Mr Stubs
Taste my rainbow, bitches
Grey or black water?Got tired of dumping once a week so made a drain field out of scrap!!!!!
Grey or black water?Got tired of dumping once a week so made a drain field out of scrap!!!!!
I might have to bow out of this thread....... But not entirely*
Wife and I took a ride up to Tyler yesterday so I could buy a set of SxS wheels & tires I found on CL. Just outside the city limits of the town we live in, there was a house* for sale. It literally checks off all the boxes we had in our heads about what we want......
-2.5 acres
-2012 built house*
-30 X 60 Shop!!!!!
-Surrounded by farms
-Concrete driveway
-Fully fenced
-Gated entrance
-Impeccable property maintenance
- Outside city limits (no zoning BS)
-Awesome price
When we got back yesterday I had my wife inquire about it. I'm all in if we can get the deal done.
*Its a mobile home, so would I still be trailer trash?
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I might have to bow out of this thread....... But not entirely*
The issue I found with full timing in a rv is that alot of them are cheap pieces of shit mine included. Running on propane for the water heater and stove sucked.
I have a plan to build an rv out of a 53ft drop frame van trailer, like a ghetto fabulous version of Spacecraft Mfg. Everything will be fullsize and use higher end materials. Kind of want to make it a toyhauler, but dont want to lose the living space.
After the fire, almost everyone I knew bought a trailer. A lot of them went with grand design, which is supposed to be top of the line.
Even the 5th wheels that retail for $100k had issues right away.
I wish you could buy one that wasn't trying to look all fancy, but was just built sturdy.
I'd like to do something out of an enclosed trailer one day. Just the basics, built for ease of maintenance and function.
After the fire, almost everyone I knew bought a trailer. A lot of them went with grand design, which is supposed to be top of the line. Even the 5th wheels that retail for $100k had issues right away.
I wish you could buy one that wasn't trying to look all fancy, but was just built sturdy.
I'd like to do something out of an enclosed trailer one day. Just the basics, built for ease of maintenance and function.
I might have to bow out of this thread....... But not entirely*
Wife and I took a ride up to Tyler yesterday so I could buy a set of SxS wheels & tires I found on CL. Just outside the city limits of the town we live in, there was a house* for sale. It literally checks off all the boxes we had in our heads about what we want......
-2.5 acres
-2012 built house*
-30 X 60 Shop!!!!!
-Surrounded by farms
-Concrete driveway
-Fully fenced
-Gated entrance
-Impeccable property maintenance
- Outside city limits (no zoning BS)
-Awesome price
When we got back yesterday I had my wife inquire about it. I'm all in if we can get the deal done.
*Its a mobile home, so would I still be trailer trash?
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Sadly the RV industry does as a whole does not give a shit about quality control. My travel trailer was 20k, and I've had some issues that I just fixed on my own. My brother has an $80,000 42 foot 5th wheel, and he just got it back from the dealer for tons of warranty work. $20k or 80k, they are all lacking quality control.
Depends on if you own the couch or not.I've been sleeping on a couch for 2 years, is that unconventional living?
Anyone live in one in a cold area?
Yes. Hard to keep 'em warm for damned sure. Most are very poorly insulated. Plan on some kind of window coverings for insulation. Gotta run the furnace to keep the heated holdin' tanks thawed out. So don't even think on the stock propane bottles. Contact a local service and have at least a hun'erd pounder delivered and filled regularly. Insulate and heat the hell outta your water hose and tank knife valves if not already heated. When I first started in a RV and had a cheap-ass Wilderness camp trailer, I skirted it with hay bails and put electric heat lamps under it. Worked well.
Most RV's are garbage and only meant to go on a campin' trip or two ev'ry year. Not made to live in. Durability just ain't there. And neither are vapor barriers in the walls. Folks put out a lot of moisture into the air with showers and cookin' ... and just breathin'. Destroys the walls. Worser in the winter. Mandatory to run an exhaust fan when cookin' or showerin'. DRV and Luxe are only 5th wheels I'm aware of that claim they're geared up to live full-time in. And they cost as much as a house. I've been livin' in my DRV for 4 months now so we'll see how it holds up. I know Thor bought out DRV a few years back and there was a definite drop in the quality control of the build.
And bouncin' down the road beats the shit out of 'em too. Less ya move 'em the better.
Park models have bigger appliances but aren't any more durable. Particularly when bouncin' down the road. They just ain't made to move much.
Realistic'ly, RV's are a poor choice for housin' . But a good fit for me right now.
Seriously, how much extra work was it to type out your down-home speech patterns instead of just typing in English? Good info here, just tough to read.
FIFYSeriously; how much extra work was it to type out your down-home speech patterns instead of just typing in English?
(New point/new paragraph) Good info here; just tough to read.
Good info here, just tough to read.
Yes. Hard to keep 'em warm for damned sure. Most are very poorly insulated. Plan on some kind of window coverings for insulation.
Gotta run the furnace to keep the heated holdin' tanks thawed out. So don't even think on the stock propane bottles. Contact a local service and have at least a hun'erd pounder delivered and filled regularly.
Insulate and heat the hell outta your water hose and tank knife valves if not already heated. When I first started in a RV and had a cheap-ass Wilderness camp trailer, I skirted it with hay bails and put electric heat lamps under it. Worked well.
Most RV's are garbage and only meant to go on a campin' trip or two ev'ry year. Not made to live in. Durability just ain't there. And neither are vapor barriers in the walls. Folks put out a lot of moisture into the air with showers and cookin' ... and just breathin'. Destroys the walls. Worser in the winter. Mandatory to run an exhaust fan when cookin' or showerin'. DRV and Luxe are only 5th wheels I'm aware of that claim they're geared up to live full-time in. And they cost as much as a house. I've been livin' in my DRV for 4 months now so we'll see how it holds up. I know Thor bought out DRV a few years back and there was a definite drop in the quality control of the build.
And bouncin' down the road beats the shit out of 'em too. Less ya move 'em the better.
Park models have bigger appliances but aren't any more durable. Particularly when bouncin' down the road. They just ain't made to move much.
Realistic'ly, RV's are a poor choice for housin' . But a good fit for me right now.
FIFY
Why don't you police your own shit before whining about others. :rolleyes:
Excellent point--just had to get out on pretty shaky ground to make it.
Grey or black water?
Yes.
I'm seriously wondering where Airstream is in regards to said points.
Would a longer travel trailer have more problems than a shorter one in regards to frame-flex?
Frame-flex=making/causing problems.
Check out Arctic Fox for example. Half their website is showin' off their frame. That's good shit. I lived in one for 8 months and they're very well built. Just wanted more room so moved up to my monster DRV. Only time will tell how bad I fucked up.