Working On The Road…
Do you, or someone you know, work on the road out of your RV? We’re looking for comments and suggestions for people considering moving from their office to working On The Road….
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I want to do it. I can but my hubby can’t
One of the “On The Road” readers had this to say about working on the road:
As I approach retirement my wife and I would like to find a job that would allow us to see the USA and possibly Canada and Mexico. My occupation is in the construction industry and I believe that I can find work on the road. So why not..we are thinking about buying a motor home and move from one project to the next. Since we have never owned an RV we would appreciate any advice from ON THE ROAD or from anyone. We would look forward to receiving your newsletter and any helpful hints from readers etc. that have had experience working on the road from an RV.
Another reader of “On The Road” has mastered working on the road…
While living aboard our boat, our condo and now full-time RVing, I have run a home based website design business including maintaining over 20 websites, a online boat auction business, MarineBidExchange.com and 2 boating websites of my own, The Marine Web since 1995 and MarQuote.com since 2000. When we started RV full-timing, my wife and I started workamping. We workamped in the South during the winter months and in the North during the summer while I handled all the fore-mentioned online businesses. We have workamped on Florida’s Nature Coast at Crystal Isles RV Park, at Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort in Foxboro, MA, at Sunshine Key RV Resort and Marina in the Florida Keys, at Mama Gerties Hideaway in Swannanoa, NC (10 miles East of Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains) and at Bluewater Key RV Resort at MM 14.5 in the Florida Keys. We are in our early 60’s now and have taken early retirement which also includes retiring from workamping.
My wife makes all our our RV Park reservations by phone making sure that there is good WI-FI Internet Access from our reserved RV site so that I may continue to run my online businesses where ever we are. We never travel more than 400 miles in one day. That allows us to arrive at the next RV Park during daylight. Depending upon how long we are staying in that RV Park determines and how important WI-FI Internet access is to me on that day, we try to test the WI-FI Internet Access strength before we actually unhook our rig and setup for the night.
My husband and I have lived out of our 5th wheel for 10 years now. We both work in the construction business (power houses). I do office work and tool room and he is ususally foreman. There is plenty of work and the money is real good. If you play the cards right and save, you can usually work about 6 months and take the rest of the year off. We dont since we also have a house and make mortage payments. I have learned quite a bit living out of the trailer. Packing is easier now that when we first started. Not sure what kind of info you are looking for. I do know that you have to downsize quite a bit since there isnt a lot of room for nic nacs and pics. Let me know what kind of info you are looking for and I will let you know how we deal with things while working on the road
You tips on Mold and Mildew inside your unit, it is
important to understand the effects of mold and how to clean it up once it can be seen. For RV friends only they
can e-mail me and I will help them by telling them how to clean it up so the air quality stays safe inside the unit.
Mr. Hurley wrote in and had this to say about working on the road…
My wife and I are both Home Health Nurses….it is easy to work from our Motor Home….there are many “Travel Nurse” sights on the web and and be sure to check if your home state RN License is in one of the states that belongs to the Compact….if so you can work in another compact state on the license from home….good luck….
I work in the auto plants we get a lot of construction guys in them also i meet the in the rv parks i stay in.
be careful of the winter time cold weather takes a little more technology to keep warm and to have water on.
For the individual that is interested in RV’s for on the road working be sure to check out the RV Consumers Group. It is very helpful in making a decision about what type of RV and even rates the different Brands. It costs to join but I found it to be indispensible for making a informed decision and I am very glad that I followed their advice.
http://www.rv.org/index.html
John
05 Country Coach Inspire
I’ve been working full time as an Aircraft Technician in Hagerstown, Maryland for the past year. I have been married for 22 Years and have a daughter who is 16. I was born and raised south of Pittsburgh, Pa where we have a house in New Eagle, Pa. My wife and daughter are still living there since my daughter is in High School. We have been trying to sell our house, but with the way the market is we have had no luck. I checked into apartments in the area, and could not find anything for less than $1,000.00/ month. I purchased a used 30 foot Northwood, Nash travel trailer which is 4 season capable and have been living at a campground for the past 3 months. The cost of the travel trailer and lot rent which includes water, electric and sewage is $600.00/ month. I am a mile from work and travel home to New Eagle when I am not working weekends. Travel trailer living while woking on the road in my opinion is much better than Hotel or apartment living, and much cheaper.
Tony
I have a travel agency and have worked from time to time while on the road. Forwarding phone service, several ways to connect with the internet, printer connection and wonderful clients make this a very easy business to handle while traveling.
Our Motor Home has a wonderful work area and I take most of my business information with us on a laptop. Files and papers needed for bookings fit nicely in our smaller storage area in the bedroom.
I work for fun and to give folks a break with cruise pricing and it keeps me busy and I love it.
Recommend it highly.
Carol
I am an old fashioned blacksmith that preaches behind the anvil. My wife and I also sell what I make whenever we get an opportunity, like craft fairs, festivals, etc. Also have a website in progress, hoping to get a full blown catalog on soon so I can sell via internet. We also do eBay selling. Our desire is to travel, minister to people, and blacksmith. We own some property and we have decided to rent out everything on it except our little cabin home. This will give us a ‘regular’ income to pay our mortgage and expenses of the properties. We are sure we should be traveling full time and it can’t happen fast enough for us.
We have a 30′ travel trailer and are praying for a tow vehicle that can take us anywhere! We hope you have an easy transition to full time RVing! Keep us posted on your adventures. God bless and God speed. Chuck and Kathy Stone
I work at home a few days doing consulting and in an office the rest of the week with direct client contact. That client contact dips down in July and august so I have less time in my office and more flexibility that usual. In the summer when the children are out of school I do my consulting from the road. All I need is a cell phone and WI Fi and no one knows were I am. My spouse can run into offices thoughout our state and work. It is a delight.
My girlfriend is a Speech Language pathologist who works for a travel company that staffs all 50 states. We started dating about two years ago and I decided to start traveling with her. We figured that the best way to travel from assignment to assignment would be in an RV. So last year we purchased a 36′ Alpenlite 5th wheel for our travels. We started out in Olympia WA, for 6 months and made our way to Hilton Head South Carolina for a 4 month assignment. Now we are looking at going back to Olympia and making lots of fun stops on the way. I am a Personal trainer, and a landscaper by trade. It has not been too difficult to find work thus far. We live simple so we can travel with minimal expense and enjoy this great nation that we have. We travel with our two golden retrievers who provide plenty of fun and enjoyment for the two of us. It has been a great adventure so far and we look forward to every new assignment that comes our way.
Looking for carpentry/cabinet making work in Florida for Jan and Feb in either Fort Myers or St Petersburg area..(or in between).must pay a decent wage. Thank you
My husband and I just bought a used motor home that we are trying to get on the road. We live on S.S.and would like to travel and work on the road but we both have health problems so I was thinking about making some crafts and selling them at RV parks along the way> What do you think of the idea and what kind of crafts would sell. e-mail me at bdeavers@frontiernet.net
My late husband and I became full-time RVers at age 47. We had to work so we began job-hunting right away. We first subscribed to Workamper News, a publication listing jobs for RVers that I highly recommend. We got lots of offers but wanted to work in national parks. We landed jobs as seasonal maintenance workers at Grand Teton National Park. Between us we worked at seven different national parks with me working in maintenance and as an interpreter. I found this topic so fascinating, I wrote a book with all kinds of ideas for work and the how-to’s (Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider’s Guide to Working on the Road).
The ideas mentioned in the other comments are excellent if you need to earn as much as you did before full-time RVing. Plus there are many ways to make money and get a free or reduced-price RV site, which is a big savings.
In any case, it is a fantastic way to lead a life with less stress and get to see this beautiful country of ours. Go for it! Jaimie Hall-Bruzenak