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!!
Offered for sale a 2005 Jeep Rubicon automatic 4X4. Price reduced $17,000.00. Metallic Kaki color. Lockers. Hardtop. Hitch. Set up to tow. We towed it once behind our Coach. Air, Cruise, CD, rear wiper/window defogger. Excellent condition. 35,000 miles. All original. We bought it in Texas and hav...
We leave Friday, March 11 for a 1 month stay in the Orlando, Florida area. DH and I still both work, we are our own boss...so our schedules are flexible. We decided to take off for a month and see how we like living in a 5th Wheel RV! We are going to be close to family and have a wedding to attend during the mo...
Well, we've done it! Put money down on a used 5th wheel here in FL last Friday and will be picking it up next Friday. It's an older one (2000) but is in good shape overall and will let us get our 'feet wet' full-timing without breaking the bank. It's 34', 3 slides, and lovely inside. Mike is eager to get i...
Anyone in the S. Arizona area going to the Tucson RV Show this weekend? It's free and filled with new & used Motorhomes/5th Wheels. It's at the Pima Fairgrounds. My DW & I are actually moving TDY to Washington, DC the next 18-months, but then are considering living full-time in an RV in Virg...
I have a V8 Chevy Trailblazer with (GCWR) of 12,000lbs. & TT (GVW) of 4950lbs. Both added together is 17,450lbs. Is this too much weght? How much lighter should I go to be safe? There is a max. tow vehicle wt of 6500lbs. Am I adding the right weights together?
Just received this link from a friend of mine that works at the tsunami warning center up in Alaska. After the photos load, take your mouse and move the pointer across the photo to see the before / after shots. Then, check out part 2 for more photos. Amazing!! http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japa...
We've made the decision to go fulltime in 2013. My DH doesn't want to go unless he can take his fishing boat along with him. Anyone ever used the truck lifts? It's a rack that attaches to the truck and lifts up the boat and sets it on the top of the truck. We're considering a 5ver with a F-350, but if this t...
Ok, so we are getting ready to head out in our 5er in 3 weeks. So today, because it was nice outside...I decided to wash my rolling condo...it had some black streaks and some bird droppings in places. So armed with the black streak spray cleaner, a long handled brush and a water hose I proceeded to attemp...
Any advice on a good town or park to stay somewhere between San Antonio and Corpus Christi? We would like to park the coach and use our pickup and bike to get around. Not too fussy about where we stay but we are 41'+trailer. Thanks in advance for your help!
Not sure how many of your remember my Michelin tire woes but they've become impossible. We've been trying to buy new 245/R70 19.5 tires for the past two months and can find no one around us within 125 miles who can get us any with dates newer than 2008. We've called Michelin and they have been as help...
We are going to be in the Fort Collins, CO area for a couple months this summer. Would appreciate some see & do suggestions. We've will do Estes Park, but would appreciate some of the finer tips on it.
Does anyone remember the old 1950's Travelmaster trailers, or as they called them "mobile homes?" That's what dad bought back in the '50s and we took that thing all over the southeast. I was a kid and do not remember what kind of car we had except it was big, blue, and had a stick shift that ke...
This one was hard to decide. I have a link to my blog, where you'll find the story that is referred to in the subject line. Since it is regarding my blog, I first thought it ought to go in the blog section of the forums. But then, it also deals with what we should do in the way of planning for our future(?), s...
Howard, As I have said before (in my profile) I have been employed for nearly 25 yrs as a Public Safety Officer here in Michigan. We are cross-trained as police officers, firefighters, and medical first responders. For the last 13 yrs my primary responsibility has been "in the house", re...
I was looking for a special color of corian countertop for DH to make a countertop ext. for the 5er we found (haven't traded yet). Found the exact one we needed at Lowe's, but the problem is that the min. length they will sell is 25 sq. ft. That's too long & pricey. Called the factory & they sa...
2007 Paradise Pointe by Crossroads Still for sale for a short time. Will be trading it in, in about a week. Pic. available at Camping World of Statesville, NC. More pic. available upon request. Ignore Price at CW, our price is much lower. For more info call (540)-921-7042.
My husband has told me that he wants me to do some of the driving on the 12 hour trip we are taking starting tomorrow....he has leg and knee issues and will need a rest some of the time. He said when we get on the straight interstate driving I will need to do some of the driving! OMG, I have never pulled anythi...
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a hand-crank emergency radio? I'd like to have something that works well & isn't extremely expensive. Also it seems like there's a difference between brands in the length of time you have to crank & the amount of time that the radio will play. If an...
Speedtest.net just released a new tool that allows you to get more real time stats on connections tested all over the country! We've created some SpeedWaves for all the popular carriers and encourage our members to run a test or two with their connection to help us build an accurate depiction of each c...
Yesterday we spent a wonderful day at the Springfield, MO, RV show. The last hour was wonderful! We spent it sitting in a $250,000 DP talking to the service manager for the dealership. He really listened to our questions and tried to answer them as well as he could. He freely admitted that he and the sale...
Hi everyone! We are Jay and Jill and we've decided just this month that we are going to be fulltimers! We are VERY excited about our decision! We're hoping to achieve this in 2 years, possibly earlier if we can get our debt paid down enough and work on the road. We currently live in the beautiful Uppe...
We just received mail from Camp Club USA for us to join their club for 50% off of over 1,000 campgrounds. The cost is $39.95/yr. I looked on this forum for information and/or conversations about this group and didn't find anything. Does anyone have this plan? Is it a good deal? They say they have hi...
(Hopefully NorCal Dan will report in that they are fine since their workcamping gig is right on the Pacific Ocean.) Last night our weather radio went off to tell us about the earthquake in Japan and to warn us about tsunamis coming into Santa Barbara, CA area, which is where we are. Luckily we are inlan...
Hey there, we are brand new motorhome owners! coming from 5th wheel experience. Anyway we just bought a 1996 Rexhall Rolls Air that we LOVE! But it came with a free standing 4 chair and table dinette. We wqnt to swap out for a built in booth because we have two small boys and could use the storage and bed! O...
Hi we are new to the forum but not new to R V adventures. We travel in a 1999 country coach allure. We try to get away for 4 to 5 weeks at a time in the summer and most weekends. We have friends Dave & Max English that we follow on their blog as they have went full time. Not for us at this time still have too m...
March 19, 2011 will be our official date for going fulltime. Being less than two weeks away, we are very excited but exhausted. There's definitely a lot involved in making the transition, but not as much as moving to another country! We actually considered moving to France, Ecuador and Mexico, but t...
Everyone is getting antsy . . . the winter is finally starting to fade away and we've seen all kinds of traffic at our campground this weekend - not campers, just those who have been here before and can't wait to get back here. They seem to need to just stop by and make sure their oasis survived the winter a...
Hi my name is Tim. My wife Gloria and I hope tp join the fulltiming lifestyle in about 3 years assuming my debt retirement plan stays on schedule. We are already on the downsizing road. We have a Carri-Lite Xtreme 5 and tow with a Ford F350 CC DRW. We currently reside in Bloomington, IL where we moved a...
We are attending the FMCA Rally in Perry Georgia. Are you attenidng? We wouldl love to meet other RV-Dreams members. Let us know if you are attending. Thanks so much, John and Carol www.travelwiththeherrs.blogspot.com
