RV Customized as a Traveling Office
Kay and I (Tom) selected this rig and had it custom built for full time RV'ing with computers, Internet, and cats. We fulltimed for three and a half years, but have now moved into a house. The RV is now a part time toy.
I had originally put this site together as part of my effort to sell the rig. The rig was on the market for several months. There was a failed deal, and many inquiries that went nowhere. At each step I found myself happy that we still had the rig, though I would rather not have the payments.
At the end of March, 2008, I towed from Brookings, Oregon, to Grants Pass and back again when I got the satellite Internet system repaired. It was my first solo tow, and I enjoyed it. Kay and I had already been talking about short local trips that might be fun. I keep thinking up projects I'd like to do on the rig.
With the economy, credit crunch, and fuel prices, it is a bad time to try to sell a large RV rig. Besides, we put a lot of work into getting it just the way we want it, and in maintaining the rig. I would not want to have to start over again when the travel bug bites.
Office Related Features
Here are some of the features that make our rig special to us.
- Floorplan:
- Large "L" shaped desk area instead of the usual entertainment center. Space for a tower computer, monitor(s); pull-out keyboard tray included. Pull-out tray for laptop and space for external monitor.
- LAN:
- Prewired for Local Area Network (LAN) with Ethernet/phone/RG-6 drops throughout the trailer. Patch panel in equipment cabinet. Included Wi-Fi router allows either hard-wired or Wi-Fi connection to LAN.
- Satellite Internet:
- Self-pointing MotoSat F-1 satellite dish and HughesNet satellite internet. Pre-paid through end of July 2007. Includes D3 controller, DW7000s modem.
- Wi-Fi External Antenna:
- Motorized external Wi-Fi antenna with Wi-Fi bridge to connect LAN to RV park's wireless Internet.
- Equipment Cabinets:
- Cabinet with pull-out drawer for an "all-in-one" printer; floor-to-ceiling cabinet for networking, satellite Internet, etc.
- Cell Phone Amplifier:
- Wilson external cell phone antenna, amplifier, and internal antenna. Improves cell phone operation in the main room (office, dining, kitchen) of the trailer.
- Satellite TV capable:
- The satellite Internet dish also has one satellite TV LNB. Dual RG-6 coax cables from the dish to the middle of the desk area.
- "Whole House" UPS:
- Heavy duty inverter, 5KW generator, and solar panels, provide stable power to keep computer and communication systems running even with unreliable shore power.