Repair Cost List

$140 per hour labor plus parts

You will need to put aside about $2200 per year for maintenance and tire replacement if you have a diesel pusher. I do not know what the costs for a gas coach would be.

nickelman wrote:
Is there a list of ballpark MH repair/replacement costs? I've been poking around and can find figures here and there but not a list and thought I'd ask if anyone has one or knows where one is?

such as:

Tires $2000 -$3500
Generator replacement $ - $
Air Con Unit replacement $ - $
Transmission Overhaul $ - $
Etc.

Thanks

To answer your question directly Tires are about right, genset $5000, AC $3000, Transmission $2000,. I think a better way to understand the total cost of maintenance,and repair cost would be to take the total cost of maintenance, mods and repairs and divide the cost by the number of years. Based on my data it cost me $1300/year over a 10 year period and 80,000 miles of travel. I don't know if this is high or low just my experience.

nickelman wrote:
Is there a list of ballpark MH repair/replacement costs? I've been poking around and can find figures here and there but not a list and thought I'd ask if anyone has one or knows where one is?

such as:

Tires $2000 -$3500
Generator replacement $ - $
Air Con Unit replacement $ - $
Transmission Overhaul $ - $
Etc.

Thanks

To broad of a category for meaningful answers. Can you do some of the maintenance? Do you need to take it to someone to change light bulbs?
By used to save on the deprecation.
I self insure instead of buying expensive "Breakdown/Warrantee" insurance. You should get Coach Net for roadside assistance.
If you do your maintenance you will have few problems.
Bill

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My rough numbers
$10,000/ year depreciation
10,000 miles of fuel/year
6 months of campgrounds
All come to about $120-$130/day
To have all my stuff, my food, my bed
That seems cheap!

I didn't have any repairs, it was in the depreciation

Sorry for the hijack, I know that wasn't the OP s question....

10forty2 wrote:
I gotta chime in here to say that in no shape form or fashion did I buy my coach with the intention of saving money. Nor did I buy it with the intention of reselling it for a profit. There are just too many factors in maintaining a coach that must be calculated into the equation. I, like every other coach owner, am losing money at every turn with it. Fortunately, I'm able to do most of my routine maintenance and general repairs so the savings on labor allow me to feel more comfortable about owning the coach. Since we bought it, I've read so many posts with owners worrying about the difference in costs between 5 and 7 mpg.....not a lot of difference...not worth worrying about. And if that's what one is worrying about prior to purchasing, then one might ought to re-think one's position about buying a coach. They are not cheap to purchase, own or operate...but they are a helluva lot of fun!!!!

X2, Who said this is a cheap way to travel? This is a very expensive hobby.

I gotta chime in here to say that in no shape form or fashion did I buy my coach with the intention of saving money. Nor did I buy it with the intention of reselling it for a profit. There are just too many factors in maintaining a coach that must be calculated into the equation. I, like every other coach owner, am losing money at every turn with it. Fortunately, I'm able to do most of my routine maintenance and general repairs so the savings on labor allow me to feel more comfortable about owning the coach. Since we bought it, I've read so many posts with owners worrying about the difference in costs between 5 and 7 mpg.....not a lot of difference...not worth worrying about. And if that's what one is worrying about prior to purchasing, then one might ought to re-think one's position about buying a coach. They are not cheap to purchase, own or operate...but they are a helluva lot of fun!!!!

It's a good question because many RVers brag about their low cost trips and forget to factor in all the long range cost; the biggest of all being the depreciation of the RV.

nickelman wrote:
Is there a list of ballpark MH repair/replacement costs? I've been poking around and can find figures here and there but not a list and thought I'd ask if anyone has one or knows where one is?

such as:

Tires $2000 -$3500
Generator replacement $ - $
Air Con Unit replacement $ - $
Transmission Overhaul $ - $
Etc.

Thanks

When are you going to buy and enjoy, You are thinking this to death.

Are you going to replace with new or used/rebuilt?