used trailer buyer needs advice
I know if i buy a used unit i will save since someone else took the depreciation, but how old is too old to be buying. When is a trailer worn out. I know you get what you pay for so i am not looking...
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Lost,
To get a handle that will mess up your calibration, go the a Tin Can Tourist rally. There will be lots of beautiful old stuff there. The one theme you will hear all though it is "Leaking Water Damage". With Towables, that is all that matters. Everything else is a cosmetic fix.
So, look at everything that you can find to look at. Don't let age get in the way. Don't go for cheap. But, no matter what else you hear or see, if you detect water damage from leakage, back away. Even if the current owner says he fix it, if he didn't repair the visible damage then he was not confident of the repair.
Most 5ers, TT, TCs and many MH are a wooden stick framework with aluminum sheet tacked on it. When water leaks in that framework begins to rot. It can be repaired, but it is not simple.
Matt
To get a handle that will mess up your calibration, go the a Tin Can Tourist rally. There will be lots of beautiful old stuff there. The one theme you will hear all though it is "Leaking Water Damage". With Towables, that is all that matters. Everything else is a cosmetic fix.
So, look at everything that you can find to look at. Don't let age get in the way. Don't go for cheap. But, no matter what else you hear or see, if you detect water damage from leakage, back away. Even if the current owner says he fix it, if he didn't repair the visible damage then he was not confident of the repair.
Most 5ers, TT, TCs and many MH are a wooden stick framework with aluminum sheet tacked on it. When water leaks in that framework begins to rot. It can be repaired, but it is not simple.
Matt
