Buying used.... Considerations
Buying used. Just be very aware....... What precipitated this post was a statement that when buying a used camper at a good (read low) price, what your doing is your buying the appliances...., and ge...
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Bad luck can happen even on 1 year old camper, where appliances went out of warranty last Monday.
I am fix-it man and can afford to have used stuff, that I could never afford new.
Just last year for my house I spend $200 for refrigerator that cost $7,000 new.
$12 for shrader valve + $4 for refrigerant and it runs for a year just fine while LOOKING GOOD.
That said camper body can have a cancer that you will not see till you start digging.
Small leak neglected for couple of winters can turn in major structural remodeling, regardless aluminium frame as I experienced on my Fleetwood.
Campers are still cheap to fix.
Wife Mercedes has brakes pump, where after a number of pushes the computer calls for replacement.
$1900 maintenance item.
I am fix-it man and can afford to have used stuff, that I could never afford new.
Just last year for my house I spend $200 for refrigerator that cost $7,000 new.
$12 for shrader valve + $4 for refrigerant and it runs for a year just fine while LOOKING GOOD.
That said camper body can have a cancer that you will not see till you start digging.
Small leak neglected for couple of winters can turn in major structural remodeling, regardless aluminium frame as I experienced on my Fleetwood.
Campers are still cheap to fix.
Wife Mercedes has brakes pump, where after a number of pushes the computer calls for replacement.
$1900 maintenance item.
