Which is safer? There’s no hard and fast data for an objective comparison. Everything is subjective and swayed by personal opinion. Most class A motorhomes are above the weight limit where crash tests are required. The fear is that things in the house become deadly projectiles no matter how secure you are in seatbelts/whatnot. But, […]
If you have a residential address, just don’t tell them. You can finance through anyone. If you use a mail service, they know and they’ll turn you down. Been there, done that. There are only 2 banks that I know who finance to fulltimers: Essex Bank of the West and Alliant Credit Union.
Emotions feel bigger in a tiny house. When one person is having a bad day, everyone is impacted. When things go wrong, it’s hard to see them as “part of the adventure” while they’re happening. And things happen. Some big, some little. But most of the time, they feel big… sometimes really big. Rig repairs […]
There’s no real easy way to find an RV park to live in. It takes leg work and making phone calls. You’re going to need to search for RV parks using Campendium.com and CampgroundReviews.com. Then you need to check that each is open year round if you’re planning on being there all year. And then […]
You know you want to travel in your RV fulltime but you don’t know what to do for income, right? This question gets asked multiple times per day in the fulltime RVing groups and forums that I follow. Inevitably they get overrun by multilevel marketing (MLM) companies and other “network marketing” jobs. I’ll talk about […]
When you buy a new or used RV, you should do a complete walk-through to make sure all of the systems are working. We often call it a “Pre-Delivery Inspection” (PDI). Dealers often call it a walk-thru. Here is a checklist (not mine) for a walk-thru to ensure all systems work and there aren’t leak […]
To answer if an RV clothing washer/dryer is worth it or not, the first question is are you weekending or fulltime? We weekended for 3 years and just didn’t see the point. We didn’t mind the occasional trip to the campground laundry facilities and taking home dirty clothes. Once we went fulltime, we started without […]
When your dealer is booked way out on RV warranty work or you bought out of state and your local dealer won’t do RV warranty on your rig, what are your options? I avoid dealers for service at all cost- especially warranty work! Mobile RV techs and independent repair shops can do warranty work. Contact your […]
NEEDs are very few, SHOULD HAVEs a little longer, and WANTs are never ending! Watch out for “must have” lists with 30+ things on them. Some are good, some you’ll never use. Start small and go use it a few times before going overboard buying all the things. See if this list helps get you […]
Using solar to save money on electricity is possible but not necessarily practical. First, you won’t get much benefit out of solar unless you also install a load supporting inverter or move some outlets over to be ran off of an inverter (both of which run off of battery power). Then you’ll need to stop […]
