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Bruce_H_
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Jul 22, 2015

Sell truck and camper together or separately?

I have a question for you truck camper folks. My sister in Oregon will be selling her pickup truck and the camper. Currently the camper is off the truck. My question: Is it better to sell them together as a unit, or sell them separately?

The truck is a 2003 Ford F250 4X4 8 ft. bed with the PowerStroke diesel. 6.0 liters, I believe. Excellent condition with 60,000 miles. I assume she won't have any difficulty selling the truck as a standalone or getting a decent trade-in allowance.

The camper is a 2000 SummerWind. It has a dinette slide-out. Aluminum frame with fiberglass exterior. I will look at it tomorrow and see what condition it is in. It has had very little use. The main issue is whether there has been any leakage. She has it stored at a RV dealership and in previous discussions a few years ago they told her that they may be willing to sell it on consignment or buy it outright from her and resell it.

Looking forward to your recommendations on which way to go on this.

Thanks,

Bruce

13 Replies

  • I recently shopped my trailer truck combo at rv dealers and they came close to the trade in value I had wanted but said they would not keep the truck, saying they are not in the truck business and would wholesale it out and sell the trailer on their lot . They said most people already have a truck when they are shopping for a trailer and it would sit to long trying to sell as a combo. Selling it privately you may find a buyer that's wants both . the four dealers I had gone to all said the same thing.
  • I think there would be a larger market for the truck alone, than for the combo and don't expect to get much $ for the camper.
  • First if 6 l is easy to sell in California, that would be first I hear about.
    The truth about selling combo is that you never know.
    Truck will always sell when the price is right, but 15 years old camper in not pristine condition might be unsellable.
    I would start advertising combo and camper alone to see what will go first.