Depreciation table or formula

This is not a dep. schedule but is a real life expierence. I kept the MH for 40 mo. so it fits your expectation of 3 yrs. I posted this in Aug. 2013.

Sold my Class A this week. Thought I would give a report on expenses to any newbe thinking of doing as I did. I purchased the MH, a 2005 Holiday Rambler Ambassador 36PRT, 40 mo. ago. It had 14,000 miles on it and was in great condition. I paid $100,000 for it cash.This was below NADA wholesale at the time. In 40 mo. it depreciated $29,000 to $71,000 which is above NADA wholesale. In the 14 mo. I spent $7,000 on fuel, $2,700 on Insurance, $2,500 for tires, $400 for wheel alignment and ride height setting, and I did not keep up with the cost of oil chg, filters, etc. as I did all the work myself. During the 40 mo. the MH was never at a Service Center or Dealer. I did not keep up with campground expenses. This figues out to $2.97 per mile or $1050 per month. I am very pleased as I traveled alot of the country and met alot of people. Just want to make RVer's aware, purchasing a newer MH is not cheap. I am sure many do it cheaper, but they did not have more fun than we did.

I've found over the years that NADA, BB are only useful for "average" numbers and not reliable for actual value of cars/trucks and I'm sure the same would apply to rv's.

Try NADA or other Blue Book for RVs

the depreciation curve I use for buying from new to salvage that seems to work fairly well on almost all types of RV’s… MSRP minus 20% absolute minimum discount up front… (28% discount from new, first year depreciation 10%
a new left over is a 2 year old trailer…
condition is always a factor for a +/- factor…

Then end of year – approximate depreciation using the 20% discount…
1 - 18%
2 - 10%
3 - 7%
4 - 6%
5 - 6%
6 - 5%
7 - 5%
8 - 4%
9 - 4%
10 - 3%
11 - 3%
12 - 2%
13 - 2%
Salvage Value, based on condition…
Nothing official, just my own scale I have used…

Your mileage may vary...