Am I asking for too much? I have specific RV needs...

[graygables]

I have long dreamed of full-timing in an RV. I could wait until the last 2 kidlets are out of the house (7 more years), but I hate spending what I do for rent with nothing to show for it.

My ideal RV: Class A toyhauler. Bedroom for me, loft area for youngest DD, and the garage with automatic bed for teenager, under $100,000. Is that asking too much? Anyone know if such a creature exists? There is a perfect 5th wheel model (Heartland Cyclone 3914), but that would involve having to buy a truck, too, and that doesn't excite me so much.

~*sigh*~ maybe I'll just keep dreaming for a few more years...

 

[des1954]

I don't want to burst your bubble, but you can pay as much or more for a campsite monthly than you do for an apartment or house. Also - the way RV's depreciate - you would lose half your investment in the first year. It is a nice dream, however!

We full-timed for almost two years while we were selling one home and building another. In all honesty - I could very easily go back to full-timing. When you get sick of the neighbors and the neighborhood, you pull the plug, pull in the hoses and slides, and boogie on down the road! I loved the gypsy life! I've been trying to convince the DH to unload the house and household goods and go back to full-timing....but he ain't buying into it!

 

[graygables]

I don't want to burst your bubble, but you can pay as much or more for a campsite monthly than you do for an apartment or house. Also - the way RV's depreciate - you would lose half your investment in the first year. It is a nice dream, however!

Yes, I know. I am more of a wings person than a roots person. I grew up in Europe where we owned a 15' TT (no bathroom, water in the kitchen was a pump from a 5 gallon bag). Over the course of 7 years, we spent about 400 days in the trailer, travelling for up to 4 weeks at a time. Ever since then, I've wanted to full-time. When I married my hubby, he knew from the first date that I had a "sell it all, buy a Winnebago" attitude, but he's not interested. Our dreams diverged a few years ago and I am now seizing mine and running with them. Life is simply too short to put it off. One way or another I'll be full-timing within 10 years. I couldn't sell DDs on it unless I could come up with the right configuration which is exactly like the Cyclone, but preferably without the truck part.

I'm starting my "Gypsy Fund"...

 

[AuburnJen92]

more power to ya sista

 

[DaveInTN]

I don't know that you will find anything in a class A with 3 distinct sleeping areas. There are some toyhaulers with loft bedrooms over them, but you don't get the third bedroom area up front like in a fiver. That's where the living/kitchen space and the driving seats are.

But, keep in mind one thing. If you are spending a great deal of time in a class A, you will probably need to pull a car with you so you have a way to get around while camped. Considering that, maybe getting a big truck and pulling a fiver isn't any worse? Plus, and I realize I am a guy saying this, trucks are just COOL.