New Member, New (to me) Truck/TC Jitters
Hi All, I have been lurking here for about a week, absorbing and reading all I can on TCs since I have never owned an RV. I am impressed with how everyone here shares info and experience. This is a f...
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1. No, but you need to make sure the truck is up to the task.
2. Don't know but you'd rather have a quiet Honda or Yami generator sitting in the front hitch rack than a noisy finicky built in generator anyway imo.
3. I don't believe the obsolescence of the camper is a significant factor at all. Most every component with a service life, jacks, fridge water pump etc etc are built by another mfg and readily available. The condition of the camper structure itself is the most important concern followed by which appliances may need repaired or replaced.
My biggest concern even given the setups apparent excellent condition is that no matter how shiny and well kept the truck and camper are, bottom line is they are 20years old, high mile and worst of all presumably sat unused for lots of years. No matter what I'd cnsider the whole setup a mechanics special and if you're not a mechanic you could easily spend more than you paid just in repairs and updates. Even if you do the work yourself, you could easily spend thousands getting it totally road worthy.
On the flip side, you would have a good base to work off of for a clean camping rig and given you can test drive this thing and figure out most of the issues and pending repairs up front, should be able to make an educated decision on what it's worth to you.
2. Don't know but you'd rather have a quiet Honda or Yami generator sitting in the front hitch rack than a noisy finicky built in generator anyway imo.
3. I don't believe the obsolescence of the camper is a significant factor at all. Most every component with a service life, jacks, fridge water pump etc etc are built by another mfg and readily available. The condition of the camper structure itself is the most important concern followed by which appliances may need repaired or replaced.
My biggest concern even given the setups apparent excellent condition is that no matter how shiny and well kept the truck and camper are, bottom line is they are 20years old, high mile and worst of all presumably sat unused for lots of years. No matter what I'd cnsider the whole setup a mechanics special and if you're not a mechanic you could easily spend more than you paid just in repairs and updates. Even if you do the work yourself, you could easily spend thousands getting it totally road worthy.
On the flip side, you would have a good base to work off of for a clean camping rig and given you can test drive this thing and figure out most of the issues and pending repairs up front, should be able to make an educated decision on what it's worth to you.
