Need advice on purchasing an older RV.
My partner and I are looking to purchase an RV by the end of the year and have it renovated by next spring when we will strike out on the road and go full time. We are interested in Class A RVs due to...
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Oh yeah... And do not spend to the limits of your budget. Keep a reserve for emergencies. A couple of weeks after we got our current coach (the '98), we had it all ready to take a trip - tanks filled, fridge on, etc. During the night, the tiny pipe that feeds the ice maker broke and pumped about 50 gallons of water into the coach. The entire front half of the coach was squishy.
I have a extraction carpet cleaner, so the water was cleaned up in about half a day. The 15 years of ick in the carpet released a smell that would not go away, so I tore all of the carpet and pad out and replaced it with laminate. The pipe that caused the issue was replaced with copper for about $10. I can only imagine what the total job, plumbing, cleaning, new floor would have cost at an RV center.
You will get some surprises - that is the way of motorized bouncing box houses!
Matt B
I have a extraction carpet cleaner, so the water was cleaned up in about half a day. The 15 years of ick in the carpet released a smell that would not go away, so I tore all of the carpet and pad out and replaced it with laminate. The pipe that caused the issue was replaced with copper for about $10. I can only imagine what the total job, plumbing, cleaning, new floor would have cost at an RV center.
You will get some surprises - that is the way of motorized bouncing box houses!
Matt B
