woolfy
Saint Charles Mo.
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Were thinking of going full timing in the next 3-5 years. Can anyone suggest any good books or articles on how to go about this? Or share your advice on doing this. Anything would be helpful. Thanks
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2oldman
WA
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all kinds of books.. amazon.
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sfischer
Stafford, VA
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Lot of good information on the Escapees Forum as well.
http://community.webshots.com/user/DuraFox
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1994 Chev 2500HD, 7.4L, 4.10
1994 Jayco 3250RLR 5ver
1990 Chev 2500, 350, 3.73
1992 Terry 27' TT
1991 Terry 19' TT
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Delaine and Lindy
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woolfly, I highly recomend RV-Dreams.com. Howard and Linda will give you the best info. They are living the life and can give you some great ideas. Good Luck. GBY....
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Golden_HVAC
Fulltime, CA, USA
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Look for the "Poop Sheets" by Phred Tinseth, and other articals by him. Very experianced full timer.
http://www.phrannie.org/boondock.html
For solar advice, here is a great website that writes a wonderful magazine.
HomePower.com
I bought my solar panels at SolarOnSale.com and RVSolarelectric.com
I got my olympic catalytic heater at RV solar electric too. That is a 6,000 BTU heater that uses propane, but not electricity, and is completely silent.
If you need som great advice, look around here. Do a search in the full time section. Learn tips like using a little shower water saved in a gallon container to flush at night (I have a tub/shower and plug the drain to conserve water while dry camping) it also saves space in the smallish gray tank.
And the best tip!
FreeCampgrounds.com
Well the secret to backing up a trailer is another great tip. Put your hand at the bottom of the steering wheel, and then turn it in the direction that you want the BACK of the trailer to go in.
Fred.
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BarbaraOK
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Read, read, read posts on here and then look at the blogs of a lot of the posters. That will give you an idea of where they go, what they do, etc. And I'll second the Escapees forum - a lot of fulltimers post there regularly and Escapees is probably more fulltimer oriented than any other website.
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Clay L
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Do a search on CCC (cargo carrying capacity). It's VERY important to a full timer.
There are a lot of posts here about it.
Clay (WA5NMR), Lee,(Wife) Codi, Brandi (Shelties) and Damncat (damn cat)
Full Timing in a 2004 Winnebago Sightseer 35N, Workhorse chassis, Honda Accord toad
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phil crouch
NW Oregon
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If I were going to go fulltime within the next couple years, I would just read the fulltime forum here and the escapee website.. Most of the things you would need to learn is posted here..
If you have a question, ask away...
Would also read some of the blogs that can be found here.. Barb has is right..
The fulltime books out there are OK, but most have dated information..
You are giving yourself plenty of time to be prepared..
The biggest thing we did, was to get our finances in order, clear all debts, and save like crazy.. Start downsizing your stuff..
We were able to retire and start fulltiming at 55, never regretted that decision..
I would love to be in your shoes and look forward to fulltiming again.. We fulltimed for 10 years and left the lifestyle way too early.. Wife loved the fulltime lifestyle, but will not go back, I would....
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nifty250
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The RV Hometown web page has some good information.
I highly recommend attending a Life on Wheels conference. You'll get tons of good information and be able to talk with some fulltimers.
RV Dreams is another good website.
If you see links to blogs and web pages in the signiatures of other posters, go check them out. You'll find a wealth of good information.
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Kirk
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You may want to take a look at these free booklets and then start shopping. A very good choice of book is Home is Where You Park It.
For some other great information check out the Gypsy Journal.
Good travelin! ........Kirk
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