Life expectancy of pickup campers...
How long do you expect a unit to last before it's more trouble than it's worth? Is it better to get a newer/cheaper model or an older higher quality brand? What do you expect to pay for yearly m...
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MY old 1984 Lance spent almost all it's time outside except for a few winters.
It did develop one leak at the passenger side window about 10 years ago, but I caught it in time and fixed it myself.
It has a ding here and there and I had to remove the jacks, sandblast and re-paint them a few years ago......but if I wash and wax it, it looks almost as good as new.....it is aluminum.
I recently upgraded, but only did so because I wanted some of the features of the newer campers. (The east/west bed isn't good for us now that we are older and more portly......The hydraulic jacks are getting to be too much hassle for us.....and we wanted a little more walk around room and freezer space.)
If it weren't for the bed and refrigerator, I would have kept it and figured out how to put electric jacks on it.
I think the new on will be stored inside more than the old one.
It did develop one leak at the passenger side window about 10 years ago, but I caught it in time and fixed it myself.
It has a ding here and there and I had to remove the jacks, sandblast and re-paint them a few years ago......but if I wash and wax it, it looks almost as good as new.....it is aluminum.
I recently upgraded, but only did so because I wanted some of the features of the newer campers. (The east/west bed isn't good for us now that we are older and more portly......The hydraulic jacks are getting to be too much hassle for us.....and we wanted a little more walk around room and freezer space.)
If it weren't for the bed and refrigerator, I would have kept it and figured out how to put electric jacks on it.
I think the new on will be stored inside more than the old one.
