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!!
Cookie Queen and I have been really busy getting rid of the rew remaining possessions in our home and taking care fo getting the motorhome ready to depart in early September. Yesterday we spent a lot of time loading the coach and the storage bays. It appears that the storage bays will not be packed soli...
You mentioned a sound machine in your journal that helps Linda not hear every little sound. I have similar issues and wondered about this machine. In the summer I like to leave a fan running as it makes a slight hum sound that drowns out other things that would wake me up. I'm wondering if one of these s...
Anyone out there who started the fulltime or major parttime RV lifestyle, or do you know people who did, and found they could not tolerate the rolling memories of life? And WHY?
This is one of those moments you think will never come!! We have been on and off the market for about 3 years and last night we got a contract on our house. In came in at our asking price with us paying closing (which is pretty common). Now we just have to get through the inspection and appraisal. Its nev...
Hello everyone! TnT stands for Terry and Tracie, by the way. Crumbs, I just wrote a looong post and it just went to a white screen when I hit "send." So here's trying again. Terry lost his job last fall, but since I have a successful web business, we have been living off my income and doing okay...
I am going back up to metro Detroit for a contract and am' currently in Charlotte. Having travelled the Yahoo Maps recommended route of N77 through a lot of high grades and two long tunnels in just the tow vehicle alone I was wondering if you more experienced travellers would suggest 40 east to I-75? The...
Hello, I'm new to this site. Just wanted to say hello to everyone from sunny Florida. My wife and I have been RVng for a couple of years now. We don't have the opportunity to travel farther than the surrounding states, but hope that changes in the near future. Anyway, looking forward to getting to know t...
We are new here, I just posted on the introduction part of the forum. Does anyone have a "test" that we can take that will help us figure out what kind of RV is best for us? This is such a big investment, we don't want to have to do it more than once. My thoughts are that a motorhome is not so great,...
In May of this year we bought a 1964 MCI Challenger diesel 35' bus conversion already converted. We didn't start living in it right away because we had an apartment at the time and we were trying to get it into the shop to have a few things fixed before we made our big trip from Oregon to Iowa with it. Once it w...
Does anyone use or have experience with either a composting toilet or incinerating toilet (uses electricity to heat the waste and burn it to ash)? Read about them in Mother Earth News and wondered if they would be a viable option for a full time rig. Thanks.
we just spent 5 days dry camping. We ran out of water on the fourth day. Other guests used our shower and toilet. Our tanks are 40/.40. Any water saving ideas. It usually is just my wife and I. Should we be flushing every tinkle ? Thanks
Our 5th wheel has a 40 gallon fresh water tank. It's a new '07, is there something specific I am to do with it before using it? Someone said to fill it with water and bleach and then drain and then rinse twice. Is that right?
Just wondering if you use paper plate and disposable utensels or regualr ones. We had a place setting for 4 of the correlle dishes, they take up very little space in the rv.
For those that work from their RV's full time, where do you store your files? Do you have a handy storage system for IRS filing time? I am having the hardest time figuring out our storage problems when thinking of going from a huge home to living in an RV. Thanks, Tracie
Has anyone else used "Wireless" Trailer & Vehicle Magnetic Towing Lights? I purchased a set at Pepboy's auto parts store a couple of months ago for 149.00 and I must say they work pretty darn good. I used them on my boat and utility trailer last week and to pull my car behind my RV last mon...
Norcold refrigerator 1200 LRIM is not working properly. was working just fine for 2 weeks, then all of a sudden will not cool below 50 degrees on coldest setting, either on LP or AC. Control Board? Sensor? or ???? Thanks for any help. Note: this is NOT one of the recalled units.
Hello, I am new on the forum. I am from Canada in the province of quebec. I live very close to the US, it is a 10 minutes drive! We plan on going on the road in two years and for periods of 6 months in the US per year. We will sell the house and move to the far east side of the province in Gaspesie. This was bett...
Just thought I would drop a line here to let everyone know that we have found the RV for us!! We have been so excited that we can't even sleep! We have found a 2005 Holiday Rambler motorhome that is immaculate and beautiful. It is 30' and we think it will be perfect for the two of us. I am going tomorrow to g...
Hi gang, I'm a new member and just wanted to introduce myself. I've been keeping up with the site and forum amongst other (Escapees etc.) for quite some time and I am very excited about hopefully hitting the road as a solo full-timer in mid 09. Who knows, hopefully I'll meet that someone special who want...
I am heavily into genealogy, and wonder how I will be able to cut down on the amt of time I spend on it if I am able to full time. The biggest drawback to having less space than a house is just the sheer volume of files, photographs, research notes, etc. Are there any folks out there who research their famil...
I'm trying to figure out if I can include a Chevy/GMC 3500 in my truck possibilities along with a Ford 350/450, I am getting wildly conflicting information on the curb weight of the truck. I need an accurate number so as to include it in my combined vehicle weight numbers to see if the Chevy would be suita...
Hi All ~ I'm a newbie to the Dreamers family...just discovered the site a couple of weeks ago and this is my first post. My partner and I are on the 1-year plan...we hope to be on the road no later than July 1 2010. So right now I'm in the mode of learning as much as I can, although realizing that I'll never ha...
Some of you may have noticed I deleted a recent thread regarding a bill before Congress. While I feel we certainly need to keep our representatives accountable and I like nothing more than to debate political issues, this Forum is not an appropriate place for those discussions. Unfortunately, suc...
Greetings All, Really need to hear from all of you - pro and con! Here's our situation. My job will disappear in 6 months or less and we recently had an offer made on our home. With this offer we could purchase a fifth wheeler and new truck to travel in, but while we would not owe on either, we would not have...
OK, we live in Michigan and are buying a truck in Virginia, from an individual. He still has a loan on the truck, so he doesn't have the title. Apparantly, there's an electronic title that is held by the DMV until the lein is released. Well, we're meeting him on Monday and will pay off his loan, but I don...
What a wonderful community - so much information here! We have been looking @ fifth wheelers, and never knew until I read here that there is a difference between "full time" and "weekend" units! How do I know which manufacturers I should be looking @ for full timing ???? Peace,...
Hello Everyone!! We are Brian'n'Tricia aka "NWlambear". Our companion traveler will be our beloved furry baby...Kume. Right this moment I'm quite overloaded....and confused..with all that the internet has to offer with regard to RV's, RVing, etc. Hope it all becomes clearer and...
