First timer looking for TT...so confused
Hello all, My wife and I have been long time tent campers, occasionally going with friends in TT and pop-ups. We decided we wanted a TT. I have a truck that has a trailer capacity of about 6000 lbs....
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donn0128 wrote:
Greetings,
Second. Do not buy new and expect it to go 20 years. Unless is sitting in a garage somewhere and never used expect life of 10 years for the bottom of the line trailer. One that light is light for a reason.
Third. NEVER EVER buy new as a first RV. Once you have it home you will start finding stuff you dont like. After a year or two most people trade for their next RV or simply get rid of it. RVs are a huge depreciating asset, so there is no need to throw your money away.
Concur with both statements ! Any TT that get "on the road" say 8 or more times a year, is going to be pretty "used up" by about ten years.
Price sells so TT companies want them to be as inexpensive as possible. Even the "high end" products for a manufacture seem to put the money in "bells and whistles" instead of making more durable campers. (Example - Coachmen makes a big deal out of the fact that their side walls are made with Azdel panels. Not the rear, front or roof. Why ?) Today's "rubber" roof do not seem to last more than 5 years unless you take meticulous care of them (washing and UV treatment more than once per year).
