rex.529 wrote:
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made tlr. all metal i believe. light. appox 5700 lbs for a 30 ft furnance mayu be clogged if no screen. if xl model bettewr. most have shocks on axle. peice seems okif no major issues. much better tha most new tlrs. good luck
I have no idea what he just said.
The biggest thing it to check for water damage from a leak. If there is a lot of water damage and you are not willing to repair it yourself then it will easily cost way to much to repair. If there is no water damage then you have crossed the first hurdle.
A 21 year old TT will have some issues. But, if it has been taken car of, and if this a all metal TT you may be OK. I have a 23 year old standard TT and it has worked out well for me.
It depends on how handy you are and how much of thw work you can do yourself.
If I were you I would check to see if all , or most of, the appliances and systems work.
The fridge being the biggest and most expensive one. If it does not work it may be possible to repair it with some basic knowledge and work. For example mine needed a new 100 dollar circuit board. But, sometimes those old gas / electric fridges just die. If they do it can cost 400-600 dollars to repair. Many people just replace them with apartment sized fridges but, those only work if you camp where you can always stay plugged in.
The furnace can get filled up with wasps nests and it would need to be removed to get working. Not the end of the world but, again it costs a little money.
The power converter / battery charger is usually reliable but, it can go bad. Plus, on a TT this old the power converter / battery charger is not as good as the new ones and tends to wreck your battery's fairly quickly. Again, if you always go where you are plugged in this is not as big of a issue.
The water heater should be OK unless it has not been taken care of and it leaks. If it does you have to replace it. It costs a few hundred dollars.
There may be other things I've forgotten. Do a lit of reading on this site and do many searches here and on the internet and you will find that campers are actually simple things. It is a little overwhelming at first but if you are willing to learn you will see how simple they really are.
