What Do You Do When Your Home Is In The Shop?
I'm weighing the choice between a motorhome or a trailer for a full-time home. One difference that I have seen noted is that when a motorhome needs mechanical work and has to go into the shop for rep...
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No big deal at all.
I full timed for 3 years, and never needed to have the motorhome in the shop.
You can always rent a motel room, and act like normal tourists for a few days. Mechanically, there is not to many problems with modern RV's. The gas engines must pass a emissions test at 100,000 miles, and they are pretty good for the first 75,000 miles. Buying something that is less than 10 years old is no problem at all. I would not worry about changing out the engine until at least 100,000 - 150,000 miles. Transmission might be another story, but you can still live in the RV at night while the transmission is out.
Most transmissions will last 75,000 - 140,000 miles.
Keep the radiator clean. This is little checked item for most RV's. It can cause overheating, the #1 cause of engine failures. Of course oil changes every 5,000 - 7,500 miles on a gas engine or 10,000 - 15,000 miles on a DP engine will help it last longer.
Good luck,
Fred.
I full timed for 3 years, and never needed to have the motorhome in the shop.
You can always rent a motel room, and act like normal tourists for a few days. Mechanically, there is not to many problems with modern RV's. The gas engines must pass a emissions test at 100,000 miles, and they are pretty good for the first 75,000 miles. Buying something that is less than 10 years old is no problem at all. I would not worry about changing out the engine until at least 100,000 - 150,000 miles. Transmission might be another story, but you can still live in the RV at night while the transmission is out.
Most transmissions will last 75,000 - 140,000 miles.
Keep the radiator clean. This is little checked item for most RV's. It can cause overheating, the #1 cause of engine failures. Of course oil changes every 5,000 - 7,500 miles on a gas engine or 10,000 - 15,000 miles on a DP engine will help it last longer.
Good luck,
Fred.
