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goducks10
Mar 08, 2018Explorer
Manwithnorv wrote:
My wife retires in 2 months and we were thinking of buying a truck and fifth wheel and hitting the road. I joined this forum to learn what I could. After reading this thread, I'm thinking I'd be better off staying in hotels. I get to travel, no investment, no problems. But no wait, I had a flat tire once, so I'm never going to buy another car, so maybe I'll stay home mow grass and play cross word puzzles.
I've always said if you aren't handy or rich you probably shouldn't own one. I'm handy and retired so small fixes don't bother me. IN fact I enjoy tinkering with it. My 5th wheel has only had 1 MFG caused problem. It took the repair guy about 2 hours under warranty to fix. We've never had to take it in for something big or even had a list of stuff to fix. JMO but I think there's more good than bad. What happens is a guy has a problem and you get 4-5 pages of negative comments on the problem.
A guy comes on and says he loves his new RV and you get a couple pages max. Bad news makes headlines.
Are some brands better or worse? Yes.
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