Jim Hicks

Welcome Eric, I like your tastes.

Welcome back Jim. It sounds like you and I are thinking alike. I should be a year or two behind you, with a similar rig. Robin and I snuck out of upstate New York just ahead of an Irate Posse a few mponths ago. No plans on my part to go back, with the possible exception of fall foilage and snowboarding trips. I had the chance to go to the ECR this year and had a blast as well. Again, Welcome back!

It should be a blast. I still have a long road to get there though. I have a kid in college down there in your neck of the woods at FSU. We are counting on a college football comeback, now that Bobby Bowden is retired. Jim

Welcome Jon, it sounds like you and I have a lot in common. I will be tracking your progress. Seems you are way ahead of me. Jim

Welcome to the forum hone eagle. I would recomend you contact a member by the user name of PSD Tweaker. Rick is from your neck of the woods and hails from Quebec. He has a tremendous reputation as a great resource in the HDT arena. He is an HDT owner, and has helped many aquire the rig of their dreams. I would imagine he could steer you to the right places to get a rig converted in your own back yard. Good Luck. Jim

Thanks Phil, for making me feel so welcome. I already recieved very thorough responses from both gentelmen to my questions. I look forward to the great education I am going to get on this forum. Jim

First Post everyone! I could not stand lurking any more. I sent an E-mail to Mark Bruss and Jack Mayer with an introduction and a couple of questions. I thought I would share a similar introduction with you all. I am a wanna be full timer and am devouring all of the information I can for my anticipated entry into the fulltiming lifestyle. It could be quite some time before I enter the lifestyle but am confident we will be out there with you guys one way or another. My name is Jim Hicks and my wonderful bride of 26 years and my lifelong best friend is my wife Robin. We have two wonderful daughters. Our oldest is in the Air Force, and youngest is a sophmore at Florida State. I am a proud member of the United States Navy and have over 25 years of service to date. Once the youngest graduates college and we are truly empty nesters, our fulltiming lifestyle will begin. Possibly sooner, but we will play it by ear. Robin and I will be entering the fulltiming lifestyle immediately after I retire from the military. The soonest will be Fall of 2011, but it will most likely be closer to my Daughters graduation date. Although I am currently stationed in upstate NY, I will most likely be retiring from Hawaii. Needless to say, acquiring our truck and trailer prior to retirement is impractical, so we will most likely be homeless when we leave Hawaii, while shopping for our truck and trailer. I would love to attend the HDT rally in Kansas this fall, prior to moving to Hawaii, but I think my work schedule will keep me from attending. I will keep tabs on the rallies in the future to see if I can get my schedule to line up. I would love nothing more than to meet some of you guys and get a better understanding of your rigs. Oh well, the fall Hershey Pennsylvania RV show, and the internet will need to suffice for now. Are any of you HDT guys planning on being at the Hershey show this fall. If so can I arrange to see your rig? My current thoughts/ plans are: 1) I will pay Cash for my truck and trailer. 2) Buy a Nice Used Volvo Aerocab HDT (Autoshift for wife). Volvo will be outfitted to carry my Goldwing. Model is yet to be determined. 3) Buy a nicely outfitted fifth wheel (35-40 ft) with four season/boondocking capabilities. Most likely a few years old. Please bear with me as I ask my silly questions to those of you with experience. Jim