Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
We had a wonderful dinner with Dale and Ruth, aka NWescapee, and Loretta and Bill. It's really nice to put faces with names and RV talk. We are hoping to head out full time next June and it was nice to ask more questions. We always pick up more useful bits of info! I also met up with Jane, aka Hina, and Tot...
Linda (my wife of 48 years) and I have been planning this for about 2 years now. As we are currently living in a 7200 sq ft log home on acerage/Minnesota, we thought it would take quite a while to sell the home, so we thought we would just wait until we had a solid offer to do much. Luckily however we needed a...
We are transitioning to full time and moved into a RV Park a week ago. Anyone looking for a place near Carthage, MO would be very pleased with Coach Light RV park. Full hookups, shady, cable and wifi. Laundry on site. $29/night or $15 on the monthly rate! Folks are extremely helpful and keep park nice. Lo...
I have a CT. gun permit to carry and wonder if other full time RV travelers have any knowledge about driving through states that do not recognize the CT. permit. What protocol do you follow driving through those states?And with that question is there any history of RVs being violated, by not so honora...
We rented a 6' x 12' enclosed U-Haul trailer to use to haul the last of one of Jo's sister's belongings from Tulsa to her new home in Colorado Springs and have officially started our vacation that will last for just over 2 weeks. We have found the temperatures to be pretty darn "cool" up here a...
Wannabe/ Gonnabe, We have been Rving for 25yrs and love the RV life. My wife and I are are about 3 yrs from retiring We would like to do camp hosting and travel. We do a lot of fishing and bike riding. We are from PGH. Pa. We have a 2008 29.5 RK Montana fifth wheel. We tow with 2004 Silverado 2500 HD 8100 VT. On...
I had forgotten about this website until I was doing some research and came across it again: www.arfc.org/rvs I could not get it to copy and paste for some reason. It can be interesting to look through though to get an idea of the types of issues that occur. Edit by moderator: Activated link. Terry-...
I have a 2009 Dodge 3500 with a cummins turbo diesel in it. I am looking to improve mileage. The truck has plenty of power and everything, so I was wondering if anyone is using those engine tuners I see advertised in the magazines? And if so what are you using? I plan on adding a cold air intake also. Accordi...
Are there any solo female fifth wheelers out there? If so, what are your thoughts on this? I love the fifth wheels I've looked at but am intimidated by the size of them. Can you tell me of your experiences?
I at least have the video down in order to share more of our travels with RV folks. For newbies, I welcome you to my blog/web site that I started a couple of months ago. I am NOT a techy, so that is why it is a thrill for me to learn something like posting videos, LOL I add other's blog/web sites to my site, so let...
Since we have decided to go fulltime, I've been looking for options regarding wich motorhome to buy that would fit our neeeds. For a long time I thaught It would be a Canyon Star 3920 from Newmar, because of the rear garage capacity. Because of the fact that we are going to travel with our two motorcy...
Our Dometic Refrigerator started acting up. It stopped getting cold all together both refrigerator and freezer. After fiddling with the connections it started working again. So I fiddled some more with the connections just to make sure all had good contact and the refrigerator portion stopp...
We've been traveling full-time since May '07, 1/2 in a fifth wheel & 1/2 in a sailboat in Mexico. Lots of photos, stories and tips for both lifestyles. Now transitioning back to trailer-only... http://roadslesstraveled.us
We were researching some longer trips and heard about the National Park to Park Highway covering numerous National Parks in about 13 states...around 5-6000 miles. Has anyone done it, what time of the year did you start and where. Sounds fantastic if you're ok with the miles. Appreciate any info....
I know when Howard and I made the decision to go fulltime it kicked up all kinds of emotions. Our overall emotions were excitement and joy, but oh did the fear keep creeping in all the time. Everyday we found ourselves asking "What in the world are we doing?" "We must be crazy."
The...
Hello everyone! I've been lurking on the forum for a bit reading helpful hints and tips. My wife and I just bought our first travel trailer, a 07 Keystone Cougar 306bhs. We have a little experience in RV's but have been dying to go full time since we first met and it looks like we will be able to move int...
OK, this might be a stupid question but.... If weigh stations are open on the highway, do we have to pull in to be weighed or is this just for 18 wheelers? Also, if it says to pull over for propane checks, I assume we do not have to correct? We are in a Diesel Pusher... Thanks for the advice.
Hello, I have posted before about my chronic health condition that was diagnosed after we made the decision to live a FT RV life. We don't want my condition to end our dream. I need to be prepared for possible medical care on the road and need to get IV infusions every 6 weeks. I want to have my medi...
Hi everyone, my wife an I are new to rv-dreams. We have been rving about 4 years now, but have been in the camping world for over 40 years.we plan to go full timing, july 2014. We are going to the dream rally in the spring.looking forward to going FT.An looking forward to meeting everyone at the rally. An...
Looking to purchase a New or Used Montana High Country 343RL and would like to know the pros or cons of the RV? Been to the Montana Owerns site ansd not much there?
I have a question about our leveling jacks. We haven't used our motorhome this season because we have been busy getting our house ready to sell. I do go over and start it and have taken on the road a few times to give it chance to exercise. This weekend I decided to put the leveling jacks down and the on light...
When you started out, how long did it take you to slow down and stay somewhere a week or so? When we start, hopefully next spring we want to head to AK. I thinking this would be more of a vacation like trip than wondering through the woods approach. Just curious.
Has anyone ever had their toilet bubble up when flushing? This happened for the first time yesterday. DH thinks it might be gas build up... Anyone else had this happen before? BTW, we emptied the tank today and it's gone...
Looks like we'll be traveling from Boise ID to the Bay area with about 3 days to complete the less than 700 mile drive. Yes, I know that's way too many miles for some of you, but we'll be going from visiting some very wonderful friends to an art show (work) and it looks like we'll be spending Labor Day weeke...
We have pretty much decided to purchase a DRV Elite Suite and it looks right now a Ford F450 or f550. the biggest thing I can't figure out yet is a travel plan for our first year. We know we want to enjoy as much of the country as we can in 5 years as our plan right now is the spend 5 years full timing and then deci...
Alright were do I start ? Well I won't tell my life story with a few words but I simply want to say that "Houston" we have a countdown..... Basically we are a long time married couple uh...uh I've 30 years of loyal services ah.ah.ah, Yes it is true I got a call saying that I should get my servi...
2008 Jayco Designer 35RLTS for sale. Excellent condition. Has either been under covered storage or cover when not in use. Non smoker. Never thought we would trade, but have another rig on order so this one needs to go. 40th Anniversary Edition Customer value package Provincial glazed maple cabinet...
Hi all, and thanks. I have read several posts, and some of my questions are unique and I would appreciate opinions and advice. We decided earlier this week to sell our boat and buy an RV. So we know absolutely nothing about them. Started looking yesterday and was a bit overwhelmed What we do want is ei...
