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  1. Hi Kirk, Thank you Yeah, I generally tell people I have anti-diabetes. It leads to a lot of the same issues. There is a higher risk of neurological issues then with diabetes, and fewer immune system issues. My father has the same condition, though his is less severe. My sister inherited the same condition, however, and she's having a tougher time with the symptoms. At 47 she has heart disease, neuropathy, and the fainting and seizures that can come with low blood sugar. I don't mean to imply that I'm discounting my life. I hope to be around for a good long while. But with this condition, and the high risk of cancer in my family, it doesn't seem like the best move to work for 36 years to hopefully get a chance to travel. It's possible I will live to be 90 regret it then. But it should also be said that I'm not one of the people you see on youtube either, who quit their job and roam and try to make ends meet. I'm an IT administrator for a vocational school with campuses in 5 states, and when we go fulltime next summer I'll still have that position, just remotely. So, really, the only thing I'm giving up is the house. We chose this instead of our dream house.
  2. Hi Kirk, I'm 31. I have a genetic metabolic disorder that causes rapid cycling hypoglycemia. The condition also more then triples my risk of heart failure and other ailments.
  3. I am not, nor am I likely to ever be, retired. Disabled maybe. Everyone has their own situation to decide, but it is highly unlikely I will make it to 70. As such, my fiance and I have made the decision to travel now, while we have job opportunities which allow us to do so. We do have some retirement options, and hopefully our careers will continue ascending for the next decade or so. If not, then we'll cross that bridge.
  4. Kirk: I love the old girl. That's one of the reasons we decided to start full-timing with her. When I was a kid, my parents had an RV called a Zodiac, built on a Ford chassis. As an adult, there were a lot of factors that inspired me to get back into RVing: traveling for work and having easier family vacations were the biggest ones. I started looking at all of my options, and eventually made the decision to go vintage. Looking back, I think I wanted to recapture something of my childhood. I changed jobs in 2015, and so I've been stationary. It's been good; I work for a wonderful company, and I've fallen in love with an incredible woman. But I've always wanted to be back on the road. Initially, my fiance and I were looking at buying a fifth wheel, but I felt like I'd be doing the old Winnebago a disservice. So after many late night conversations, we decided we'd use the Winnebago for the time being. At 25 foot, she's a little on the small side, but it will give us a chance to figure out what we like and don't like as a couple in the RV. The Winnebago (which is named Wiley), is a 1972 Winnebago Chieftain D24-CL which I have converted to a standard D24. The difference is is that the CL came with a desk and chair, instead of the two convertible couches. She sits on the Dodge M-375 chassis, which shares some items with the Dodge M-series military vehicles. Her drive train consists of a Dodge 413-1 8 cylinder engine coupled to the Dodge Torqueflite 3 speed transmission and a Dana 70HD rear end. The drive train is one of the reasons I went with this vintage option: those same components were common across many years of Dodge vehicles, and parts are incredibly common. I've got to re-do most of her brake system,. Incidentally, the brake system is one reason I'd urge anyone looking at a vintage Winnebago get a later model one; many of her brake parts are specific to the M-375. She has 6 wheel cylinders that need to be replaced, as well as two slave cylinder/booster units. RPSinc: I hadn't actually put that on my list, though I knew it needed to be done. I have added though. I think I need to just go ahead and get new ones. I know they make combo units, but isn't the prevailing wisdom to have smoke detectors up high, and CO detectors down low because it is a heavier gas?
  5. I find myself suddenly in the class of 2019 as well! I thought it would be later, if it happened at all, but we've settled on a plan of moving into my old 1972 Winnebago Chieftain by the end of June. The plan is to use it for at least a year or two, and then buy a fifth wheel (I have a 2007 Ford F350 with a work bed already). As far as preparations go, we are getting the old girl ready. It shouldn't take too much, as I used her for work from 2012 until 2015. She has an atwood on-demand hot water heater, an upgraded water system, and brand new propane regulator and hoses. I also upgraded the generator from the old onan 4k to a 6.5k genset. Her fridge was swapped out for super efficient r134-based apartment fridge. The work to be done is mostly brake work, and some interior updating. I hope to find the money to install solar by the time we move into it, but if not it will happen later in the year. I'm incredibly happy that we finally get to do this! Yay class of 2019!
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