Should I get a different camper

bigtime_077 wrote:
Thank you all for the replies. What was mentioned about the next used camper having issues is exactly what I am worried about. You just don't know how well they were taken care of. The other thing is that we have this one paid for and I have no desire to take out another loan at all. Basically whatever we get I want to pay cash for minus the trade. So if I get $9000 for a trade and the money I have setting aside I would be looking for one in the max of $13-14K. So basically this leaves us looking for one that is some years older than ours which doesn't necessarily make it in worse shape, I have seen a lot of older campers that are in great condition, but it does if it has been neglected at all. Plus more time to hide the problems instead of fixing them.

Also on the comment of bigger isn't always better. I agree. Especially if gas goes to $4 a gallon this summer again. The truck has no issues with the camper we have. Its stated dry weight is 3620 but I would bet its closer to 4000.

I get it. We have had several campers over the last 10 years. We had a big one, 30-ft, that we wrecked. We decided to go back to a pop-up. We started out in a small pop-up and really loved it. Well, we didn't love this one so much. It was much larger and had a dinette slide, and it was immaculate, so that wasn't the problem. It was just too big for the two of us. I had trouble putting the beds out. And it was hard to heat because it had so much canvas. We paid about $12,000 cash for it and within a year we knew it was the wrong decision. So we put it up as a consignment with a local RV dealer. Didn't even get a bite on it.

After a year at the dealer we decided to just bite the bullet and trade it for another camper. We took a bath on the pop-up but we found a 6 year old 26ft hard-side camper for about $8,000. It is like new. Not a mark on it, the inside was in showroom condition, no leaks. Just a real sweet rig. So we decided to just swallow the difference and get the rig that worked better for us.

We have not been sorry. This rig is EXACTLY right for us. It might be our last rig, in fact, that's how much we like it. In the end, it has been totally worth what we lost on our pop-up.

You need to just do what you've gotta do. If you hate the hybrid and just can't live with it, you're not going to use it. Better to sell it sooner than later--you'll get more for it this year than next year.