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anygunanywhere wrote:

RJGold wrote:

anygunanywhere wrote:

RJGold wrote:Wow...

We live full time in travel trailers at the moment. We have a 40' fifth wheel in Houston for staying in during the week. We have a 35' bumper pull toy hauler on our land in La Grange where we stay during the weekend. We are building our weekend home so that situation is not permanent.

Where is your property in La Grange? We live off Hwy 159 a few miles out of town.

Off of FM 155 south of La Grange. Sounds like the opposite side of town . You are up north of La Grange, right?

Yep.

One of these days we need to get together.

Yes sir. Not sure a La Grange get together would be as well attended as some others but it would dang sure be in better country...

I'll PM you my contact details. We're out there most weekends now...

anygunanywhere wrote:

RJGold wrote:Wow...

We live full time in travel trailers at the moment. We have a 40' fifth wheel in Houston for staying in during the week. We have a 35' bumper pull toy hauler on our land in La Grange where we stay during the weekend. We are building our weekend home so that situation is not permanent.

Where is your property in La Grange? We live off Hwy 159 a few miles out of town.

Off of FM 155 south of La Grange. Sounds like the opposite side of town . You are up north of La Grange, right?

Lambda Force wrote:Are any of you full time RVers? What do you do for a government approved address? It seems strange that somebody who lives in a motor vehicle, and therefore needs a driving license, can't use a PO Box as their address.

We full time but own property as well. We established an address there and use that as a physical address (but also have a PO Box we use for a mailing address). Some bank accounts and investment accounts need a physical address too due to the Patriot Act.

If you can't use a family address, I've heard some private post office type businesses (Mailboxes Etc or something like them) will establish a physical address for you (i.e. You rent a mailbox but they make it look like a street address with a suite number). I'm not sure if this passes muster for things like the Patriot Act.

You may want to check on some RV owners forums to see if you can get opinions from those who full time but don't own a physical piece of property any more. Grand Design Owners Forum is one I've looked on occasionally.

My two cents...

Wow...

Sorry I missed out on this 12 page topic of discussion.

We live full time in travel trailers at the moment. We have a 40' fifth wheel in Houston for staying in during the week. We have a 35' bumper pull toy hauler on our land in La Grange where we stay during the weekend. We are building our weekend home so that situation is not permanent.

We've discovered that after the weekend in our smaller toy hauler (meant for weekend trips only), our fifth wheel seems like a palatial estate (king bed and all).

We sold our home about 7 months ago and have no regrets (we didn't have any of the drivers TAM mentioned for keeping theirs).

Our time in the RV's has been quite a learning experience from figuring out where to stay while we get warranty or service work done (owning two really came in handy), to dealing with mostly stationary rigs (black tanks, hydraulic levelers, etc), to dealing with AC's not designed to keep the rigs cool during summer, etc. We wouldn't change it. We're happy we "traded" our suburban home and high taxes for 60 acres in the country.

TAM - one comment on fuel mileage. I bought an F350 with a 440HP diesel to pull our 5th wheel and Toy Hauler (16,000 lbs and 10,000 lbs respectively). I normally get 16 to 18 mpg when not towing but get about 10 to 12 when towing (doesn't seem to matter what it's towing). Sounds like you and others have similar experience.

Lots of interesting reading in this thread.