Thoughts on potential purchase please

Do you like it? If so may I suggest having it gone through by a qualified service center of your choosing. There are always issues the seller may not be aware of.

to me thats a lot of miles ,could have been a rental RV?? at 100k things wear out and dollar you to death. just my opinion.theres plenty of low mile rv,s out there. hunt for what you want in all states. just add it up. tires brakes hoses belts ac unit misc , etc.

You should have no problem at that mileage,I have a 2006 Former Rental on a Chevy Chassis and if it was maintained well it will go a long ways without any problem.

I just had the 100,000 mile service completed and the only thing it had was a small leak on the transmission tail shaft that was fixed,I would also check the rubber brake lines,one was soft so I had all of mine replaced.

Other than that it has been trouble free,just regular maintenance as you would do on any other vehicle. These newer vehicles are produced to have longer lifetimes,hence the long warranties that are on them from the factory.

I have a former rental that just hit 10 years old and 142,000. Check for fluid leaks. I just discovered that I have a small oil leak as well as a small differential leak. Not catastrophic but something that I need to monitor and get fixed eventually.

Oasisbob wrote:
Do you like it? If so may I suggest having it gone through by a qualified service center of your choosing. There are always issues the seller may not be aware of.

I will definitely have it looked at if I decide it's worth getting. Was more curious about the motor and tranny with the miles.

Thanks for the input everyone...if anyone else has any experience with this powertrain, I'm all ears.

Do a search on the V-10 motor. IMHO a better bet with a MH with high miles. Just saying do a search here on the forum to get input.

Much of the research for the purchase of my 2000 Winnebago Minnie Winnie was done on this site. One of the best pieces of advice was to get a V10. I ultimately purchased the unit with 32,000 miles and traveled flawlessly through 23 states and 30,000 miles. I did do preventive maintenance and did keep up with necessary fluids, etc. I recently sold the motorhome, and for now "Baby Girl" (my catahoula) and I are taking life easy in East Texas.

I respectfully disagree with the poster who believes that is a "ton of mileage." My 2008 Tioga has 110,000 and I would brag that it runs just as good as when it rolled off the factory floor. My motorhome has the V-10 e450 Triton and it is bullet proof. If that motorhome has been properly taken care of, with proper documentation, and if you were to continue its maintenance, you could certainly get upwards of 200,000 miles out of it. Not bad for a ton of mileage, huh?

cgmartine wrote:
I respectfully disagree with the poster who believes that is a "ton of mileage." My 2008 Tioga has 110,000 and I would brag that it runs just as good as when it rolled off the factory floor.

My motorhome has the V-10 e450 Triton

and it is bullet proof. If that motorhome has been properly taken care of, with proper documentation, and if you were to continue its maintenance, you could certainly get upwards of 200,000 miles out of it. Not bad for a ton of mileage, huh?

X10!

Note to the OP.
With the V-10 There are 2 chassis. The 350 and the 450. On the 450 the signet on it might just say Super Duty. IMHO there is a substantial difference between the two. So check that out also.

Hope you find the perfect new to you RV. :C

Check out the owners thread of former rental RVs. It will give you info on higher mileage RVs as well and talk about avenues for buying prior rentals which will help you evaluate the price for your potential RV. El Monte Sales offers a limited warranty on their RVs.