Two people, a 43-foot fifth wheel, two full-time jobs and no fixed address. What a normal week looks like, what it costs, what breaks, and who this life does not work for.
Before we went full time we watched every RV budget video we could find and still had no idea what it would cost. Here is what the categories actually look like, including the two that blindsided us.
A macerator that has power and still will not spin is usually seized, not dead. The fix takes a screwdriver and thirty seconds, and we nearly bought a replacement pump before we found it.
How we refill our fresh tank off-grid with a water bladder, a truck bed, and a gravity siphon, plus the potable-water handling steps we should have followed from the start.
A portable tote lets you stay parked for weeks and haul only the waste to the dump station. Here's the right way to fill, tow, and empty one, plus everything we got wrong trying it the first time.
