Buying Auction/Salvage RV's

I bought a 05 for guests/family to use at my seasonal site. I will have around 80 hrs in it when done. The salvage/rebuilt title will follow it forever. The purchase price was about half the value and I will have additional money for repairs/upgrades in it. You have to be very careful about hidden damage. I used the trailer rebuild for stress relief. I did not worry about resale since it was for others to use. I have seen some priced so high by the time you did repairs you could have bought a clean used camper for the same amount.

I had a friend get a good deal here
http://www.crankyape.com/

Lots of rvs were damaged by hurricane Katrina and Sandy. Watch out for flood damaged units written off by the insurance companies. Might have hidden mould problems.

You buy AS IS...will always have a salvage title always...try and find an insurance company that will insure an RV with a salvage title

Some folks just take from this forum and never give back.

I was very interested in a MH the had signs that read I believe "Bio Hazard". Several years ago I legally got rid of my old asbestos siding going using the EPA rules and watched a house up the street get cleaned out from a known crack house to being sold to a Customs agent. So I thought "Bio hazard" shouldn't be that bad. I posted here like you asking if anybody has done it before or what to watch out for. Got nothing but "don't do it" remarks. The MH was being auctioned at a regular towing yard that the police impounded. My assumption was the MH was used to make drugs. I was going to gut everything and rebuild. Talked to owner of towing yard after the sale. Turns out some guy shot himself in the MH and maybe 3 weeks later was discovered. Glad I passed. 2 summers ago a man died at our seasonal site campground and his son drove up to why his Dad didn't answer the phone and found him. The kids hired a carpet cleaning company and took it to a consignment sales lot. Somebody bought it. I'm still learning about salvaged titles and probally will get one someday. I've rebuilt 2 so far but water damage not major accident damage or body parts soaked into the woodwork. Web sites, after finding the one with Bio hazard I found http://www.copart.com/c2/copart_home_page.html You have to go thru a lot to find one close to you that you can rebuild. Here is link for my previous post talked about above.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26646228.cfm

My first 5th wheel was a repo that I bought at an auto auction. I got a very good deal camped in it for 2 years sold it and made a couple grand. The deals are out there you just have to hunt for them, as for one of those FEMA trailers I would be very careful.

Gau 8 wrote:
Some folks just take from this forum and never give back.

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CREATO wrote:

Gau 8 wrote:
Some folks just take from this forum and never give back.

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And that's all I have to say about that!

Gau 8 wrote:

CREATO wrote:

Gau 8 wrote:
Some folks just take from this forum and never give back.

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And that's all I have to say about that!

That all you got, same line different post