Purchase of Cruise America Rental Class C

Floridastorm wrote:
Unfortunately, I have a degree in "not being able to repair mechanical things myself". It's hard to change to a handyman at my age. Imagine there may be a couple of things I could do myself. However, most I would not have a clue about. I am just wondering how successful people like myself are in buying an older motor home that is in relatively good shape at purchase and in being able to maintain it without spending a fortune on upkeep. Before purchase would it be advantageous to hire a reputable private RV inspector to insure that, at least, it is in pretty good shape?

By the way, I do have a Music Education Degree from Berklee College. Doesn't make me smart. Just makes me able to frame it and put it on my desk.



Yes, I would hire someone to do an inspection on anything you might buy. There is also a very good pre-purchase inspection check list online somewhere that is about 40 pages long. That, combined with a fairly mechanical father-in-law, I was able to find several things that needed to be addressed before I purchased my used RV from CA.

My current RV is my first. We have had it for about 18 months now. It has changed our lives for the better as a family. That said, I have to admit that although I knew I would have to spend either time or money on things thy would break, I never knew there would be so many little things that would need to be addressed for one reason or another. Luckily, my troubles were all easy fixes that I was able to research and fix myself. Most RV technicians around here charge $100 an hour.

So yeah, things will break and go wrong and an RV will cost you money so plan on it. Even many of the RV'ers with brand new RV's complain about something that just stopped working in their rig.



















inspector to go over the motor home