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CopilotCompanio's avatar
Oct 06, 2016

Would u buy this TT w "repaired" water damage?

Ok, here we go. Have located (locally, belive it or not) a 2007 Arctic Fox 29V. Dealer says wardrobe slide leaked & he has replaced the entire floor of the front queen bedroom. He says slide has also been repaired. He's discounted the TT several thousand dollars owing to this condition ($9900). In your opinion, is it possible to repair water damage & move on?

I have asked him to hook up the TT so I can evaluate all systems (which he says are all operational) and, if it passes my inspection, the next step will be to contract a mobile tech to conduct a learned evaluation. (Thanks to all of you who have tutored me in this respect). He didn't have many good things to say about mobile techs, which only strengthened my resolve.

I will be bringing my creeper, my list of options & a camera to my appointment. What, specifically, am I looking for with respect to the water damage? I'm confident some of you will answer this question with "The nearest exit! Run! Do not walk!" And that's okay if that's what I need to hear.

Ready... Hands over game show buzzers... and... DISCUSS.
  • Proof is in the pudding! Wait for rain and then go visit the camper! If no leaks, you're good. If indeed the floors were fixed, I see no reason why it could not be a good camper.

    About mobile techs? The reason he frowns on them is because they are a competing business. Of course he's going to down-play them.

    After you jump up and down all over the floor like an excited 5 year old at Christmas time, pound on the walls like a 3 year old throwing a fit and make sure they are solid too.

    Then play Santa and get on the roof and see how it feels!

    If all seems good, no squishy floor, no soft spots on the roof, no walls bending or moving in-an-out, then call your mobile tech friend and pick it apart.

    Have fun! You've got not nothing invested yet, except your interest.