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!!
Hi Dreamers!Well, we have advertised our RV in almost every market we can think of: craigs list in multiple city listings, national RV sales sites, local classifieds, other RV forums like on Workkampers. It gets expensive! Anyone have any other suggestions? How long does it usually take? I'm going...
We recently purchased our first RV and have made our maiden voyage. We love it. That being said I would like to do some things to personalize it. Has anyone painted the walls of their RV or removed the ugly plain border? How successful were you and what type of paint or ? did you use. We are also con...
Help us decide , as some of you know we are currently Lakeside on a beautiful seasonal site in Griswold CT. During this summer we would like to take a week or so and check out a new Place. Two places have always interested us and both are about 8 hrs from our site. Our first choice is MOOSEHEAD LAKE, ME, ther...
Started last night - when we turned on the hot water tap, there is a slight noise coming from the water heater. Hot water heater is turned off but the noise sounds like it is coming through the pipes - humming - like something is caught in the pipe. We drained the hot water tank, cleaned it with vinegar an...
OMG. I finally did it, after years of planning. Called the boss, and said, I quit. Almost 20 years working in social services, and still making less than $2,000 take home a month (like everyone else in the field) Budget cuts, austerity, fiscal cliffs, and the ever popular "there are more impor...
Hi, Searched for posts comparing fiver to tt, but only ones I could find were kinda old. I'm sure most ot the issues with towing and hitching are the same, but would like to hear from members that have owned both and why they prefer one over the other. We are leaning towards a used fiver. They seem to ha...
We are new to this forum and it looks like a great place to spend some time. We've been traveling full-time since 2007, full-timing in our fifth wheel trailer for the first 3 years and alternating between our trailer and a sailboat in Mexico for the next 3 years. We love boondocking and we live on solar...
We have a Porta Boat with the sail attachment option. Bought it a little over 2 years ago, used it our first summer a few times when we were on vacation and it's stayed on the back patio since then. We had it mounted on the roof of our TT, now we've upgraded to a 5v'er. However, even with the TT we found the t...
Howard, I read your latest blog post and have a question about weighing RV's and their tow vehicles. Basically, what do you do when a customized truck wants to be weighed. Our Dodge which has been heavily modified beyond factory standards is quite capable of towing our CarriLite, but there are no f...
I needed to send some hearts to the Mom's on here as tomorrow is their Day!!! Thought about this earlier as my Mom passed on just after my 16th Birthday. A victim at the age of 61 to Alzheimers'. I have to remember the good times I had from the early ages up to my 12th Birthday; won't go into the rest. If your Mo...
My Thor Hurricane 30Q gave me a great ride on our 1st outing begining last week,except for two incidents that scared the crap out of me.I must have hit a couple of small potholes at the same time.The rv shook so bad I thought it was all over.I never felt so out of control.Afterwards it was a smooth ride aga...
Went to the Appt. with the Primary Dr. today and what a day it was. Spent about 1 hour with the nurse practicioner. Answered many questions; then another hour with the Dr. Recieved blood work; chest X-ray and EKG whiche shows I have ischemia which is inadequate oxygenated blood circulation; that is wh...
I just bought a 26' 2004 Fleetwood Fiesta which came with a nice, new looking cover; since I am fulltiming, I don't need that. So come and get it. I am in the Santa Rosa California area. The cover is a sort of beige/gold fabric which almost looks like suede. -- Edited by Hina on Monday 13th of May 2013 07:19:...
We are still dreaming and searching for our new home and have narrowed it down to a DP. Most DP's in our price range have the CRT type TVs. Since we own three LCD tvs, I figure to swap a couple in during our pre-flight preparations. One outside and one in the bedroom can be easily mounted using articulat...
Haven't noticed a tread for this topic... On our Montana on the p/s the decals near the 5th wheel section are peeling. When we bought it we had them take the decal off the front section it was peeled so bad and they buffed it out. Really looks better without it. On the side though they trimmed the edges ba...
We have an offer on our house, with a scheduled closing date of 6/14. Our last day of work is 6/7. We're stoked! We'll stay at our seasonal campsite for the summer, as we adjust to living in the HOW (House on Wheels). ((NOTE: If you can tell me the movie I got that from, you win braggin rights in Pauly's Famou...
Looking at a 2000 36' Tradewinds by National RV DP. I know they are out of business. Does anybody have a response in general about this unit? It has a 300hp C6 Catipillar, ALLISON 5 SP transmission, freightliner chassis. It also has a slide out kitchen. (not refrigerator) We are going fulltime and seve...
We've tried every switch inside and even pulled the fuse for the one labeled "scare lights". Only one stuck on, can't figure it out and don't want to annoy our neighbors Anymore than we normally do. sherry
Hello dreamers, My sister came to me and asked for ideas on traveling with her three boys to arkansas and staying in a tent. I told her I would ask my friends on here for usfull information for her. her oldest son is almost 13 her middle son is 10 and her youngest is 2. any help that I can give her would be helpf...
We have been planing for 3 years to travel full time.I have been researching trucks and have deceided on a Mountain Master conversion Freightliner with Smart car carrier and Mobile Suite 36" fiver. Lifestyle question... we want to spend 80% of our time in State/ National or other "not Ko...
We are to the world of RV's and just purchased a 4 year old Jayco Legacy. I love everything about the rig, except the ugly border on all the walls....... Can it easily be removed without destroying the walls which are in excellent shape. The walls themselves are a neutral color and the border is all fancy...
I am just a young single girl, with my two cats penny and Sheldon. My identical twin took off to the army, so now I am living alone in a little apartment. I have honestly been thinking maybe it would be a good idea to buy a little 5th wheel for myself and set up at the rv park close to my coworkers (.5 miles away f...
Hello to all, my name is Chris and my wife is Cheri, from Bolton, CT. Hence the screen name (we have the same initials). As you see this is our 1st post here and believe me there will be MANY more to follow. We purchased a 5ther. (did I say that right?) 09 Montana 3665re a month ago, No truck yet, (plans are fo...
I thought the hard part was behind us but this last two days before we hit the road full-time Are the hardest. We mostly packed the Fiver and its parked on the street in fron of our house. We've already had an email from the HOA about RV's being parked for longer than the allowed 24 hours, but like we care at t...
We're getting close to placing our order for our first 5th wheel. We've had a class c motorhome with a gas generator and it seemed to be economical to run but we only did a couple of weeks at a time and usually hooked to land power. Our new plan is to be full timers (and some boondocking)LP and we have heard a...
Hi, We are a homeschooling family of six and are planning to start our fulltime journey no later than October 2014. Our oldest will graduate in May and hasn't decided yet whether to take some time off before starting college to travel with us or not. We have three other children, ages 9, 8 and 3 1/2. W...
