Have you ever, or would you ever ....

peaches&cream wrote:

PA12DRVR wrote:

peaches&cream wrote:
I have friends that think nothing of loaning me their airplane so they are more than welcome to any MH I may have.

I'm on the flip side of that: I loaned my BIL the signature airplane for an entire summer whilst his was being rebuilt. Since the airplane's worth more than 2x my most expensive RV to date, I'd probably be willing to loan any RV to that BIL or to a couple other in-laws.

Having grown up with my family and only, according to DW, having been housebroken after much effort, I wouldn't loan an RV or the airplane to my siblings.

I have access to no less than 10 airplanes ranging in value from $25,000 to $500,000. I would look funny refusing to loan a $100,000 RV to these friends.

Having "access" to 10 planes is a lot different than just borrowing one. I assume that access is either fractional ownership, club owned planes, ownership by entities where you have some professional interests etc. Doubt it is just some friends who would loan you an airplane, no questions asked. Besides, a licensed pilot has shown they at least have the basic skills to operate an airplane. A pilot more than anyone else would realize that not only do you need to know how to fly a plane, you need to be well versed in the exact plane you are flying to pilot it safely. Just because someone can drive and operate all the amenities on a car does not mean they can drive and operate all the amenities of a 45 foot diesel pusher motorhome. No different than the fact that someone may be very capable of flying a Piper Cub yet would be completely out of their skill set at the controls of a G600, yet they are both airplanes.
Also, the wear and tear on a plane is much different than the wear and tear on a motorhome. Generally planes are flown and then stored. You don't live in them, cook meals in them, have children play in and around them and generally do the things that people do when on vacation with an RV. You don't have numerous systems that an average person has never seen or used. RVs are just a unique animal. The airplane equivalent would probably be all that pilots are familiar with the control systems of a Cessna 150, but you couldn't and wouldn't expect them to have the knowledge to operate a pressurized twin flying total on instruments.
I wouldn't think twice about tossing the keys to my house or my vacation home to good friends and responsible relatives, but I wouldn't even consider tossing the keys to the motorhome to those same people. Now if one of those friends fifth motorhome was a 2014 Newell that was in the shop and the need arose for them to borrow my pusher, that becomes a special circumstance that might lead to a different decision. But loaning an RV to a friend with little no RVing experience is not in my plans.