New to RV world...am stressing out.
Hello, My uncle purchased a class A motor home (1997 beaver) from a friend. My uncle then basically was taken to the hospital from there and didnt come out. So now I have inherited the RV that he h...
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Bird Freak wrote:
Wow!! So many doom and gloom folks here. Sitting 4 years is not that big of a deal. Previous owner before your uncle was his friend. He may have put tires on it shortly before your uncle got it. Fuel should be fine. Is there any chance of getting in touch with him to ask a few questions or maybe have him check it out for you? Who would be better than a friend who also was the previous owner?
Agreed, but the OP left a lot to the imagination.
On one hand, it could be a good inheritance, but since none of us, or the OP has a clue what's up with it, it is fair to warn someone who's ignorant to the costs and operation of a large machine with a house on the back that the costs could be significant to get it road worthy and inhabitable.
Similar climates for moisture, I can say most RVs up here if just parked and left out under the trees for 4 years would be about ready for the scrap heap......after you cut it out of the blackberries!
Water damage, damage to mechanical systems from sitting that long and rodent damage round out the top 3. Heck we have a cat that is a killing machine and still have mouse problems. Our house had been unoccupied for just over a year when we bought it here in WA and within another year, burning it down would have been the better solution than remediating mouse and rat damage. As it was, spent $thousnads and days taking care of the damage.
Or it could be sitting in a dry shop, batteries pulled, properly pickled, 10 bags of dryer sheets and moth balls inside and the keys hanging on a nail by the door with operating instructions and a fresh coat of wax under the dust.
2 completely different scenarios and we don't know.
