Should I buy this wrecked travel trailer?
I found a 2015 Lance tt for less than $10k. I kept seeing something off about the kitchen. Someone replaced the cabinets and did so very poorly. I kept looking but it bugged me, I kept thinking "why?"...
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I can only relate personal experience.
Many years ago, I was looking for a tt to live in for a few months. I found one that had been wrecked; they had drug the left front corner into something, and the entire front of the trailer was pushed over to the right, and broken loose from the floor. They wanted $800 for it.
I bought it.
There was no frame damage, so I used a farm jack to pull the front back into place, and secured it with long screws. I replaced the torn paneling and insulation inside, replaced the torn exterior skin with aircraft quality Alclad aluminum purchased from my employer, repaired the bent lines for the water system under the couch/bed, and lived in it for about 6 months.
Then we used it for camping for a couple of years, until we sold it for almost what I had in it (IIRC) and bought a 27 foot Pace Arrow Class A.
That being said, $800 wasn't a bad deal, IMO. I would never pay several thousand for a similar unit!
Many years ago, I was looking for a tt to live in for a few months. I found one that had been wrecked; they had drug the left front corner into something, and the entire front of the trailer was pushed over to the right, and broken loose from the floor. They wanted $800 for it.
I bought it.
There was no frame damage, so I used a farm jack to pull the front back into place, and secured it with long screws. I replaced the torn paneling and insulation inside, replaced the torn exterior skin with aircraft quality Alclad aluminum purchased from my employer, repaired the bent lines for the water system under the couch/bed, and lived in it for about 6 months.
Then we used it for camping for a couple of years, until we sold it for almost what I had in it (IIRC) and bought a 27 foot Pace Arrow Class A.
That being said, $800 wasn't a bad deal, IMO. I would never pay several thousand for a similar unit!
