Question

My husband is getting a good paying job this summer doing Wind turbine technician. We thinking about going on the road with him full time in a RV. Two adults and two kids  How expensive is this ?  

Answer 1

Does he get per diem? If does, that helps with daily expenses like the lot rent. If already have an RV then y’all are in good graces. If not, can buy one and upgrade later. If works on the road and gets per diem, will often have discounts at places so keeps your weekly/monthly expenses lower. It’s a hard life with men working on the road, but when you get there it’s a group of wives. Make friends and they can give you lots of tips. If it’s just a trailer than can cut cars to just the truck pulling it, not sure if you mean RV or camper. (Some people call them both), but regardless the RV can pull a car, so would have a vehicle. Financially it’s NOT as expensive. emotionally, it takes a lot of adjusting to the life on the road, but again, will usually be around other families and can give you tips and tricks.  

Answer 2

There are lots of pages for full time families that would provide lots of insight for you. I think it can definitely be done at reasonable price and definitely less than a mortgage and average home utility bills. Would you rent out your house while gone?  

Answer 3

Some wind turbine parks have the hookups needed to park an RV. If you can do that, you’ll save on RV park fees. Most Bass Pro Shops or Carbellos (I might be butchering the name, but it’s a sporting good store) have dump stations that you can empty your tanks at (some charge, some don’t) If you are traveling from one place to another, you can do boon docking at the above mentioned locations, Walmart (make sure you check with the manager first) and even Cracker Barrel’s will have overnight parking. If you can afford it, get solar panels for the RV so that you can keep the house batteries charged without plugging in to power or running the engine. If that’s something you are interested in, but have no idea where to start, send me a PM. Finally, if you are not used to traveling or spending time as a family in an RV, try it out for a weekend, then a week. It may sound like a great idea, but once you force everyone to live in super close quarters, you might think twice. There are a few apps/websites that allow you to rent RVs from other owners (think AirBnB on wheels) for small trips. Give it a try. It’s also a good way to test out different size RVs and find one that suits you and your family’s needs. My boyfriend and I lived in our RV for a year (he actually lived in it for 4 years) and loved it. We would still be living in it if it weren’t for his job requiring him to have an office in our home.  

Comments

@gnosis it would be our first time. We don’t have a RV or a truck. Staying in a RV park would be better sense he would be working crazy hours .  

Answer 4

We RV full time ! Our situation is different than most but it has helped us the way we do it. I can’t say that staying in a park all the time would really be much different - some places it’s cheaper some it’s not. It cuts down on other bills but if you aren’t stationary you have gas expenses also. We love it and wouldn’t have it any other way really! Check your area and call around some parks for pricing. If you’re stationary most do a special rate for 1 month or even 3 months etc and it’s cheaper !  

Comments

@residentiary7096 We would be more stationary for our understanding. The only debt we would have is RV and truck if we choose that route. Because all our other debt is getting paid of with income tax .