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I have both sad and good news about this situation.
The single wide trailer i got for free and after spending a few thousand fixing up, well, i was forced to let it go after getting an eviction notice because i made a few written complaints of neighbors who were not just breaking the rules of the park we were in, but being absolute nuisance at all hours. Loud stereos at 3am nightly, all-day/all-night dog barking, people dumping trash in the recycle bins. Homeless coming into park and rummaging through our bins.. the park manager wasn’t doing her job and decided that I was being a butt.
I couldn’t find a buyer for the home quick enough so i gave the home away to a needy family with the willingness to finish fixing up the place.
But i have my 1989 Fleetwood Southwind RV and now it’s just me by myself here in a few months, on the road… with no particular direction. I need to get back into the swing of making a sizable income again to cover my traveling and other unexpected expenses but i am looking foward to it again.
I will be towing my 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan behind the Southwind RV… wanting to stay along the coast. I’d love to find the perfect spot for me. I’m single guy, working from home/rv.
I’ve been watching Pippi’s videos and love them. In fact, i find it quite nice a young pretty woman has NO problem getting her hands dirty to work on her own place. I think that’s fantastic, even changing oil. I’ve been spending a lot of time over the last few weeks planning my remodel of the RV, what types of income sources I want to work on while living in the RV and how i’d even manage if I don’t want to be in a park.. and just travel. I guess i’ll try homeless if need be… done it before but last time was with a car. This time with an RV.
Special Thanks to Pippi for the videos i really think they are inspirational and uplifting. 🙂
If you are on a contract or prepaid phone service with Verizon, you should be good to go on hotspot “tethering”, withing the limits of your plans’ data cap.
The reason is that Verizon is required by the FCC to let it’s users use data via tethering at no extra cost because of a deal made when FCC let Verizon buy up a huge chunk of radio spectrum at auction some number of years ago as part of a deal. I don’t have the specifics, but this holds true today. Other providers such as US Cellular, Sprint, AT&T, etc may block or charge extra when tethering is detected.
I can vouch for Verizon’s network actually being quite good. I’d use an browser based ad-blocker to block pesky ads when operating on a mobile hotspot due to data caps, and streaming movies and music is pretty much out of the question, even though the networks these days in many areas are quite fast enough for that now.
Here’s something to consider: If you depend on the internet to work, such as I do, consider getting a dedicated hotspot router like the Cradlepoint line of routers
that let you add a 3G/4G SIM card from various networks like Verizon into it. Once done, your router can share access to your devices, putting your printer, tablet pcs, laptops and other device on a single network. This way, you can have a wireless printer located on the other side of the RV in a more convenient place, for example.
You can also use the router to block access to websites such as any place where updates are being done, so as to force you to only do updates from places where bandwidth is cheaper or free. (Think Windows updates, android OS updates).
I find that plugin in a USB modem into my laptop repeatedly starts to wear out the USB port and they are not always reliable, bad service signal, etc. With a 4g hardware router like those made by Cradlepoint, you can locate it up high in the RV, even adding an external antenna so as to ensure good signal quality to the cell towers while enabling multiple devices to seamlessly and wirelessly connect to your hotspot. Just be sure to have a strong password on the device!
Thank you for the post. I didn’t even think about the voltage spike. I imagine that newwer motorhomes may have built-in 12vDC voltage regulator(s) around the RV to ensure that voltage to various things like lights won’t cause issues, but on older RV’s such as mine they used old school lights that don’t matter if they get 13.5 volts.
I recommend possibly installing a 12volt DC voltage regulator at various points where power is distributed, if possible to things like lights. Since cutting power usage at each light can really add up, i imagine that say, at 4 lights and half amp drop in usage per, you can get away with a 12vDC voltage regulator rated at say, 4 amps would cover safely 4-5 or even 6 of the newer low power consumption light bulbs without an issue. .23 amps.. round up .5 amp per bulb… that’s $14-20 in cost to for the regulator itself for every ~6 LED’s. nice.
Of course, every situation will be different, such as access to the wiring distribution points, et cetera and even if a person wants to go for it, try it and not burn the place down.
When i get the chance to do this on my RV, i will and when i do, i’ll post a video on it and share it here.
