toedtoes wrote:
Even with indoor storage, you can come back to a destroyed trailer. A leak found after one rainfall can be fixed relatively easily for the most part. A leak found after an entire winter of storms is a lost cause without rebuilding.
And yes, plan on maintenance and repair work. Just like when buying a house. Things break. Preventative maintenance is cheaper than repair. And so on.
I plan on parking it on the side of my house. Gravel parking area. Tires on plywood. Will get a cover for fall-early spring.
Repairs and maintenance I expect. I am home contractor and can pretty much fix anything and everything in a house. (...and YouTube is a wonderful thing if I cant). Pretty much I'm a hands-on guy, who owns most every tool. Not afraid to get my hands dirty or repair/maintain things.
That being said, I don't want to spend $25k on a huge p.o.s. that I have to constantly deal with. Minor repairs after a few years aren't a big deal to me. Major structural failure, like wall delamination, is.
If most everything can be tweaked and maintained to prevent huge issues, fine. I am pretty anal-retentive when it comes to my home maintenance, detail, and inspection; so I doubt I will be any different with an rv.
