 5 years before going full time. She is 47 and I am 52. Have been planning for years to retire at 55, but economy may delay that a couple of years. It really depends on what the housing market will support. We want to have enough equity to pay off our rig and put 50-75k away towards an exit plan when we can no longer full time.
This site seems really informative towards what we want to do. Realy glad I found it through a recommendation on another site by Terry and Jo. I am really interested in what others are doing as "Work Campers" or to support their full time life style?
Hope to meet some of you along the way some day soon!
-- Edited by RickandJanice on Thursday 16th of September 2010 06:38:24 PM
Jim01 said
06:14 PM Sep 16, 2010
Welcome to the forum, Rick and Janice.
Sounds like you have a few years to figure out how you're going to finance your dream.
There's lots of information and friendly folks here, so if you can't find the answers to your questions, be sure to ask.
Good luck,
Jim
RVKevi said
08:34 PM Sep 17, 2010
Welcome, Rick and Janice!
NorCal Dan said
10:39 PM Sep 17, 2010
Welcome to the forum Rick and Janice. There are a bunch of workampers on the forum so post your questions and we will respond.
Readytogo said
07:03 AM Sep 18, 2010
Welcome from one Ohioan to another.
Remi said
07:04 AM Sep 18, 2010
Welcome, good luck & you have found a great resource in this forum and it's members :)
Terry and Jo said
08:05 AM Sep 18, 2010
Good Grief!!! Someone actually listened to us!!
Seriously though, this is a great place to find a multitude of answers and even some questions that may not have been asked. It is certainly a location with a lot of great, friendly people.
In addition to the forums, perusing through Howard's daily journals will give a lot of information, insight, and encouragement. Also, check out the website's "Site Map" for a lot of topics and information.
Good to see you over here, and we hope to see you on the road sometime. Welcome to a great family of RV'ers.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 18th of September 2010 08:05:27 AM
Waggin Tails said
06:52 PM Sep 18, 2010
RickandJanice, Welcome to the forum. As most experienced RVers will tell you, it all starts with a plan. Many wise souls cruise through here so soak in the wisdom.
RickandJanice said
09:17 PM Sep 18, 2010
Many thanks to all who have welcomed us to this forum. A special thanks to Terry and Jo for recommending it in another forum. What a friendly bunch of people!! Everyone seems so willing to share their knowledge and experience as well as being full of encouragement.
We have been planning to full timine for several years now and have RV'd for the past 17 years. This forum and web site is full of so much good information that we have been looking for that our heads are still swimming trying to take it all in. After reading all of this, I really feel we can begin our adventure when I turn 55 in December of 2012 or summer of 2013 at the latest.
We already have the rig we plan on going F.T. with. Bought a little earlier than originally planned to, but the price was right and it was exactly what we wanted. Yes, we have added a few things and will modify the trailer suspension with MoreRyde and add "Level Up" now it is a fully automatic program. We can do this while we are still working full time and pay for them up front. The truck also came a little early, but when Ford was offering 72 Mo. interest free, and I only use it for towing, could not go wrong. If you can use someone else's money for six years for free, why not. It will be fully paid off before we retire and just be barely broken in.
Thanks again for the welcome and all the information we have already found! Can't wait to meet some of you on the road.
Ckerr said
09:31 PM Sep 18, 2010
Welcome Rick and Janice. Sounds like you guys are well on your way! We're hoping to head out fulltime next year. Will still need to work, but anxious to get on with it!
My wife and I are looking at 3 - 5 years before going full time. She is 47 and I am 52. Have been planning for years to retire at 55, but economy may delay that a couple of years. It really depends on what the housing market will support. We want to have enough equity to pay off our rig and put 50-75k away towards an exit plan when we can no longer full time.
This site seems really informative towards what we want to do. Realy glad I found it through a recommendation on another site by Terry and Jo. I am really interested in what others are doing as "Work Campers" or to support their full time life style?
Hope to meet some of you along the way some day soon!
-- Edited by RickandJanice on Thursday 16th of September 2010 06:38:24 PM
Sounds like you have a few years to figure out how you're going to finance your dream.
There's lots of information and friendly folks here, so if you can't find the answers to your questions, be sure to ask.
Good luck,
Jim
Seriously though, this is a great place to find a multitude of answers and even some questions that may not have been asked. It is certainly a location with a lot of great, friendly people.
In addition to the forums, perusing through Howard's daily journals will give a lot of information, insight, and encouragement. Also, check out the website's "Site Map" for a lot of topics and information.
Good to see you over here, and we hope to see you on the road sometime. Welcome to a great family of RV'ers.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 18th of September 2010 08:05:27 AM
Welcome to the forum. As most experienced RVers will tell you, it all starts with a plan. Many wise souls cruise through here so soak in the wisdom.
We have been planning to full timine for several years now and have RV'd for the past 17 years. This forum and web site is full of so much good information that we have been looking for that our heads are still swimming trying to take it all in. After reading all of this, I really feel we can begin our adventure when I turn 55 in December of 2012 or summer of 2013 at the latest.
We already have the rig we plan on going F.T. with. Bought a little earlier than originally planned to, but the price was right and it was exactly what we wanted. Yes, we have added a few things and will modify the trailer suspension with MoreRyde and add "Level Up" now it is a fully automatic program. We can do this while we are still working full time and pay for them up front. The truck also came a little early, but when Ford was offering 72 Mo. interest free, and I only use it for towing, could not go wrong. If you can use someone else's money for six years for free, why not. It will be fully paid off before we retire and just be barely broken in.
Thanks again for the welcome and all the information we have already found! Can't wait to meet some of you on the road.