Buying used
Going on the older end of the scale, cruising craigslist and the local dealers. Trying to keep it around $5000, but everytime I find a decent rig, it is gone before I can get out there. Just venting...
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We also had a difficult time trying to find a TC in the price range we wanted.
Truck Campers are rather rare in our area.
We were willing to drive up to about 6 hours to go get one and we did make a couple of drives to look at the "perfect" campers only to discover "pristine" to some people is very different then what we mean.
We drove 600 miles round trip to look at and hopefully bring home a Lance that looked just great in pictures and by talking to the owner it sounded perfect.
It was horrible, black mold and dry rot in several places. DW poked at the siding and her finger pushed thru it. The jacks were very loose. and lots of bulges here and there in the skin. Picked up the cushions on the dinette bench and the plywood was all black and damp.
We did learn a lot about what to look for. It makes you want to break your budget or accept something bad. But we stuck with it and after kissing a lot of frogs we found our prince. And all the false runs were just interesting adventures.
The camper we found was 100 miles away (200 round trip) and just needed some minor repairs and TLC.
We wish you good luck in your search and hope you enjoy the journey.
Good luck in your search.
Truck Campers are rather rare in our area.
We were willing to drive up to about 6 hours to go get one and we did make a couple of drives to look at the "perfect" campers only to discover "pristine" to some people is very different then what we mean.
We drove 600 miles round trip to look at and hopefully bring home a Lance that looked just great in pictures and by talking to the owner it sounded perfect.
It was horrible, black mold and dry rot in several places. DW poked at the siding and her finger pushed thru it. The jacks were very loose. and lots of bulges here and there in the skin. Picked up the cushions on the dinette bench and the plywood was all black and damp.
We did learn a lot about what to look for. It makes you want to break your budget or accept something bad. But we stuck with it and after kissing a lot of frogs we found our prince. And all the false runs were just interesting adventures.
The camper we found was 100 miles away (200 round trip) and just needed some minor repairs and TLC.
We wish you good luck in your search and hope you enjoy the journey.
Good luck in your search.
