Why Don't More People Full-time?

[WannaBFlTmer]

Entegra-nice coach. Our dealership just started offering those last year. Well made. I think the Bontrager family has a winner.

[Whatnobeer]

Originally Posted by WannaBFlTmer

Entegra-nice coach. Our dealership just started offering those last year. Well made. I think the Bontrager family has a winner.

Buy the ticket, take the ride. It all honesty what sold us on an Entegra was the quality and the customer service. We haven't even bought one yet and they treated us just like owners. We took the factory tour in April, met several employees including Joyce (CS lead) and were able to look at everything right down to the bare chassis (motor and wheels already attached). The employees honestly love their work and working for Jayco/Entegra and answered every question we had the best they could. From the tile people to the Amish cabinet makers, all quality all the time. On the way through the tour everyone thanked us for coming out and hoped we would buy. That pretty much sold us right there. The icing on the cake would have been if one of the Bontrager's came out and shook our hands. They do have a winner.

By the way, who's your dealer? (sounds like a bad drug deal )

[darstar]

Originally Posted by PyrateSilly

We can be packed and on the road in maybe a few hours or less with the RV. Cannot do that in a double wide mobile home. There are quite a few things to work out. It may be a little easier in a single wide but now a days you really are supposed to anchor those things down a lot.

The point was , the poster who said they were "just giong to live IN the MH .."and not travel in it." By the way we had a 70' 12' wide single, no double wides , that really need a foundation under them to be the most effective.Moving was not a big deal. Just call the trailer toter and he would deliver it anywhere we wanted. Took less than a day to get set up. I even , near the end ( divorce ) bought a pc of property, sunk a well and septic tank and we were in business !...no more trailer park rent. Today this is harder to do anywhere except the deep south where laws against homes on wheels are less restrictive.

Today there are a lot more options , trailer that are built in a factory and moved to a foundation you prepare, then they take the wheels back , to true modular housing units out there along with the "kit homes " I just finished a kit home , that I built myself, took five years, not cheap nor time saving. Now today I have a paid for dream house overlooking Lake Superior , and at the base of my mountain the Monaco Sigunature, also paid for ( vintage unit w/ our own shore power) .I think this is the best of both worlds. We can go at any min. anywhere as we keep the MH provisioned, to a point , ready to go, be it to the shore 200 miles away to a two week trip around the lake as our summer vacation. We are planing on Key West for a month this winter, already have paid for reservations. I would like to stay longer , but the cost is a little over budget for more than three weeks..... The hard part is going to have everything plowed and winterized once we arrive back home in late January.Depending on snow fall, I may need to have a heavy equip. operator prepair the site.. I have a large JD end loader in my heated garage,.

[RickO]

Originally Posted by WannaBFlTmer

So my wife and I want to live in our motorhome full-time, finding 2 favorite spots as anchors where we work to pay our way, avoid cold weather, enjoy beaches, and develop relationships with other like-minded individuals at those locations. Between anchors we smell the roses of new places in trips of shorter duration. Would we be full-timers or just snow birds who live in a moveable house?

You'll be whatever you want to call yourself.

IMO, anyone who simply lives in a stationary "RV" in one place isn't a "full timer"... but all other sorts, including those who have two bases... are full time RVers.

Rick

[WannaBFlTmer]

Originally Posted by RickO

You'll be whatever you want to call yourself.

IMO, anyone who simply lives in a stationary "RV" in one place isn't a "full timer"... but all other sorts, including those who have two bases... are full time RVers.

Rick

Good. Cause I want to be in the club! Do we get buttons? :two thumbs:

[WannaBFlTmer]

Originally Posted by Whatnobeer

Buy the ticket, take the ride. It all honesty what sold us on an Entegra was the quality and the customer service. We haven't even bought one yet and they treated us just like owners. We took the factory tour in April, met several employees including Joyce (CS lead) and were able to look at everything right down to the bare chassis (motor and wheels already attached). The employees honestly love their work and working for Jayco/Entegra and answered every question we had the best they could. From the tile people to the Amish cabinet makers, all quality all the time. On the way through the tour everyone thanked us for coming out and hoped we would buy. That pretty much sold us right there. The icing on the cake would have been if one of the Bontrager's came out and shook our hands. They do have a winner.

By the way, who's your dealer? (sounds like a bad drug deal )

I work part time (meaning every time I can get there when I'm not chasing a marching band around a football field) at Midwest RV in Dayton, OH, part of the Colrain RV group out of Cincinatti. I do interior detailing on trade-in and POD (Prior To Delivery) units. (Had to show off my insider lingo knowldege!) :nose in air:

[Whatnobeer]

Originally Posted by WannaBFlTmer

I work part time (meaning every time I can get there when I'm not chasing a marching band around a football field) at Midwest RV in Dayton, OH, part of the Colrain RV group out of Cincinatti. I do interior detailing on trade-in and POD (Prior To Delivery) units. (Had to show off my insider lingo knowldege!) :nose in air:

If you ever need a part timer up there let me know. I love doing detailing work on the side. We've been by Midwest several times as it's 5 minutes from our house but they never have any diesels. We normally go to Colerain RV and talk to Josh and Dave down there. They look out for us even though we're not quite in the market yet. Great people. My only worry is they're service dept. looks kinda small and they can't service the Entegra's on site. Other than that, they have a great dealership hidden off of I275.

[browne07]

My parents RVed but always wanted a home to come back to.