Buying a used motorhome
I am almost ready to purchase a 2013 Thor Freedom Elite 21c motorhome. It has 55,000 miles and seems to be in really good condition. Since it is from a personal owner I can't get a pdi. I looked fo...
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Crad09 wrote:
Thanks for it all the input and help. Because we don't know a lot about rvs yet we feel most comfortable with hiring a pro to do it. For $75 it is worth it for peace of mind. Thank you for the suggestion to do that.
$75 isn't going to buy you much more than someone's travel time to get to the rig. Most labor rates are $100/hr. If hiring an inspector, for them to do a thorough job, it's going to take four hours. Someone can give it a "once-over" in less time, but not a thorough inspection.
I hired someone to inspect an RV once for me and I never did figure out if they just didn't see things, or just didn't bother noting them because it was a used rig and figured they were normal. I'm talking things like badly corroded battery connections, mismatched old batteries, badly weathered spare tire and a few other things.
Bill
