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Tour of our 95 U300SE, Including bunk room remodel!

Hi Foretraveling friends!  As usual, it's been a while, which for us is a good thing because it means our amazing coach has not had any issues. We are still, almost two years later, still in love with our home and even more so now that we finally remodeled the back bedroom into a bunk room for our boys.  We finally have freedom after bedtime and early in the morning!!!! 

So, without further ado, come take a tour of our coach (formerly, Jor's coach) and see what we did to suit our full time family of seven. And please excuse how awful dirty the outside of our coach is.  We arrived on a muddy rainy day at a campground and haven't had the chance to clean it since.  It's getting cleaned this week in our nice shady spot at a friends house!  Time to put those boys to work!

Click here for tour:
TOUR OF OUR 20 YEAR OLD "LUXURY" RV - Family of 7 living in FORETRAVEL...
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #1
Hey!  Great video!  Good to see you guys again.  Looks like you've got everything under control, and the coach looks great.  ^.^d
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

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Reply #2
Hey Chuck and Jeannie!  Good to see you too!  We are doing great!  How about you guys?
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #3
Trent and Siobhan,
I enjoyed the video tour of your motorhome.  I applaud you both on your courageous journey with your five boys in such a small space.  May God continue to be with you all as you travel and discover the beauty of God in this great country of ours.  Enjoy the time with your boys and continue to build memories with them.  May God bless you and keep you all safe in your travels.
John & Carmen
John & Carm Morales

"We travel not to go anywhere, but to just go.  We travel for travel's sake.  Our great desire is to move."

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Reply #4
You are an inspiration both as family and as Foretravelers. Thanks for sharing.
Randy (N4TDT) and Karen Crete
Sarasota, Florida
SOLD:  2000 U270 34' WTFE Build 5756 "Ole Red"

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Reply #5
 Congratulations to the 2 of you. You are a perfect advertisement for Family values and the Boys are obviously going to be on the right side of life when they leave to explore the world and possibilities later.
 You have taken on a way of life all packed into an RV that I guarantee most would not consider, so, keep on trucking as your smiles suggest you are "loving it". What a great video.
Thank you for sharing you home with us.
JohnH
Coachless, now use aircraft. 2003 Ford Travelair TC280 class C. Super shape. Just for 1 yr .
1994 Ford E350 ClassC,total renovation inside and out. Now sold.
2000 U295  36' Cummins 350 c/w Banks Stinger, Resonator upgrade,Solar, LED lites.Residential fridge with slide out pantry. Build 5674. Sold
ex 92 GV 022C ored Cummins. Sold
ex 95 GV240 cat 3116. Sold
2017 Mini cooper s & 2016 land Rover LR2 HSE  LUX.
jhaygarth@aol.com    SKP #130098
treat everyone as you would like to be.

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Reply #6
Hi Folks! Your family is a living example of what a God fearing family can be. What a broadening experience for your young boys!
May you enjoy a successful , fruitful life in the years to come. Thanks for sharing.

Ed and Sue
Ed Pan, M.D.
2002 U320 40'

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Reply #7
Loved your video. Traveling with 5 young boys has to be an adventure in its self. We loved your bunk room and your innovative ideas through out the coach.  Great utilization of space. Stay safe.
Lynn and Linda Day and Harry the pug
RIP: Tank 01-2008 to 03-2020
2012 Nimbus 42' build 6555
ISX12-500hp
2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee
MC# 17723

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Reply #8
Thank you ALL for your kind words!  We love this community so much!  Always so kind to our family <3 We are truly blessed that we get to live this life!  Yes, full-timing with 5 boys is an adventure all in itself for sure!  They keep us on our toes and we enjoy every minute of it....well...MOST minutes of it...lol!  We all have our days, but that is the same in an RV or a house. 
Anyways, thank you all for watching our tour!  God bless you all in your adventures!
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #9
Great video!  Thanks for sharing.
Mark Duckworth
2003 U320 4220
Build 6199, Motorcade 17971

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Reply #10
Nice video. People have always told me that kids don't like to travel and are happiest at home. While we only had two, we put a fold out playpen in the trunk of our car and stopped every couple of hours to let them play. They are grown now with one living in OZ and the other thinking about a move. Good for you guys as your kids will have learned all about travel and the great people and animals that live in distant places. Have you gone to Canada or Mexico yet?

Your video is a real example of real family values not a meaningless campaign slogan.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Reply #11
Nice video. People have always told me that kids don't like to travel and are happiest at home. While we only had two, we put a fold out playpen in the trunk of our car and stopped every couple of hours to let them play. They are grown now with one living in OZ and the other thinking about a move. Good for you guys as your kids will have learned all about travel and the great people and animals that live in distant places. Have you gone to Canada or Mexico yet?

Your video is a real example of real family values not a meaningless campaign slogan.

Pierce


HI Pierce! 
We have not yet been to Canada or Mexico, but we have a possibility to go to Canada in a couple of weeks that we are considering.  It would be our boys' first time "out of the country", so it would be a new adventure for them :)
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #12
It is getting pretty cold up there now, might want to wait until spring.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.  James Dean

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Reply #13
Thanks for posting the nice clip of your family's rig and style. The video should be shown to lots of young folks with kids. Good role models for others. One of your kids could turn into a great diesel mechanic, too. Floor it!
Paul & Kathleen
1995 U320c SE 40'
Build 4681 --Cummins M11 /17511
"That Irish Girl"
Red MINI " 40"

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Reply #14
Yeah pretty cold up here. Was 100 with the humidity for the last week. Getting the sweaters out now that we are in the 60s at night.
Toby a 94 u280
Cummins 8.3
6 speed Allison
Exhaust brake


Adopted by Derek and Annabelle

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Reply #15
Also  is there a link to what exactly you did to make the sofa comfortable to sleep on?
Toby a 94 u280
Cummins 8.3
6 speed Allison
Exhaust brake


Adopted by Derek and Annabelle

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Reply #16
Totally awesome guys! We are traveling with three little ones in our GrandVilla as well. I really really like your bunk room. We could do something similar with ours. We'd have to figure out the front room situation though cause we have an engine bay. The office up there is also brilliant. Not sure if we could do that, cause we have the front engine.

Hope we can meet up on the road sometime. :)

Husband & Wife Team. 3 Kids. 8 yo boy, 4 yo girl, 19 mth girl. Mostly Finished Renovating 1986 Grand Villa 3300 GVF SBI for a multi year trip around the country with the kids.

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Reply #17
Trent and Siobhan,
Great remodel to accommodate your wonderful family. I was amazed when I met you at the FMCA campground a while back. So glad to hear the coach is working well mechanically and living-wise. Stay wonderful...
Peter & Beth Martin
No Forrest? What have you done?
MC# 15890 until Dec 2016; FMCA #F329677
Cincinnati, OH

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Reply #18
Thanks for posting the nice clip of your family's rig and style. The video should be shown to lots of young folks with kids. Good role models for others. One of your kids could turn into a great diesel mechanic, too. Floor it!


Thank you!  We do hope that other families will be inspired by our journey <3
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #19
Also  is there a link to what exactly you did to make the sofa comfortable to sleep on?

I was getting on Trent for his camera work there...lol.  I actually showed it and he had the camera in the wrong place...lol.  I think I am going to make a few videos of all of the things that didn't make it into the tour, but should have and that's one of them.  So, basically what we did is we cut bubble insulation (like the silver stuff you put in your windshield to reflect the heat) to fit the sections on the bed that dip down.  There are two layers laying in each dip to fill it in.  Then we ordered a 3" thick memory foam topper to cover the whole thing.  When we travel all of that comes up and gets stored on the map rug in the back bunkroom and the couch gets set back up so that we have the seat belts available for the boys.  Hopefully that makes sense and hopefully I will have a video soon of how we made our couch bed comfortable.
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

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Reply #20
Totally awesome guys! We are traveling with three little ones in our GrandVilla as well. I really really like your bunk room. We could do something similar with ours. We'd have to figure out the front room situation though cause we have an engine bay. The office up there is also brilliant. Not sure if we could do that, cause we have the front engine.

Hope we can meet up on the road sometime. :)




We would love to meet up sometime!  Where are you guys currently?  We are in Washington DC and will be in the Northeast pretty much all fall/early winter and then to Florida to get warm again :)
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!

 

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Reply #21
Trent and Siobhan,
Great remodel to accommodate your wonderful family. I was amazed when I met you at the FMCA campground a while back. So glad to hear the coach is working well mechanically and living-wise. Stay wonderful...


Thanks Peter!  Can't wait to catch up with you guys again sometime when we pass through Cincy again :)
-Trent and Siobhan Walker + 5 boys
Proud owners of a 1995 U300 SE that we bought from Jor.  We are so blessed and loving life on the road!