RV Mobile Office for Fulltiming
SOLD: As of 7/23/2010 the rig belongs to an electrical engineer from Vermont.
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RV Customized as a Traveling Office
Rig in front of two of the Three Sisters mountains.
Near Sisters, Oregon
We had this fifth-wheel rig 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.
Office Related Features
Here are some of the features that make our rig special.
- Floorplan:
- Large "L" shaped office area with two built-in desk areas. The rear-corner area includes space for a tower computer, monitor(s), and has a pull-out keyboard tray. The second desk area has a pull-out tray for laptop and space for an external monitor and small printer. This photo shows how we had it set up for most of our travels.
- 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. 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.