What the RV Industry needs and how it works.

7.3 psdman wrote:
You might as well figure on having to spend another five grand on things like decent tires and a jacking and leveling system before you start pulling it down the road. First you have the manufacturer who uses cheap parts and who leaves critical parts off that would save a ton of repairs. Then you have to take it to the dealer to have them try to fix it as fast as they can and maybe they get lucky and you don't have to repair it again but more than likely you will get tired of the problem in a few years and fix it yourself. And it's our fault because we keep buying them. What a new buyer doesn't know is that they are better off buying a unit that has been upgraded by the owner than they are to buying the new shiny one. Let the old owner have all of the headaches and expense to fix it up for you.

Valid to a point and that point is, a newbie buying a used unit hasn't a clue if it was maintained properly. Most newbies don't have a clue if the unit is a leaker or is rotting away under the wall board and candidly, most experienced buyers don't know either.

Used units will have a tendency to be clean on the inside and stuff repaired but far as seals and caulk, the owner probably didn't maintain them, especially units that are stored outside in the weather.

You have to know where to look and what to look for and be very diligent in your inspection. There is nothing worse or more expensive that water intrusion remediation, often times, the cost of repair and remediation exceeds the value of the unit.