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bolivier
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Nov 03, 2013

A would you buy, what do you think thread.

Ok so I wanted to get you guys opinion. I just got home from looking at a 21' Class C. It's a 1996 Dutchman with a chevy front end. Has 73,xxx miles. Here's the deal. It had a leak in the over the cab bunk at one point. It was repaired and no longer leaks, but the front sags slightly on the passenger side where the leak was. The interior is great, starts right up. Has the layout we like. BUT, like I said had a cabover leak at one time....

He was asking $8,000, and I was like "I'm going to tell you what i'm thinking, but this is not an offer. I'm thinking $5,500 tops."
He then said he'd take that, rather quickly I might add. So I was really thinking maybe getting it around the $4500 range.

I would say the RV overall looked really nice for the most part. I live in Oklahoma and he said they recently got back from South Dakota with it with no issues.

What do you think???

Thanks,
Brent
  • Do you have the skills, tools, time, a place to work, and the budget to rebuild the cabover if it turns out that you've been fed a line about how well the leak and damage were fixed? The list in the cabover says to me that there may be unrepaired damage.

    Jim, "The dog ate my lesson plan."
  • Good points fishing hat. The ceiling in the cabover was completely removed during the "fix" and replaced.
    He has owned it for 6 years and never had a problem.
  • Water damage is very difficult and expensive to repair. The water can cause rot and mold. Just stopping the leak doesn't get rid of the damage that's been done. How do you know if water/moisture is still trapped behind the wall?