I must respectfully disagree with Skip almost completely… if the local dealer is good he will not need or have much time and space for taking a local buyers foreign bought trailer…
Most will go out of their way for someone traveling away from home, which is an entirely different scenario…
Most RV dealers are independent and not contractually required to repair any unit they didn’t sell even Forest River the maker of Skips trailer… in Forest Rivers own words…
“Forest River, Inc. strongly encourages our retail customers to purchase from their local dealership whenever possible due to the following factors:
Our Dealers are as a rule, independently owned and operated businesses. Outside of those customers they personally sold products to, they are not contractually obligated to perform warranty service on Forest River products that were purchased elsewhere. There may be an occasion that you would be required to return to the point of purchase to satisfy warranty requirements.”
I have nothing to bad to offer on the out of state on-line dealers except they never offered me a price much better when all the cost included in the local dealers price (delivery, taxes, registration) were considered…
But I would also caution against and never buy and pay in full and take ownership sight unseen as is required by most of the on-line dealers… even if they were voted the best dealer in the country…