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Effy
Jan 16, 2015Explorer II
I used to own an RV rental business. Units typically reach the 50k mile mark and then are liquidated. We used Class A's - Aces actually. Good rental units and meticulously cared for. What you want to find is a rental place that actually cared and maintained their units. Documentation would be key. Look at models in their current rental fleet and see how they look. You can find a gem but I have to echo some of the sentiments here, a rental with 100k miles on it driven by a lot of folks that frankly don't treat their own stuff well let alone rentals, is looking at a seriously worn out RV. We screened our clients and still ended up with the periodic clan who could care less about other people's stuff. Our units showed a good bit of wear at 50k I cannot imagine the shape it would be in at 100k. Mind you it has been 100% depreciated at that point too. (business' exercise a 5 year depreciation table). It would have to be well documented, well maintained, and almost free. With all the used units out there you might do better to look at something more personally owned and lower miles. There is a reason most rental companies liquidate at 50k miles. They are about used up. A rental with 100k would scare me unless you are handy, don't mind other's messes (a lot of other people) and they were giving it away.
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