Fulltimers

[Ed Hackenbruch]

We are in our 9th year so far.

[thomasinnv]

we are in out fifth year, with two little girls and an ankle biter.

[gg04]

In our 4th bus since 86..gg04

[TheHollands!]

One year in, family of 4. Love it.
Craig

[Scott & Heather]

Just celebrated 1 year a few weeks ago.  Fulltiming has been the best thing that's happened to us!! 😃


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[ccbmster]

I assume I meet the criteria for a full timer. I have been spending 8 to 10 months a year in my bus conversions (on my second one now) since 2006. The other 2 to 4 months a year I am stay with one of my kids or in timeshare condos.

[Dave5Cs]

We started last year January 2011 and lived in our Bus February 2012. Then the Wife broke her ankle and can't make it up the stairs and was in a wheel chair for 7 months. She is getting better and can almost walk again. So I am taking the time to fix things (Air system etc.) on the bus plus working on the ranch we live at for now. We expect to go back on the road within the next year sometime. We really miss living in our Bus.

Dave5Cs

[technomadia]

Just over 6 years for us... and just over 1 year as full timing in a bus!  Loving it more and more every day.  We work remotely doing software development and technical consulting.

- Cherie

[PP]

We are in our 12th year this time around. Can't imagine any other lifestyle, Will and Wife

[Dreamscape]

3 1/2 years and counting! 

It's been great so far but Becky would sure like a bathtub!

[travlinman]

We have been full time nomads since July of '06 using many different forms of transport. Foot, bike, van and now bus. Our 4106 has been with us since '09, considered selling it, glad we kept it. We just got back from a 6 week walking trip and it feels like a palace!

Cheers

TM

[bobofthenorth]

We've been fulltime nomads since 2007 and long termers for a long time before that.  Now we alternate between the bus and the boat but still spend more time in the bus than we do on the boat.  Over time that will likely shift in favour of the boat but for now we're still more land based than sea based.  We've found that there's a great deal of crossover between the 2 lifestyles.  A lot of the systems are actually identical - inverter/chargers, water pressure systems, Webasto/Proheat diesel furnaces.  There's campgrounds in the boat world - they call them marinas and they come in all conditions and price ranges, just like on land.  There's also boondocking which they call anchoring out.  The big difference is that if you break down you can't roll to the side of the road and call Coachnet.  You can call Seatow but my the time they arrive you may be bashed to bits on some inconvenient bit of rock sticking out of the ocean so service and maintenance are even more important than they are in the bus world.  On the plus side there's room on a boat to carry some serious tools and spare parts.  And because of the bashing to bits on the rocks thing you can easily convince your wife that those tools and spare parts are actually a safety feature.

[luvrbus]

Full timing is not for every one for sure we tried it for year not enough room for the sewing machines , the quilting stuff,kitting machine takes one bay just for her supplies lol and really I didn't like it either best advantage I could find it beats the hell out paying all the property taxes

My thinking is if you sell everything you own and know you have no other place to fall back on it works 

I wanted to do the boat thing after Matt drove off in the Eagle but not tied to a dock then Mexico turned to a slaughter house so I sold the boat a while back now I have no boat or helicopter lol just good friends life is good

good luck

[lostagain]

As much as we enjoy time in the bus, we like coming home too.

JC

[thomasinnv]

As much as we enjoy time in the bus, we like coming home too.

JC

On occasion we have the opportunity to park at a friend or relatives house for a few weeks. It is nice to be able to stretch out, use a full size kitchen, lets the kids play on the living room floor. However, a month is about as long as I can stand to be somewhere before I start getting white line fever. Then I just want to get in and go, even if it's only 50 miles down the road. Time for a change of scenery.