How long with the same rig?

Bought an 86 sportscoach in 94 with 28 thousand miles. Been to every continental state save one with four children and Mexico. Lived in it for the last 8 years. Needs a new fridge and upholstery is worn out. Engine has 155 thousand miles with a new eldelbrock carb 2 years ago. Fresh tires on the front and tags and mechanically ready to go. Even rebuilt the wiper motors. and then guess who wanted a slide? I must admit the slide is pretty nice. We bought a used Foretravel this year and I'm sure it will out live me.

Agree with the previous poster, care and maintenance will provide almost endless service from many units out there.

We are in our 9th year of full timing.Thinking about landing somewhere when we complete 10 years.Sill in the same 2004 Hitchhiker that we bought in 2005.
We don't feel that the fiver will be worn out,but we are getting close.

10 years in our Newmar motorhome. It still looks like new and runs great! We chose Newmar by asking in campgrounds those that had them. They all loved them.

16+ years in a 1998 NuWa 38' Champagne. With maintenance a quality unit will last a very long time.

Jim

'79 to '89 in a 20' Vanguard TT. Then an '87 30' Award Columbia '89 to'97 . Then a '97 holiday rambler 32wfs until ' 09 ."All served to raise our family, led us to own our camp.
It isn't always about the rig, its about you.

6 in the newmar. would of lasted 30 more if taken care of.

Just got in the drv and I imagine it will fair as well or better.

If you buy quality it will last longer then you'll want to keep looking at it.

We started fulltime (and by that I mean traveling without a home base or sitting somewhere for months at a time) 5/01. We stayed then in a 5 y/o 32' 5'er for 10 years.

At that point we wanted to downsize so as to be better able to utilize the small, off the path places that we prefer. That unit, even at 15 y/o was still quite serviceable. We traded it for more than the book value.

We went to a 28' 5'er that we are still living in and enjoying. With care, you can make these things last a lifetime.

Agreed that there is some shoddy craftsmanship in the RV industry, particularly in interior appointments, but people who continually denigrate RV's as "toothpick accidents waiting to happen" have obviously never attempted to drive their sticks and bricks down a road.

We have been from Alaska to Central America and back again a couple of times. In thousand of miles in 2 rigs we have had NO damage as a result of travel conditions. Just yesterday when we were traveling from IL to our current location in KY, we drove over washboard and convoluted pavement(slowly)that would have dislocated fillings (if we had any). I remarked to my wife that I wouldn't be surprised to find a cabinet off the wall.

Bottom line, and with few exceptions, maintain your unit well, and you can travel in it as long as you wish.

One proviso to the above: If'n you are of the "bigger, newer, better, faster" mentality, disregard everything written. Oh, you already did!!

Ft in current rig since purchased new on 3/23/2003.

I lived full time in my 97 Bounder for 6 years. 4 of those years I was in one place (on a farm). I still have it and bought it new. So the RV is now 17 years old.

Fred.