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!!
My wife and I are newly retired, and we're thinking of enjoying the RV lifestyle, possibly starting with a month away perhaps, and moving up as time allows. Like most newcomers, I often have lots of questions, thus feel this and other forums will be very helpful. I started doing my research on a dies...
It is time for us to consider a new mattress. My brother just bought one for his home and I was stunned at the price he had to pay to get the bed he wanted. I noticed a commercial on TV for Casper mattresses. They ship to you. The website has a video and the size and price are perfect for us. Has anyone else purc...
I have been buying rebuilt title cars for me and my 3 teen/twenties kids for several years. Normally I can buy them for 60-65% of normal priced same vehicle. I have been watching several f350's and other well equipped tow vehicles on eBay. I am a couple years from the dream. Any opinions or experiences t...
Hi there! I'm a 30yr Old Female Seeking Travel Companion ( preferably under 50) to Travel the US with... Where do I look? I am very crafty, helpful, and crafty. Low maintenance with little possessions, a great taste in music, and overall good spirited. I would like to find a companion and travel around...
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I have a 31' class c motorhome I purchased last month and plan on traveling my home state of Florida for a bit while Im getting familiar with my RV. I still have so much to learn. I'm traveling solo. Looks like I found a great place to ask questions. Really exci...
YAY! I've been at AM Solar for the past couple days, they put in complete system, and upgraded my oldy moldy converter/charger! Too bad it's so cloudy here in Oregon! And the nearly the shortest day of the year!
Hi everyone! Ian and Jordan here. We've just graduated with our bachelor's degrees at 26 and 25 years old, and are gearing up for a transition to full-time travel-trailer living. I received a unique opportunity to live on a horse farm in a travel trailer (which has yet to be bought- questions to follo...
Hi u All , here,s a Q. about solar panels . I think I know the reasons behind the wiring of panels in series and or parallel so my Q. is ---- what have YOU done and are you satisfied ??? Just to let you know I,ve got two 160W panels , 18V , 8.89 amp ,,,,12 volt , also 40 amp mttp charge controll...
i was curious if anyone has ever used the sundanzer solar freezer while boondocking? I'm trying to see if it's possible and how many watts it would need to run. thanks for any info! Felicia
Hey Guys. What would be the lowest % on the battery meter we should keep above, I have 4 Costco 6volts 2000 Magnum MS inverter and Tri-Star 60amp 2 of 220 watt panels? Den.
I am wanting to add a solar battery charger to my TT. I would like to keep the battery at full charge while in storage, ther are no electical outlets near the TT. The TT uses a single battery deep cycle type. I would like to leave the battery hooked up and hot to the TT. I hope I made my self clear about what I am t...
Many Many articles on $$$ amounts that need to be listed on expenditures monthly to going full timing....................BUT we never see the BIG dollar monthly expense of putting in your IRA, ROTH, 401K every month........this is a BIG $$$ expense that needs to be out on the monthly budget list......
My wife an I are officially in the market. We will be Full-Timers in ~20 months. Like many folks, we have "Stuff" that we will take with us. Primarily, my bicycles, three of them, and, NO! they don't travel outside. We have looked at Toy Haulers but feel they give up too much of the "Home" feel. The Grand De...
We just bought a Class A rv and are gonning to be fulltimers for a while we transition from AZ to TN. I have multiple sclerosis and in need of a mobility lift to get me in and out. Any suggestioms on where I can get one at a decent price lift new or used,
We're beginning to talk about having a lot at a co-op. We know about the Escapees Co-ops, and have visited The Ranch (NM) and will be visiting Lone Star (TX) soon. Since our next coach will be an Airstream, we know about the Airstream-only parks. What other co-ops are there?
There was a previous thread with this title, but the last post was in Oct 2015 ... having been "trained" to start new threads, here goes. In the old thread, Howard expressed his thoughts as to what options might be available should the price go up substantially. He pointed out several bad things that...
We want to wish all of our RV Dreamer friends and wonderful and joyous holiday season. We hope y'all have safe and exciting travels now and in the future and look forward to seeing y'all on down the road in the near future! Warmest regards, Les and Sue Young
Hi All, I am planning to buy a used Toy Hauler Keystone Raptor for full-time living and I am trying to figure out what type of loan should I get and what is the approximate APR/APY (at least a range). I called my credit union last week and they told me that I will have to get a Personal Loan collateral if I used...
We are going to be flying to family events in late February (probably from the Los Angeles area, not sure which airport yet) and late April (from Seattle-Tacoma). Each trip will be about 10 days long. What kind of options should we be looking at to park or store our 41' fifth wheel trailer while we're go...
My wife, Marj, and myself, Mitch, are fulltiimers and still at work in our business until July 1st, 2018.We have owned 7 homes since we were married and just sold our 40 acres and "dream" log home!!!We now are living full time in our new purchased used Tiffen rv inside of our shop.THe tax man isn't going t...
Popping noise in hydraulic leveling system-what IS that?? Research shows what additives will help and that it is due to temperature changes, but can someone tell me what exactly is happening in there? Scared they might fail and in middle of night take a nosedive ☹️️
I was looking at RV groups today and noticing that the signatures on most of them were husband and wife so that made me wonder if there are ANY single people out there RVing. I was excited when I found this site but wanted to know if there are any single PARENTS out there Rving? I've found in life I rarely fi...
Hello All, An old Navy vet and his lovely bride, served 22 years active then 15 more for the govt. Its Time! we are hitting the road soon. We will be perusing these posts for advice and insights. We know we want a 5th wheel. BUT, Front living? Rear Entertainment? What will I do with my bikes? 3 Precious Ge...
Have any of you full-timers sold a coach on rvtrader.com? If so, how did you handle the location of the coach? We've not had much success (okay, no success) in selling our coach via the classifieds on three forums, so we're thinking about using rvtrader.com but are wondering what to do about the locati...
Merry Christmas everybody. I hope everyone will have a Happy and wonderful holiday. I am seeking some opinions please. I have my motorhome in Elkhart getting some interior rennovations done. The company doing the work offered me a nice discount to have the exterior painted this year instead of ne...
Winter has come in with a bang! November was a real nice month in northern Canada with some nice sunny warm days and we felt very fortunate because we know the change will come Yesterday afternoon was +2 C (33ish F) and it got cold last night and snowed a little. Today is -20C (4F) and 30 mph wind giving a w...
My name is Brian and My wife is Cathey. We have moved 6 times, built one house (beautiful timber frame), whole house renovated three homes all in 18 years and two states, doing all the work ourselves, and I mean everything! Oddly enough I am a 36yr certified master diesel technician. I now teach diese...
