Considering used Coach. How old is too old?
Good afternoon, My wife and I are in the infancy stages of research toward an rv purchase. I'm trying to start by casting a wide search net and then narrow it down over the next year or so. Resea...
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In our full-timing lifestyle we talked with many who traveled constantly in older motorhomes. It all depends how it was taken care of and that you do the same. A 10-year old one isn't considered too old. Many do it with a 20-year old one.
Friends of ours are still full-timing in a 2003 Dolphin. They've been to the Maritimes and to Alaska with it and it runs good. The do a lot of western mountain driving.
I think the key is to go with a 'quality' manufacturer. Damon would not be in the running. Some models of Tiffin and Holiday Ramblers would be good as would Newmar, Beaver, Country Coach, Alpine. They were high quality in their time and if the maintenance was done on them they would be awesome in older age.
I don't know your budget and it would even be great if you could not get into debt with it.
Check out this site for some ideas on prices. There's a 35' bunkhouse Winnebago for $41,000:
http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/used_rvs_for_sale.htm
Friends of ours are still full-timing in a 2003 Dolphin. They've been to the Maritimes and to Alaska with it and it runs good. The do a lot of western mountain driving.
I think the key is to go with a 'quality' manufacturer. Damon would not be in the running. Some models of Tiffin and Holiday Ramblers would be good as would Newmar, Beaver, Country Coach, Alpine. They were high quality in their time and if the maintenance was done on them they would be awesome in older age.
I don't know your budget and it would even be great if you could not get into debt with it.
Check out this site for some ideas on prices. There's a 35' bunkhouse Winnebago for $41,000:
http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/used_rvs_for_sale.htm
