Slowmover wrote:
The trailer paid for is where the cost savings come in. But not with a conventional box trailer. The reason I've stayed with one of the Airstream cousins from years ago. No depreciation, and no rot given some maintenance.
You mention maintenance for your "Airstream" but fail to address that below with regards to "box" trailers and their lifespan. Please also go into further detail on the initial cost factor of Airstreams too.
Slowmover wrote:
It is the upfront costs that are critical. A wood box trailer might last ten years if moving around is contemplated. They're built for a six year lifespan (normal length of first ownership), and eventually rot in place in some field or some back lot trailer park. Thus, one winds up having to replace them pretty often (as I see it).
Laughable at best. Please site your source for this nonsense... FYI an Airstream forum doesn't count as a reliable source for information on "box" trailers as a majority of those folks are very biased. A well maintained "box" trailer, as you put it, can last well beyond your 6 year mention or even your 10 year mention. Rot in a field? Seriously dramatic there aren't you? You mean there are no Airstreams, or cousins rotting away in fields?
Something else you forgot to mention. Please let us know how well your Airstream cousin does in areas that get a good amount of hail. Just yesterday there was so much hail at my house, it looked as though it had snowed. Will I own a Airstream that is destined to look like a golf ball? No way.
To each his own, but Airstreams, or their cousins, are not the end all of travel trailers. They do have their faults too.
