First time buyer

Depending upon how old your children are this RV should serve you well for the next 3-5 years. Trying to find a quad bunk house would seem a bit difficult. I'm not in the market for one, but have always kept an eye on used RV's online and only remember seeing one in about the last year or so. If your kids are old enough they sometimes prefer to sleep in a small tent outside the camper. Mine did anyway, but they had to because we started with just a 20' TT and we had 3 kids in their early teens.

You certainly have enough tow vehicle for that size/weight TT. I believe that size TT would have a 6 gallon water heater and should fully heat the water within 30-45 minutes at most.

The seller sounds like a good person to buy from. He probably keep everything fixed. You might ask to see his repair receipts. I do that for any used vehicle. Good owners keep things like that. I also wouldn't worry about the skylight repair. If a dealer did it it should be ok. But having the receipt just in case of a future leak would be helpful. I stepped through my skylight last year and had it fixed by the dealer. No problems since.

Thank you all for the great advice. We do like this TT and what I mean when I say its not the one we really want is to say I would love to have one with slides, outdoor kitchen, quad bunkhouse instead of just the double. But we have three kids, 2 will get the bunks and one the sofa bed. We just see our kids growing up so fast and we don't want to miss this time with them. We do tent camp with them but it is A LOT of work. We rented a TT and like having everything packed up and not have to dig through crates to find stuff. We know we will go more often with TT. Plus we are military and will PCS early summer so we wan to turn our move into a vacation and sightsee along the way.

It is very light weight, 4300lbs and we have a suburban. He is including hitvh, sway control, portable waste tank, cargo carrier. All the appliances do work according to my husband but we are meeting tomorrow to go over it with a fine tooth comb. He has agreed to give us a crash course in how everything works. He has it plugged in and the fridge is very cold. He has two full propane bottles so we plan to check stove, heat, ect. How long does it take the hot water heater to heat so we can check the water temp?

I am sure I will be on here more asking questions when we get it. I appreciate everyone's help!

Tracy

Is your tow veh. large enough to pull this trailer? Check ALL the corners and seams for water damage, inside all cabinets for water damage etc. Water damage would be your biggest concern. Do all the appliances work?

Good TT for the price should not be as important as good TT for your needs.

I am picking up on "not exactly what we want" and "figure we can trade up in 3-5 years." The reason most often that people "trade up" is that what they bought turned out not to be what they really wanted. I see this too often in our local RV club, new RV every 2-3 years trying to find the one that works for they way they want to use it. There can be substantial losses trading in, though people sometimes do pretty well on private sales, especially if the RV is old enough to have depreciated to a "floor" price which is more like 10-15 years for TTs, 15-20 years for motorhomes.

I suggest looking for something used that is very similar to the new one you think you really wanted. That way you are more likely to be satisfied enough with your choice to keep it long term, because there isn't really much difference in utility of TTs made today vs 5 years ago or 10 years ago, from most of today's manufacturers. This is assuming that looking at a Gulfstream means that what you really want doesn't include any special or unusual types of TT construction.

We started with a used TT that wasn't perfect but fit our needs and budget. We upgraded to a new one later when we could afford more. Glad we didn't lose the years waiting to buy a new one. Go for it.

Sounds like you like it.
Go for it.