What to look for when buying used TT
Man i hope this is not as loaded a question as the TV to TT topic turned out to be. Taking weight out of the equation.. What should i look at when buying a used TT.. Besides the obvious (tires, pl...
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When I bought my barely-used TT earlier this year, the dealer I worked with hired a mobile RV Tech to do a pre-delivery check-out of all the systems. Because of some late-process scheduling changes that same tech also did our walk-through upon purchase.
Now that I've lived with my purchase for a couple of months, here are my regrets:
1) I should have been there while the tech was checking things out.
2) I should have been the one hiring the tech, so he'd be my advocate (not the seller's)
There was some roof damage that was missed. I don't think there will be long-term issues tied to this, but we do have some signs water made it's way into the front wardrobe and caused minor cosmetic damage.
We also had a problem with a broken valve in the shower that I had to pay to have repaired.
That said, I have a lot of respect for the tech and have used him to do our final personalizing of our trailer.
In hindsight, I should have treated it more like a home purchase. If you can hire a mobile RV tech to be there and assist with an inspection, it might be money well spent. However if this TT is in pretty good shape, it sounds like you're getting a real nice value. Good luck!
Now that I've lived with my purchase for a couple of months, here are my regrets:
1) I should have been there while the tech was checking things out.
2) I should have been the one hiring the tech, so he'd be my advocate (not the seller's)
There was some roof damage that was missed. I don't think there will be long-term issues tied to this, but we do have some signs water made it's way into the front wardrobe and caused minor cosmetic damage.
We also had a problem with a broken valve in the shower that I had to pay to have repaired.
That said, I have a lot of respect for the tech and have used him to do our final personalizing of our trailer.
In hindsight, I should have treated it more like a home purchase. If you can hire a mobile RV tech to be there and assist with an inspection, it might be money well spent. However if this TT is in pretty good shape, it sounds like you're getting a real nice value. Good luck!
