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Thanks for all the advice guys! Yeah, I plan on staying in this area most of the time for the time being, if I ever decide to visit friends in colder climates I'll just do it during warmer seasons. If I use reflectix to insulate my van, would putting a layer of bubble wrap up first, then putting...

Hey guys, so I was wondering if insulation is entirely necessary for my situation. I live in an area with humidity ranging from 20-90% throughout the year, temperatures rarely dropping below 50 and rarely going above 100. I've read all sorts of different things about insulation on this forum and...

It's for full-timing, and the area I'm in during the winters it won't usually drop below 40F and the summers it's rare for it to climb over 90F. It doesn't get overcast very often here either so I don't have to worry much about that. As long as I get a van within the price range I'm looking for...

Yes, Yes, and no I was thinking 2 but after these replies I'm assuming I'm going to need more than that. Yeah I was hoping to keep the things I already have from before and make the power system work with it, but like GotSmart said, I might look in to one of those buddy heaters. I'm already...

Hey guys! So soon I will be purchasing and converting a cargo van and have been planning out how I'm going to be setting up the electrical in the van. I used to know nothing about how electricity works, but for the past few months I've been looking in to it a lot so I don't have to waste money...

Thanks for all the feedback guys, you've given me a lot to consider. I think I might just hold off on getting that rental vehicle, It's at the limit of my pool of money set aside for getting an RV anyway. If I'm going to need to worry about repairs either way, I might as well get something older...

Yeah they get refurbished before they sell them so I'm not too worried about the house parts of the rv. Might end up just getting the extended warranty for the power train and leave it at that.

very true, who knows where it's been. Also, this company sells off all their RVs once they hit the 5 year mark, so all the vehicles have between 100k-160k miles on them. Hopefully none of the ones im interested in are for sale because of mechanical issues. The company, cruise america, seems...

So I've come across a few ex-rental vehicles, really new, perfect layout for what I want, but the only issue is that it has a huge amount of miles on it. I know that rental vehicles are usually taken care of really well, but i'm still afraid some huge mechanical issue might come up. It is built...

Not planning on using fiberglass, was either gonna do the bubblewrap, reflectix, bubblewrap thing or go with something like that ultra touch denim insulation I've heard about.

Thanks for the feedback guys, was thinkin about doing a van build and just wasnt sure if I'd need to get comfortable cutting wood or not. I don't really have an issue with how it looks, I just want it to be functional haha. That marine grade hull liner does look interesting though, I might look...

Hey guys, just a quick question out of morbid curiosity. After insulating the inside of a van, is putting up wooden panels over it necessary for something or is it just an aesthetic choice?

Yeah, just a crazy idea, Would probably need to be an olympian bicyclist to pull off even a semi-acceptable speed if anything at all haha. Just trying to think of ways to shed any extra bills that'd weight me down every month. Thanks for the replies guys, very insightful!

Hey guys, what are your thoughts on full-timing in a trailer towed by a bike? I read up on some articles saying towing about 1,000lbs on a bike slows you down to about 5mph, so I was thinking, what about an E-bike with pedal assistance? I know a lot of those little guy trailers. weight 500-1,000...

Thanks for all the replies guys! I'm pretty set on getting that class C now, and now I'll know what to look out for when I'm checking out the rig! So I've been looking around though and I've seen a few RVs for roughly 20k that are around 2010-2012 with 40k miles on them from dealers, is that a...

Thanks for the welcome! I checked out the link and looked at some other people's posts concerning rv type, and I may be leaning more towards a class C now. Not too used to driving larger vehicles like that, but I'm sure I'll catch on eventually. I've seen a lot of posts like this get responses...

Hey guys! New to the forum, but I had a few questions since soon I plan to start full-time RVing. I've taken family trips in RVs before and for about the past year I've been researching a lot of the general inner workings of RVs, but I'm still at a loss as to which kind of RV I should get. I...