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!!
Hello, My name is Julie and my husbands name is Brent. We currently live in FL. We talk about full timing...all the time. Dh retired from the military November 2008. He is currently working another job. I recently left my job to watch our granddaughter so she didn't have to go to daycare. ...
All I have ever known about batteries is cca because I needed a lot for my high compression race engines.How do I find out the amp hours of my 12 volt RV battery? I can't seem to find the info on the case anywhere. Plan to get small invertor for computer use for the occasional Wal-Mart stop.
Been looking at FW and wonder how much truck I would need for a 37RE KZ Escalade? GVWR 17,500 Dry Hitch 2,952 Dry Axle 11,959 Also, are the KZ's rated for winter living?
We're getting closer to setting out on the road as fulltimers. I've picked out a 5th wheel model (Cameo 36FWS) and am shopping for a used Ford F350 with towing package or a F450 to pull it. We're planning to earn a living on the road through part time and/or temporary work. I have an engineering & arch...
While we are here at a resort park they have a wonderful stained glass shop and h and I are working on some projects. Our teacher is a nice Canadian lady and really is a great teacher. Has others found this hobbie at a park ?? We are really enjoying it. southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
We're purchasing a bike rack this week for the rear of our fifth wheel. It seems that the road grit would be hard on the bikes, but we've not seen consistent reviews regarding bike covers. If they're just going to rip on the first use, that would be a waste! We'd appreciate any feedback!
Ken and I are having great fun at our first ever national rally!! And of course Sox and Ditka are getting lots of new friends and attention. We are having a wonderful time and are EXTREMELY close to kicking off our dream of joining all of you on the road! The timing of this rally has been oh so perfect!! Are...
We are planning a spring trip next year which will include visiting Arches & Canyonlands Nat'l Parks. We would like to stay in the Moab area. Dead Horse Point SP looks particularly beautiful, but I was wondering if anyone has stayed there and how the sites were. I am seeing some conflicting in...
Made our purchase, 09 Silverado DuraMax, 2500HD, SB and matching a 5'er now with the weight considerations is a daughting task. While we a waiting for Nu-Wa to get going again, we are seriously considering either a K-Z Durango 325SB or a Keystone Everest 345S. Both medium range rigs in price and si...
Anybody spent any time at Portland-Dayton RV park in Dayton ,Oregon ? We will be spending a month in the area so Ammenities and park atmospher are important.
I have a idea, (insert reference to a Articulated bus)((go google it is what i mean!)) a 60 foot rig. cause i want this to become my house in the end. Now, im going to have it hinge in the middle, so basically its a 30-40 foot rig, with a large trailer, BUT i want to be able to walk from one to the other and have...
I have a 2007 GMC Classic 3500 Dually Duramax that I bought 6 months ago and it now has about 20k miles on it. It will be our tow vehicle when we purchase our Carriage Cameo fifth wheel in a few months. It currently has OEM General Ameritrac 215/85R16 tires on it, and the two outer rear tires are worn to the we...
DW and I are set to retire in Sept. 09. I've been an active lurker for several years on this site. We sold our house in Feb. Our DD just graduated from UF in May and is set to get married in June. We just picked up our new 2010 Carriage 35SB3 that within a few months we will call "home". We ord...
My name is Terry and my wife is Elizabeth.We have four kids – two boys (17 & 15) and two girls (13 & 11).We moved down to Georgia a few years ago from upstate NY.We had a very large house with a lot of land and we were treading water when it came to maintenance (time & money) and taxes.We were...
I just got a 3300 to 6600 watt power inverter. It's about 18" by 8". The house battery is under the step at the door. I have a class C 26' RV. The cables that came with it are only about 2' long. Anybody have any suggestions on how and where to mount this. I want to use it for the tv, game system a...
Hi everyone I am taking my first trip of about 1600 miles one way. I plan to go from south florida up to columbia SC to visit one of my best friends then a visit in greensboro NC to visit my sister,then off to my first workkamping position in Granger ,IN. I have a F350 that gets about 8 mpg when towing my 33 fo...
Being a Diesel mechanic, Welder, and i might go into looking a bit at a certified nursing assistant? As a welder, well, the limit is the sky really, i can be building and installing vegi-oil systems for people, building and installing trailer hitches for those who diddent buy the RV able to tow things,...
Greetings Friends, We will be ordering a fifth wheel pretty soon and there are several items we will be special ordering , but I wanted to ask ya'll what you recommend as far as protecting my dogs while left in the fifth wheel. We will be doing a lot of boondocking but staying in campgrounds too. I've rea...
I'm plotting out our next purchase and realized that I don't know where they get the footage figures for TTs. If they say it is 20 foot, does that mean from outside tip to bumper? Or tongue to bumper? Or is that inside footage?
But my call sign is FightingDrag, and yes, i will answer to it in public, and will probably be answering it on CB radio once i get one. XD Umm, ill start with a little biography, then lay out my plans. I was born in stootgart germany in 1989, for my 2 month wellbaby checkup it was learned that i had a bad heart...
Hi folks, I'm a 42 year old male special education teacher here in Los Angeles, California (Monrovia to be exact). Unfortunately, I was divorced in March of 2007, and now I am stuck with a house payment on one income....MINE!!! I hate this. My mortgage is 2-3k a month. Lawncare is $1000 a year. I...
Hi folks, I was driving down the freeway the other day and all of a sudden a couple cars blew their horns. Well I was in the center lane with traffic all around. I looked and couldn't see anything. The next thing I knew I saw my passengers side front fender skirt go flying over some cars and fortunately lan...
Carrie & I went to the Tampa RV show last weekend to shop for fifth wheelers and wow!, there sure are a lot of choices. I think that I've narrowed it down to ~4 manufacturers but am trying really hard not to make a bad choice. We plan to full time in the next 12 months & will select a truck after selec...
We're headed to California after a great time in Arizona. We'll be stopping to see the Hoover Dam, then on to Bakersfield. We're skipping Southern California this trip in favor of points north of Los Angeles. We're generally trekking north to Oregon and Washington, but fortunately, we're not in...
We have bought a mobile home and are selling our fifth wheel. It is an ideal full timers rig. You can see pictures and details at www.pplmotorhomes.com It is listed under F198. We enjoyed it for almost 4 years but we found the spot we wanted to stay.
It's been busy the last few weeks. We placed the house on the market on Friday April 17. Our Open House was Sunday April 19. We got 2 offers that night and 2 more on Monday morning. We countered on the best one and got 99% of the price we asked for! This wasn't supposed to happen in this market...but it d...
We did it! The house is now officially FOR SALE! From ROAMING FREE 2010This was a HUGE step for us, but one we're ready for! Check out our blog to follow our progress toward our "RV Dream"! -- Edited by Camper_Boy on Monday 4th of May 2009 09:34:00 AM
For some reason, our house batteries only seem to charge while the generator is running, not while connected to short power. We first thought we needed to replace them since we don't know how old they are, but if they charge while the genny is running, then that doesn't seem the logical solution. An...
