We are seriously thinking of buying our first Class A Motor Home. Up until now we have only owned Truck Campers.We found a 2011 Fleetwood Storm Motor Home that has 8000 miles on it. Its 31 feet long and the model is 30SA. Its in excellent condition and the reason its being sold is because the guys wife died. Looks in excellent shape. I believe its the Ford V10 gas motor.Is there anything (concerns or issues) that I should know about before I purchase this RV.Paul

is the roof rubber (EPDM), TPO, or fiberglass?bumpy

The rubber roof is guarented for for 12 years by the manufacture . Mine still looks like new after 9 years . My ford v10 has 75000 miles (switched to synthetic oil at 12k) . The ford dealer will change the oil for 39.99. Take the motorhome for a drive (they have to put slides in). try the heater,air, start gen.,furnace.Walk around coach in both directions . Sit on all furniture stand in shower. If the wife and you like the layout then good luck . my wife and I love ours.

Bigfootchevy wrote:We are seriously thinking of buying our first Class A Motor Home. Up until now we have only owned Truck Campers.We found a 2011 Fleetwood Storm Motor Home that has 8000 miles on it. Its 31 feet long and the model is 30SA. Its in excellent condition and the reason its being sold is because the guys wife died. Looks in excellent shape. I believe its the Ford V10 gas motor.Is there anything (concerns or issues) that I should know about before I purchase this RV.PaulNope, nothing more than any other very slightly used coach. Sounds like a good buy if you like they layout.

Bumpyroad wrote:is the roof rubber (EPDM), TPO, or fiberglass?bumpyI don't know, I looked at it from the ladder. He told me you can walk on it. If I remember it was light coloured, maybe grey. Paul

Don't worry about the roof, 90% of bumpy's posts are about roofs, I think he works in a fiberglass factory.

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mtrumpet
Explorer
May 03, 2014
Bigfootchevy wrote:
To my knowledge the TPO roof is fine. We sat in the RV tonight for an hour and believe the layout is what we want and will work for us. We also looked at several other C's and A's today that we didn't think where all that great.

Negotiated the final price tonight but I still have until tomorrow to pull the trigger or not.

What kind of mileage can I expect to get out of the V10?

Paul

Nothing wrong at all with the TPO roof material. After all, there certainley are a lot of motorhomes out there with TPO roofs. Nowadays, it seems to be the material of choice over EPDM for most manufacturers who use a "rubber" type of roof. It's a lot more durable then EPDM. Like anything else though, a lot depends on how well it's taken care of and maintained. I had an EPDM roof on my gasser with no problems, and have a TPO roof on my Dutch Star. I prefer the TPO roof much better. I find the TPO roof seems to be much easier to keep clean. Also, when I was installing my new satellite dome, I noticed that the TPO material seemed to be much thicker and stronger than when I was working with the EPDM on my gasser.

Just my own opinion based upon my own experience. I can't comment on Fiberglass or Aluminium roofs as I have no experience with owning either.
Effy
Explorer II
May 03, 2014
Our ACE - which is similar in size and weight gets about 8-9 mpg. 7 on a bad day and 10 in optimum conditions. Don't drive yourself nuts about MPG. I gave up on that 6 months after ownership and frankly I have no clue what I am getting now. And I don't want to know.
SRT
Explorer
May 03, 2014
I sure love my aluminum roof and sidewalls.......:B
OhhWell
Explorer
May 03, 2014
Bigfootchevy wrote:
To my knowledge the TPO roof is fine. We sat in the RV tonight for an hour and believe the layout is what we want and will work for us. We also looked at several other C's and A's today that we didn't think where all that great.

Negotiated the final price tonight but I still have until tomorrow to pull the trigger or not.

What kind of mileage can I expect to get out of the V10?

Paul

If you take good care of it, at least 200,000.

Oops, I just realized you might mean MPG. In that case, 6.5 to 7.5 usually.
Bigfootchevy
Explorer
May 03, 2014
To my knowledge the TPO roof is fine. We sat in the RV tonight for an hour and believe the layout is what we want and will work for us. We also looked at several other C's and A's today that we didn't think where all that great.

Negotiated the final price tonight but I still have until tomorrow to pull the trigger or not.

What kind of mileage can I expect to get out of the V10?

Paul
mena661
Explorer
May 02, 2014
To the OP, the roof is an insignificant part of the purchase. Unless the rig is leaking or has gaping holes in the roof, concentrate on the stuff that matters, the layout.
mtrumpet
Explorer
May 02, 2014
The roof on a 2011 Fleetwod Storm is in fact a TPO roof. I located the Owners Manual on Fleetwood's website. It specifically indicates a TPO roof. Here's the link to the Owners Manual....2011 FLEETWOOD STORM OWNERS MANUAL

See PAGE 11-2
CG_Dawson
Explorer
May 02, 2014
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Chopperbob
Explorer
May 02, 2014
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Effy
Explorer II
May 02, 2014
Countless RV's today on the road with non fiberglass roofs. The majority actually. And newer TPO roofs will last over a decade and MUCH cheaper to repair or replace than a fiberglass one. To me, it's less about the roof and more about the seams. Fiberglass roofs have just as many holes in them and many companies use an up and over lap on fiberglass which to me invites more issues. Again, it's the seams not the roof. TPO would be fine and this coach sounds like a good find.