Newbie wants your input before buying used
Hello all, Been a lurker, but this is my first post. Never owned an RV...but have borrowed a truck/camper, and decided that we liked it enough to consider buying, but didn't like the separatio...
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In our case buying a 15 year old MH worked out OK but it needs to be a long term commitment due to what you may spend on it or you will be singing the same song as lap527 perhaps.
If you can get by with spending no more than $5K on it after the purchase price over the next few years and you keep it 10 years you may be OK. I would want to buy the one you mentioned for no more than $10K so you do not wind up with more than $15K in it.
The leak is the biggest think that kills it resell value and at this point you do not know the full amount of water damage.
Our tires were 5-6 years old and kept covered with wheel tarps. We ran them to 9 years old because we where planning a cross country and expect 10 years out of the current set. The set we pulled in 2011 were so so and the shop sold them to another MH owner with 14 year old tires but he told the guy the risk but he was looking for a cheap option.
In my view the sweet spot was under 10 years/100K miles. A 22 foot class A, B or C are awesome for travel because they can go most anywhere a car can go lowering the need to tow a car.
Keep us updated on the options you find out there. Prices may be strong for the next 6 months. In 2007 we found we could get a lot newer Class A than Class C for the same money so keep on the look out for a short Class A. They do not drag their tails as bad either.
Older MH's can be a full time job it seems to get them up and ready for a cross country event but if you can do the work it really helps reduce your cost.
If you can get by with spending no more than $5K on it after the purchase price over the next few years and you keep it 10 years you may be OK. I would want to buy the one you mentioned for no more than $10K so you do not wind up with more than $15K in it.
The leak is the biggest think that kills it resell value and at this point you do not know the full amount of water damage.
Our tires were 5-6 years old and kept covered with wheel tarps. We ran them to 9 years old because we where planning a cross country and expect 10 years out of the current set. The set we pulled in 2011 were so so and the shop sold them to another MH owner with 14 year old tires but he told the guy the risk but he was looking for a cheap option.
In my view the sweet spot was under 10 years/100K miles. A 22 foot class A, B or C are awesome for travel because they can go most anywhere a car can go lowering the need to tow a car.
Keep us updated on the options you find out there. Prices may be strong for the next 6 months. In 2007 we found we could get a lot newer Class A than Class C for the same money so keep on the look out for a short Class A. They do not drag their tails as bad either.
Older MH's can be a full time job it seems to get them up and ready for a cross country event but if you can do the work it really helps reduce your cost.
