Getting serious about FTing. Your help with more questions?

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Re: Getting serious about FTing. Your help with more questi

Postby JudyJB » Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:51 pm

I can see you are a hyper Type AA person, much like a friend of mine who never got less than an A in a graduate school course. :lol: The other members who said they cannot answer because there are so many variables are right. That is part of what makes this an ADVENTURE. You try to prepare, but you still have to take that leap and know that things can be fixed as you go and plans changed on the run. Being flexible is really the most important thing about this lifestyle.

As far as maintenance, there are mobile repair people who will come to your site and fix things. For example, after struggling with replacing the seals in my toilet over the last few days, and not being able to reinsert one part that ought to go in, I ended up walking down to chat with the camp hosts in this Corps of Engineering campground. They were able to give me the name and phone number of a mobile repair guy who was certified at RV repair. They said he was reasonable in his charges, but most such people do charge a fee for coming out to you.

I had tried Camping World and another RV dealer in this area and both said they could not fit me in for at least two weeks--a ridiculous situation when you have a barely working toilet!
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Re: Getting serious about FTing. Your help with more questi

Postby snowball » Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:19 pm

I had a boss that once said no question is dumb except the one unasked...and perhaps some of the answers will be :lol:
keep asking I still ask
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Re: Getting serious about FTing. Your help with more questi

Postby OTW » Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:10 am

Whew. I feared I'd overwhelmed you all with just too many questions so thanks for the assurances. And the cost examples definitely did help re concerns about getting in over my head just via overhead surprise from somewhere unexpected.

Judy, what's Type AA? I've only heard of Type A. (Hmmm, is that type A squared? LOL.) Yeah, I probably do beat the carpet to death. I hope your toilet is back in commission - there's always plastic bag and kitty litter (tried that in my little van camping trips, did not do too well with it.)

Adventure mentions: Right now, just the freedom of minimal Stuff Ownership is exciting. But once I get used to pulling the thing around and hitching, I can definitely picture some mosey time. Blogs and photography of FT RVers are pretty compelling!
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