After 11 year I think I may have worn out my pop-up camper. In one season I managed to snap the sink faucet and drive out of a wheel bearing. Both of which I will repair this spring.Recently I purchased a TT and I wonder, with proper maintenance, if I will get 11 years out of it? To hear some on this board complain, you would think that all new TTs are being built by illiterate monkeys from spit and baby yarn. :WSo the question is, given its proper maintenance, how long do you expect your TT to last?

I would say it depends on how you take care of it; maintain the systems; clean it; don't loan it out to other people; don't overload it; and in general just treat it well. Ours is 8 years old and we use it from 3 to 4 months out of the year and it looks like brand new and have not had to replace anything yet except a window shade and got new tires in 2013. Just use common sense and you will have it for many years.

rbpru wrote:After 11 year I think I may have worn out my pop-up camper. In one season I managed to snap the sink faucet and drive out of a wheel bearing. Both of which I will repair this spring.Recently I purchased a TT and I wonder, with proper maintenance, if I will get 11 years out of it? To hear some on this board complain, you would think that all new TTs are being built by illiterate monkeys from spit and baby yarn. :WSo the question is, given its proper maintenance, how long do you expect your TT to last?I get a new one every 10 years. I choose this interval because there are small improvements made with each model year. At about 10 years, there is a big enough improvement to make it worth getting a new one.Plus after 10 years of use, some of the old TTs components are nearing the end of their life. Yet the unit still has some value when sold. YMMV

Ive had 2 pups and now a tt and have to say the pups definatley require more "gentle" use. Mainly doe to there design there is a lot of potential for wear or damage every time you set up.On the other hand I thingk rough roads take a bigger toll on the heavier tt.

I've got 10 years on it now and it still suits our needs nicely. I hope it will last another 10 but that all depends on whether it starts leaking. So far so good!

Mine is 8+ and it is serving me quite well.

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Huntindog
Explorer
Feb 12, 2014
rbpru wrote:
After 11 year I think I may have worn out my pop-up camper. In one season I managed to snap the sink faucet and drive out of a wheel bearing. Both of which I will repair this spring.

Recently I purchased a TT and I wonder, with proper maintenance, if I will get 11 years out of it?

To hear some on this board complain, you would think that all new TTs are being built by illiterate monkeys from spit and baby yarn. :W

So the question is, given its proper maintenance, how long do you expect your TT to last?

I get a new one every 10 years. I choose this interval because there are small improvements made with each model year. At about 10 years, there is a big enough improvement to make it worth getting a new one.
Plus after 10 years of use, some of the old TTs components are nearing the end of their life. Yet the unit still has some value when sold. YMMV
doxiluvr
Explorer II
Feb 12, 2014
I would say it depends on how you take care of it; maintain the systems; clean it; don't loan it out to other people; don't overload it; and in general just treat it well. Ours is 8 years old and we use it from 3 to 4 months out of the year and it looks like brand new and have not had to replace anything yet except a window shade and got new tires in 2013. Just use common sense and you will have it for many years.

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