Depreciation on trailers
If I bought a good branded, nice layout trailer for $18K out the door and kept up the maintenance so it was always in good condition, what value would it hold in 3 years? 5 years? Thanks.
Forum Discussion
RV values, by and large, drop like a rock the first few years.
The people who purachased our Jayco Eagle new in 2008 paid close to $27,000 (personally I think they could have done a bit better).
We bought it off of them in May of 2010 for $17,000 and that included a bunch of accesories he had purchased for it (RV cover, wheel covers, and various other items) AND the Equalizer brand WD hitch too ($500 value) that we use with it (which allowed me to sell the one I already had for a nice sum I might add).
In 2 years he lost $10,000 plus another $1,000 or so on the accessories and hitch..
I think you CAN mitigate deprecation to a degree on new units but you must pay a rock bottom price on them, maintain them very well, and then find the right situation when you end up selling them off.
The people who purachased our Jayco Eagle new in 2008 paid close to $27,000 (personally I think they could have done a bit better).
We bought it off of them in May of 2010 for $17,000 and that included a bunch of accesories he had purchased for it (RV cover, wheel covers, and various other items) AND the Equalizer brand WD hitch too ($500 value) that we use with it (which allowed me to sell the one I already had for a nice sum I might add).
In 2 years he lost $10,000 plus another $1,000 or so on the accessories and hitch..
I think you CAN mitigate deprecation to a degree on new units but you must pay a rock bottom price on them, maintain them very well, and then find the right situation when you end up selling them off.
