Private sale - What to look for / inspect
Hello all, newbie here looking for advice. My wife and I have decided to buy a TT to use for occasional camping trips and as a guest house when we have company. After looking for the past few weeks ...
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hbrady wrote:
Glad I asked I really appreciate all the tips! I reached out to my local authorized dealer to see if they can inspect or they know someone who can.
Good! Folks here may be able to refer you also, if you post your location / location of the trailer.
They seem like good honest people so I don't think they are hiding anything.
Of course. But if they have not used it in 3 years there are probably things they don't know about at all, and other things they have forgotten, or never even tested.
For example, like you said, they didn't use the fresh water system. That probably means they didn't use the stove or the shower.
RV's often come from the factory with problems. Those would originally have been covered under warranty, but the warranty is expired now. So the systems the owners never used could have major problems, unknown to them.
And then there are storage problems, such as rodents chewing wiring...
