Long Term Storage: Can it be done??
My wife & I bought an RV to use while she travel-nursed across the country. It's a 2003 Holiday Rambler Neptune, diesel pusher. She now has a permanent full-time job where our house is located. I've b...
Forum Discussion
rgatijnet1 wrote:
Of course you can let a motor home set for years at a time. All you have to do is to not abandon it completely. If you occasionally check to insure that you will not have any leak deterioration and run the engine by driving the coach from time to time, it should not be any problem.
It makes no sense to take a 30-40% hit when just requires a little upkeep to store the coach for a long term situation.
I live in Florida, right on a lake, and within a mile of the salt water and my coach sits outside all of the time. As long as I make sure there are no roof or window leaks, the coach will last a long time. The tires will also be OK especially if you keep them covered to help prevent sun damage. Your tires will probably age out, just like 90% of the other RV owners tires age out.
By driving the coach every few months, you are exercising the coach as much as many full timers do down here.
Many people on this forum have purchased really low mileage RV's, that obviously sat for years with little use, and they without any major problems.
As long as you do a regular inspection of your coach to insure that no problems have cropped up, you should be fine.
Agree with everything you have said. I would like to add if you can find covered parking that would really help with damage from sun and rain. The best option would be if you could find enclosed parking.
We had covered parking for our last motorhome for ten years. It really help with appearance and weathering. We were able to get top dollar when traded in.
