Want to RV full-time? Advice from a RV tech
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Do you live in your RV full-time? Or have you ever considered the full-timer lifestyle? As a certified RV repair technician, I’ve had many full-time clients over the years and have full-timed myself. In this video I share the 5 types of full time RVers and some advice for anyone considering.
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More and more travel nurses full time rv. We been full timing for 5 yrs, my wife is a travel nurse, most contracts for her are 13 weeks long. Though hospital in Brunswick GA kept resigning her for 1 1/2 years. It was nice to to move so much .. rv maintenance is a absolute daily occurrence, everyday I’m doing something. But absolutely love this life
As Ive said before. We are retiring next year and going full time. I love this channel and the info you give. It always adds to my list of things to consider and plan for. Thank so much, and I always look forward to the next weeks video.... Oh.. and I love the short ones too. Stay safe.
That's awesome, we have 4 years to go before we get there. We plan on camp hosting for the summers in west Iowa and winters in arkansas or someplace snow free. How you going to do it?
Full timer now for 7 years, Keystone Cougar 5th wheel, zero issues. Just about every week I do some sort of either maintenance checks, or preventive maintenance work. My trailer never moves, but its not maxed out on weight, I have minimized my life and have very few possessions lol. I do roof checks every 4 months, the annode annual, and seal checks just about daily when I do walk arounds. My trailer is a 4 season, and the tank heaters are invaluable. My advice to anyone thinking about full timing is to be basically handy with tools, and you can fix most anything. Also, RVs are not like houses, so you have to treat them easy, and be sure to get one with enough space vs falling in love with a certain price or design style.
We full time in a Fifth Wheel, static, we don't own a truck. We bought used and the trailer has not moved from our permanent pitch in six years. Our Suburban water heater rusted through and we had to replace it. The roof is covered in repair patches.
I’m a combo of boondocker and rv park nomad, depending where I go and currently have a 2021 Wolf Pup 16bhsbl adventure package
Def broke my rv living full time . 😂 love this channel
Thanks for watching!
As a fair weather summer time part time nomad, here is my tips.
1. When not in use, park your RV under solid cover! Rent a space or build one if you can, but this will cut your maintenance budget over the life of your RV to a fraction of what it would be.
2. Winterize your RV properly. Completely drain all tanks and pump RV antifreeze in all lines and fixtures. Pour it in any holding tank. Leave the water heater dry as a bell and replace your sacrificial anode before the next season.
3. Don’t use a winter heater, use moisture removing products and remove any batteries in smoke detectors and so on.
Those are the big things of done for years and have very little maintenance costs. Ever! Sun breaks down everything. Mold grows from moisture, which come from simply having a temperature difference between inside and out. Ozone kills all mold, so leave cupboards open to the air.
Good luck
The main mistake I’ve seen retiring people make is selling their stick built house to buy a new RV and tow vehicle. A few years, health issue or whatever, wanna give up the RV lifestyle- huge depreciation of the RV, real estate appreciated faster than their portfolio…. If you can buy your RV cash and turn your home into an investment property, at least you can reverse the decision without life altering financial damage.
Looking forward to this series.
I have a 2008 Forest River Lexington, thinking about going workamping/ full time. I bought it used, am happy with it so far. I started out with a new Lance in 95, great way to learn the ins and outs. Gave that to my son with the 91 F350 4wd, 7.3 diesel. he is a ski dive pilot and lives at the airstrip with it. Hope to hear more tips about full timing with mine. Thanks, Michael - Calverton, NY
wow, very appreciative of your wisdom!!
Appreciate the good information. Looking forward to the next video too.
I'm interested in becoming either a snowbird or a permanent camper. I just feel like getting away from society as is and the camper/log cabin life style seems nice to me.
Great videos ! Very well presented !!
Many thanks!
Keeping weight down is really hard when all your life is packed in the rig. Another reason to not go cheap on a RV if you are full-timing. There is actually a big difference between rigs suitable for full-timing and rigs (almost all of them) meant for weekend use.
Currently a weekender/nomad then become snowbird full time in 4years.
great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a boondocker all the way.
Thanks for the advice on buying used. We are looking at Alliance brand. Also, considering having an incinerator toilet installed. Can you create a video about going to an off grid toilet?
Right
Thoughts on Airstreams?
Have a question about using a vent cover on the inside of camper AC unit to help reduce the noise? Have you any thoughts on this? Thank you, new to your channel first time commenting/question. 😎
I am in Canada, new to trailer life and a weekend warrior as ours is permanent at the park. I do check my roof after storms and every couple of weeks and ours is now a year old. What is the best type of caulking we should use for the roof to reseal and keep our roof in great shape?
Thanks for your sharing and advice
I will be soon a part-time traveler have recherched for a year and narrowed it to a 27ft class C with only one slide to worry about ... waiting for the right used one to pop up and out of the blue a relative decided to sell their perfectly maintained 2017 Chateau for half of what others are asking..guess who hit the lottery ;-) ......my next question is do I add solor or get a bigger power bank with recharging panels ...it has a generator for extreme hot conditions and I will be off grid most of the time
Thanks for your help and advice
Sounds like you got a deal! Check out my short video about solar, it is a bit more complicated question to answer unfortunately.
th-cam.com/users/shortsc8gHT2SbsJ8?feature=share
Thanks for the information....I will only require (at this point) to make sure I make it from night to day.... No plans on high demand situations and as said always have generator for those situations and will be remote enough it wouldn't bother anyone else....thanks again
Please give me your opinion on the Ember Travel trailers for full time living. Considering for my travel Job.
I not really moving in an rv for the "experience' I'm just doing it for the waay cheaper cost of living
I've not heard Snow Birds called full time before. Huh.
Please review the Riverside Retro RV. We don’t know how to turn on our solar in our used 2019 unit :-/
I've added that to my list! Unfortunately my reviews will not cover how to use systems. I would reccomend checking the fuse between the battery and solar charge controller. Solar systems should be always on, so if it is not charging there is a problem somewhere. If it is not a bad fuse, you should probably hire someone to look at the system.
@@undercoverrvtech Thank you very much!
Was that your full time RV shown in Video. The Renegade made by Harney Coach Works which Was a company under Safari. If so, a very rare and we'll made RV. I have a 1999 Safari Class C 3010 made by Harney Coach Works and it's still solid to this day.
Yes it was!
Is there any service that will inspect an rv before you buy it?
What do you consider a quality RV for full-timing? How can we determine this?
This video will help you figure out the type of RV to get - th-cam.com/video/2Th4LYnR1Wk/w-d-xo.html
And then this is my first review video where I walk through different appliances and manufactures - th-cam.com/video/Ejf9b1qDR0k/w-d-xo.html. I've reviewed 127 other RVs like these 3 so I would watch the review videos as they come out and that will help you know how to spot a quality camper when you're shopping.
I keep hearing "always buy used"... however I am not convinced that one will not be purchasing someone elses total disaster that they have covered up!! Oh sure one can pay to have it "inspected", but what responsibility does the "inspector" assume for the expensive issues he/she missed?
Where do you go to weigh your RV?
Search for CAT scales, usually found at truck stops. You can also get the Weigh My Truck app which makes the process easier.
Like #365. Get it? Hehe 😁👍. New sub!
Thanks for the sub!
@howtonotbreakyourrv going full time real soon so your channel is GOLD i appreciate it! 🙏
We’re permanent campers
Ahh slide seal conditioner. You are SO Wrong on this!!!! First off, the seal manufacturers says Soapy water ONLY, just clean them. In Practice, conditioning your seals, actually breaks down the rubber, this is very evident as it leaves a black line on the side of the slide, even after just a short time (less than a week) As a full time Transient, I can tell you from much experience, as well as OEM Training, slide seal conditioner is not helping prolong anything, it is actually reducing the life of your slide seals.
Nope, nope, nope. We are full timers and we do NOT fit any of your categories. We boondock, we do power, we work on the road part time, we move the camper nightly, bi weekly, weekly, bi monthly and monthly. We rarely if ever do RV parks. We own a 2022 Lance which is new and awesome.
Rule number 1. Run as fast as you can from any RV dealership. (unless you stay in driving distance of Jacob) Sheeeesh RVs are such garbage.
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