Smokier

On 10/14/2020 at 9:48 PM, sandsys said:

Do you understand about RV holding tanks? Your toilet flushes into a tank. You have to wait until that tank is at least half full but not wait until it is completely full then hook up a hose to that tank and open a valve to transfer the effluent into an RV dump. Then you have to rinse the hose and put it away again until the next time you need to dump. You cannot leave the hose connected and the valve open because you need the solids to become liquid before dumping. Otherwise the solids stay in the tank and fill it up on their own and then you have a real problem.

I highly recommend you stop looking at RVs and start looking a park models because park models flush just like toilets in apartments do. There is no reason to have to do all that an RV requires if you don't plan to move it.

Linda Sand

Informative!

Greetings,

Thank you @Kirk W and @GR "Scott" Cundiff for the responses and definitions. We (the bride and I) are in the pre-retiree category (58/59).

We have dear friends who are FT'ing it now and having a blast.  We hope to join them in a few years.   Our goal is to sell everything, and go with a HDT / 5th wheel combo.   My task is to learn, plan and study the do's/dont's and watch out fors.   Your Budget sharing and experiences help tremendously.

Thank you,

Smokier

On 10/11/2020 at 2:01 PM, GR "Scott" Cundiff said:

<SNIP>  Also, we don't boondock - you can save a lot of money staying on BLM land.<SNIP>

 

 

Greetings,

Would you define BOONDOCK and "BLM land", please?   As a true newbie, these terms don't mean anything.

Sorry and thank you,

Smokier