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Age when you started fultiming.
02-05-2010, 08:50 PM
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Curious to know the oldest ages when folks started full time rv'ing. Thinking about it but wondering if I'm near the age of "no return".
tonyg
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02-05-2010, 09:02 PM
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Tonyg,
Welcome to iRV2.com! 
My DW and I full timed when I was age 58 for about 1 year when this piece of property popped up that I couldn't pass on here in Myrtle Beach.
The Full-Time Lifestyle is great is that's what you want to do and your committed to it. Go for it! 
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02-06-2010, 10:28 AM
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We were both 60 when we hit the road. Been here for 3 years and see no end in sight. 
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02-06-2010, 10:54 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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I was 57, about 3 1/2 years ago.
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02-06-2010, 12:09 PM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Me 62 - 7 years ago. Best to not include DW's age...
Still not ready to settle down.
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02-06-2010, 12:39 PM
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Ford Super Duty Owner Fleetwood Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tonyg
Curious to know the oldest ages when folks started full time rv'ing. Thinking about it but wondering if I'm near the age of "no return".
tonyg
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Good question. I have been kicking that around. My wife can retire at 63 which is three years from now. I will be 59 this year and I can retire at 62. Hopefully I can convince her to full time by then. I'm ready.
Mark
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02-06-2010, 12:59 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
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If you want to do it, just do it! Do you already have an RV? If so, just close up or rent out the house and hit the road for a 'test drive' of full timing.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Live it!
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02-06-2010, 02:25 PM
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I was 54 and my wife was 49 when we quit working and hit the road fulltime. We traveled over ten years fulltime and now we have a house and only travel six months a year.
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02-06-2010, 02:51 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Was 47 the first time and it was a great age to fulltime. The problem was, I was too young to retire and stop working. The fulltiming lasted 3 1/2 years and I got bored, seemed to lack a purpose.
This time I retired at 59 and think I can handle the retirement but intend to part time. In comparing then and now, I would say the younger the better. Fulltiming can be a lot of work and may not be for the weak of heart or out of shape.
The reason to part time instead of fulltime is that it's a lot of work to get rid of or store it all and a lot of work to stop and set it all up again. The greatest percentage of fulltimers hang it up within 5 years or less. If you start at 65, you are moving back into a sticks and bricks in your seventies, in my mind, that was too old for me to go through it all again.
As a wise man once said, "Choose Wisely"!
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02-07-2010, 10:44 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I'm 68 now and still working part-time. Tend to agree with Jim that beginning this in the next 2-3 years may not be the best choice. We just started rv'ing 4 years ago. Enjoy it but as Jim said not sure starting in my early 70's would a wise choice.
tonyg
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02-11-2010, 06:57 PM
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National RV Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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We are presently preparing our coach for fulltiming. The clock is ticking down, When we start fulltiming this August I will be 63 and the DW will be 61.
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02-11-2010, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Beaufort SC/ Harmony PA
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We started fulltime in 2002 at 59. Don't see stopping in the near future, if the health holds up! Still more left to see and more strange food to sample!
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Semper Fi In God We Trust
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02-11-2010, 11:33 PM
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Fulltime since 1991, retired and took to the road; age 54 then.
Semper Fi
Al & Janet
custom coach
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02-13-2010, 06:03 PM
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Howdy!
I retired and we started FTing at 55 and LW was 51. Three years now and we're still loving it!
"Happy Trails"
chiefneon
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