Life expectancy for RV components ?
I am trying to get a handle on how long things like RV refrigerators, furnaces, water heaters, ac units and the like last. I realize that years are not created equal. Some of us use our units a lot...
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It sounds like you're not that rough on stuff so then just considering what you'd spend on another trailer verses the various costs of what you may have to spend on yours would be how you should look at it.
If you're going to purchase a new trailer with a warranty then you'll be spending the additional monthly payment, increase registration fee's, and insurance costs which would have been otherwise adding up in your pocket, and used to fix whatever needed replacement on your current trailer (if anything).
If you bought a used trailer then you'll loose whatever the amount that it costs you to buy it minus the amount you can potentially sell yours for. And since you wont have a warranty you'll once again have to deal with out of pocket repair costs for anything which goes wrong. You'll most likely have higher registration fee's again too. If you finance this used new to you trailer then you'll also have insurance costs as well.
Keeping your trailer you'll obviously have saved all those monthly costs.
I know I made that seem more complicated than it should be but point being is sometimes its just worth keeping what you have instead of throwing money at a "better" replacement unless what you have is simply falling apart and racking up immense repair costs. I dont think I've seen a trailer go back to nature unless it was abandoned so as long as you maintain water leaks which could compromise the structural integrity, the only thing you have left to consider is a few appliance components.
If you're going to purchase a new trailer with a warranty then you'll be spending the additional monthly payment, increase registration fee's, and insurance costs which would have been otherwise adding up in your pocket, and used to fix whatever needed replacement on your current trailer (if anything).
If you bought a used trailer then you'll loose whatever the amount that it costs you to buy it minus the amount you can potentially sell yours for. And since you wont have a warranty you'll once again have to deal with out of pocket repair costs for anything which goes wrong. You'll most likely have higher registration fee's again too. If you finance this used new to you trailer then you'll also have insurance costs as well.
Keeping your trailer you'll obviously have saved all those monthly costs.
I know I made that seem more complicated than it should be but point being is sometimes its just worth keeping what you have instead of throwing money at a "better" replacement unless what you have is simply falling apart and racking up immense repair costs. I dont think I've seen a trailer go back to nature unless it was abandoned so as long as you maintain water leaks which could compromise the structural integrity, the only thing you have left to consider is a few appliance components.
