I'm so new I don't even have an RV
....But thinking about it if I can figure it all out. My wife is retiring this May and we are contemplating our first RV. Too much to process, so it will probably be fall before we take any action...
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Personally, I don’t worry about the manufactures.
They all make junk and they all make decent rigs. If buying used you really want to buy the previous owner. Just like buying a car. Which is better 225k miles with religious maintenance and the records to back them up or a 50k mile car that’s never had an oil change? If buying new buy the dealer not so much the brand. The dealers service after the sale is what you want.
Here is a bunch of facts that I had to settle on. All RV’s will require me to tinker with them. They all require cash and time to maintain them. They all will leak at some time in their lives, how bad is up to me and how I maintain the trailer. It’s just the way it is.
I would not be as concerned about the brand as I would the floor plan and the amenities. Look at all of them with a fine tooth comb...even the ones you are not going to buy. Look at welds, seams, cabinets and how they are all put together. After a while you will start to be able to pick up on the bad vs the good just because of your familiarity with how things should be.
No joke here, my DW and I looked at 100 plus used campers before we bought our last TT.
As far as brands go, it seems to me that the three most popular are Cougar, Montana, and Mobile Suites.
Also, buy the Dually diesel. It will treat you nice. Get a good interior you can be comfortable in as well.
Thanks and good luck,
Jeremiah
They all make junk and they all make decent rigs. If buying used you really want to buy the previous owner. Just like buying a car. Which is better 225k miles with religious maintenance and the records to back them up or a 50k mile car that’s never had an oil change? If buying new buy the dealer not so much the brand. The dealers service after the sale is what you want.
Here is a bunch of facts that I had to settle on. All RV’s will require me to tinker with them. They all require cash and time to maintain them. They all will leak at some time in their lives, how bad is up to me and how I maintain the trailer. It’s just the way it is.
I would not be as concerned about the brand as I would the floor plan and the amenities. Look at all of them with a fine tooth comb...even the ones you are not going to buy. Look at welds, seams, cabinets and how they are all put together. After a while you will start to be able to pick up on the bad vs the good just because of your familiarity with how things should be.
No joke here, my DW and I looked at 100 plus used campers before we bought our last TT.
As far as brands go, it seems to me that the three most popular are Cougar, Montana, and Mobile Suites.
Also, buy the Dually diesel. It will treat you nice. Get a good interior you can be comfortable in as well.
Thanks and good luck,
Jeremiah