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klink1's avatar
klink1
Explorer
Oct 09, 2014

A 76yr old, 1992 King of the road 5th, now what?

Roof leaks in spots, roof rubber has separated from plywood, 2nd owner 5th and is in good shape inside. Stove, refer, microwave, radio, T.V., water heater, air-con., forced air heater, two other heaters, water pumps and water filters (need new filters inside) all working and in good shape. sixteen inch lowboy tires, two to three thousand miles on them and a 5th wheel hitch is available. Can't find what it all is worth to sell without fixing roof leaks or sell with the leaks. I would think it needs a new roof but that's 5 to 7 thousand and I don't think the 5th is worth that with the same roof or with a new roof. Exterior has a few dings but hard to see at a distance of 15 feet. Everything go's, no need to buy anything for a trip.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
klink1
  • Shadow_Grey's avatar
    Shadow_Grey
    Explorer
    Oct 10, 2014
    If you own it... have someone roll truck liner on the roof and paint it white then caulk the heck out of everything else to stop the leak. If not sell for scrap or whatever you can get out of it. If not forget about it...too much maintenance for a older person.
  • poncho62's avatar
    poncho62
    Explorer
    Oct 09, 2014
    Someone might buy it for parts...Anything is fixable if a person is handy enough, all depends what they want to get into
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Oct 09, 2014
    Don't buy it if you are looking at it.

    Don't take it for free unless you have a place to scrap it

    If trying to sell it.........don't
    Find a place to scrap it
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Oct 09, 2014
    No matter how good it looks, if it has had leaks in several places and it's that old then it's really not worth anything. If it was free you could enjoy it for a little while but otherwise I would pass it up.
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Oct 09, 2014
    Kings are very nice 5er's still miss my 86 no slide King!! It was a great starter, and yes a major fixer, about $400 in materials, and a ton of labor!!!
    I don't charge myself for labor!
  • newk's avatar
    newk
    Explorer
    Oct 09, 2014
    I certainly wouldn't have it repaired at shop rates to turn around and sell it. If you don't think it would sell (post repairs) for what it would cost to repair it, sell it as a fixer-upper. I'm sure there are plenty of folks with young healthy bodies who would jump at the chance to take it off your hands for a grand, then spend a month or two doing the repairs before they put it back on the road.

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