Purchase a hail damaged rig?
I may have the opportunity to purchase a hail damaged trailer considerably cheaper than a new or used would be. Has anyone ever bought a hail damaged trailer? Thoughts on such a choice?
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If the damage is not bad and the price is right, i would say go for it.
I just had my camper totaled earlier this year for "hail damage". The hail we got came in at 70-80mph so i had some odd cosmetic damage. If i could have bought it back for cheap i would have kept it fixed the stuff that could leak and used it but the insurance company wanted more than i was willing to pay for a damaged camper. The damage to mine was a split in the rubber roof which i could have fixed with some dicor. so to insurance the fix was a entire roof replacement. it has a couple dents in the fiberglass left side and rear so the adjuster said that would require a replacement side and back wall. a couple of the window frames got bent/dented. so that would require complete window replacements for any that had damage. And a bunch of dents in metal trim. But the rough estimate for the "damages" was $18-20K. My insurance wrote it off because with the calculator they use it was cheaper for them to total it and make money at auction than to try to fix it.
I just had my camper totaled earlier this year for "hail damage". The hail we got came in at 70-80mph so i had some odd cosmetic damage. If i could have bought it back for cheap i would have kept it fixed the stuff that could leak and used it but the insurance company wanted more than i was willing to pay for a damaged camper. The damage to mine was a split in the rubber roof which i could have fixed with some dicor. so to insurance the fix was a entire roof replacement. it has a couple dents in the fiberglass left side and rear so the adjuster said that would require a replacement side and back wall. a couple of the window frames got bent/dented. so that would require complete window replacements for any that had damage. And a bunch of dents in metal trim. But the rough estimate for the "damages" was $18-20K. My insurance wrote it off because with the calculator they use it was cheaper for them to total it and make money at auction than to try to fix it.
