How far have you traveled to buy/pickup your rig?

[maxum1989]

I have searched and found a fifth wheel that I believe would be perfect for my family. It is quite far from my residence though so I am considering a pretty long road trip to pick it up. How far have you traveled to pick up yours? Maybe it will make me feel better hearing about other road purchases while I consider such a thing.

[FlatBroke]

2200 miles from Northern Colo to Indian. Thought I had covered all the bases, looked under neath and it was pretty rusty. Bought it anyway because the rest passed inspection. Spent a couple of days de rusting and painting it.

[RustyJC]

rkassl wrote:
My philosophy is to buy as close to home as possible. We all know that there will be issues with the new trailers and that means trips back to the selling dealer, I am not going to drive 200, 400 or 1000 miles, no way. Sure you may take your trailer back to any authorized dealer but believe me if you didn't buy it from them you are way down on the bottom for service. Just my 2 cents.

1. In the 2-1/2 years we've owned our DRV, it has never been back to a dealer or the factory for any repairs.

2. If it did need a repair during the warranty period, I'd call DRV and get authorization to use an independent service facility or mobile RV repair provider. The LAST place I would take it is a typical dealer service facility where it's going to sit for weeks before anyone even bothers to look at it and the quality of the repairs is usually substandard.

Rusty

[Bionic_Man]

I bought our first 5er 300 miles away. Much better price than buying local.

That said, the trailer was a POS, and I did have trouble getting warranty work done locally. The local dealer took forever to get anything fixed on it. I sold it after two years of non-stop trouble, but still came out ahead because I sold it for more than I bought it for, so it did work out.

The next (and current) trailer was bought local. Not sure if it was just because I was working with a different dealer, or because I bought the unit from them, or a combination of the two, but that purchase and ownership experience was much better.

[Cummins12V98]

rhagfo wrote:
about 250 miles Portland, OR to Burlington, WA.
We did well.

In my old backyard!

[rkassl]

My philosophy is to buy as close to home as possible. We all know that there will be issues with the new trailers and that means trips back to the selling dealer, I am not going to drive 200, 400 or 1000 miles, no way. Sure you may take your trailer back to any authorized dealer but believe me if you didn't buy it from them you are way down on the bottom for service. Just my 2 cents.

[skiles]

We drove a little over 200 to pick ours up. Worth every mile so far.

[PhoneDude_8289]

1200 miles one way from Texas to Florida. Toured Florida for ten days then took another ten days camping our way back to Texas. Still have the 5er after three years and still loving it. Had a minor problem with the RV that I took care of myself.

[SCVJeff]

As said in another similar post: 1400 miles. Great deal, great time on the road, and I wouldn't for an instant go local thinking that I'm going to get better or faster warranty service. That's a complete farce

[rhagfo]

about 250 miles Portland, OR to Burlington, WA.
We did well.

[gwalter]

We went 500 miles. We purchased it in the city we have previously lived in and I still have them service it if possible when a problem arises. We still have family in that area so that helps.

[restlesswind]

1800 + miles Sacramento CA. To near Hope Arkansas. Found the exact trailer we wanted on the internet, made deal over the phone, flew to Ark did a complete PDI
paid the bill, flew back to CA and had the trailer delivered. After the trip and delivery, it was still well worth the $$. And ended up with the exact unit we had decided on after nearly 2 years of looking and shopping in CA.

[Peg_Leg]

600 mi, bought the HHII on ebay sight unseen. Did have the BIL go look it over. He's a licensed home inspector with RV experience. Great price, a few problems very minor cost and I did the repairs. Great way to get to know the rig. Very Happy but definitely not the way for most.

[B_O__Plenty]

ScottG wrote:

RustyJC wrote:

ScottG wrote:
But I would not travel very far to buy a RV because the non-selling dealers can be difficult to deal with when it come to warranty repairs.

If I have a problem, chances are I won't be anywhere near my "selling dealer". DRV has no problem authorizing repairs at an independent repair facility or using a mobile RV repair service (not that I've needed either of them) whose service is superior to many (if not most) dealers who treat a service department as a necessary evil.

Rusty

That's fine but I have read far too many posts here about people who bought elsewhere and are having huge problems getting some local dealer to take care of them.
Dealers will tell you outright that they will work on their own sold units before the rigs that people bring in from elsewhere
And if you buy from that local dealer that may be fair.

Bought locally and got terrible service. Never again. For the money you can save you can hire a mobile RV service and still come out ahead. Buying locally is no promise they will service it properly. Talk is cheap...

B.O.

[Alabama_Jim]

Traveled from Prattville, Al. to Lagrange, In. 722 miles

[BigD629]

900 miles. From Okc to Chicago. Flew in and Drove it home. Was a great Class C to start with. Had it for a couple years. Bought our Class A DP in Texas, a little closer to home but still 600 miles round trip. If the deal is worth the trip, Go for it!