JIMNLIN wrote:
jlrosine wrote:
Thanks everyone for the insight. I think I'm going to pass on the hail damaged trailer unless they can give me some screaming deal....I might buy it for 10k but I don't think much more :).
Wise choice.
Your a first time buyer so don't buy a trailer that will need repair or has a short lived rooflife because of the beating hail can gave it. Spend that 10k on a trailer that doesn't look beat up or create down the road issues. Also think about resale value.
Depending on the size of the hail and how deep those dents are aluminum has been stretched and some years later may crack in those spots as aluminum material gets brittle with age especially in sunny parts of the country. I saw this when I did mobilhome/rv repair years ago.
From galvanized roofing panels to seamed aluminum roofing material in a roll to white seamless aluminum roofing material in a roll to finally rubber roof material I'll take a rubber roof over aluminum material anytime. We saw much less year to year maintenance issues when rubber roof material came on the rv trailer scene.
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I'd much rather spend some maintenance time 2 times per year on my aluminum roof than i would praying a new rubber roof will last me more than 10 years.
To each their own. I just looked at a new jayco Jay flight and climbed the rear ladder to the roof. I touched the tpo toof material and it was loose at the rear edge of the roof. It felt very thin also like a tree branch would blow a hole in it very easily. No thank you.
When someone can show me a factory inatalled rubber roof thats 28yrs old, thats as nice as my 28yr old oem aluminum roof is, we'll talk.
