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garysol
Explorer
Oct 23, 2017

How old is too old?... older NICE rig or newer budget rig.

Currently we have a 5 year old Dutchman fifth wheel and we are looking at trading it in to get into a midsize used gas motorhome in the 30-35ft range. If I were to be looking at used fifth wheels I wo...
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WAFlowers
Explorer
Oct 23, 2017
Keep in mind that it is difficult to finance an older RV if that is an issue.

We just bought an immaculate 40' 2008 Tiffin Phaeton. A good amount of the money coming from the sale of our 12-year old Montana 5th wheel. Now we don't need our 2003 F350 diesel dually so it will be sold and go toward the coach as well.

We could have spent money buying a new 5th wheel and reconditioning the F350. Or the same money added to the money from selling the old rig bought us a fantastic diesel coach.

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