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B_Bob
Nov 30, 2009Explorer
It is absolutely positively not trye that the house of a motor home quickly depreciates. Or that things will be shot at 10 years. My previous motor home was 34 years old when I sold it. Many of the things in the house were original and worked fine.
Motor homes tend to fit into categories of use for fulltiming, snowbirding, vacationing-weekender. Fulltime coaches like Fortetravel, Country Coach, Bluebird, Prevost, some Monaco coaches have very durable houses that will last for decades. Even coaches that were not that heavily build will last a long time if taken care of. The big deal is to keep up with things. Don't let the to-do list get too long. My old coach was a GMC and though I loved it, it was as fragile as they come.
Many many old Bounders and Winnebagos that were not expensive coaches to start with are still going strong. And higher end motor homes like old Bluebirds are in extremely good condition after decades of use.
Well made full timer coaches should easily go 25 years without problems. I have looked at 20 year old Country Coaches that were near perfect and everything worked. Same with Bluebirds and Prevost.
Motor homes tend to fit into categories of use for fulltiming, snowbirding, vacationing-weekender. Fulltime coaches like Fortetravel, Country Coach, Bluebird, Prevost, some Monaco coaches have very durable houses that will last for decades. Even coaches that were not that heavily build will last a long time if taken care of. The big deal is to keep up with things. Don't let the to-do list get too long. My old coach was a GMC and though I loved it, it was as fragile as they come.
Many many old Bounders and Winnebagos that were not expensive coaches to start with are still going strong. And higher end motor homes like old Bluebirds are in extremely good condition after decades of use.
Well made full timer coaches should easily go 25 years without problems. I have looked at 20 year old Country Coaches that were near perfect and everything worked. Same with Bluebirds and Prevost.
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