Every year I seem to be putting a couple grand into it between truck & trailer. 11 years, almost 200,000 truck miles, near 100,000 trailer miles & near 1600 nights on the road.This year it is Timbrens shocks for the truck in addition to its annual overhaul of bushings etc. The trailer is headed for some spring hanger replacements, upgrades, & already planning on next year reducing from a king bed to a queen sized & getting a sleep number mattress.It does not stop. The only thing slowing me down is the Finance Department at The Admiralty.

When I'm dead!Seriously, while I don't need to do much to my truck (just little cosmetic stuff), the mods to the trailer will go on as long as I own it. At least it did with my last TT, which I had for 13 years. I spend last winter fixing all the manufacturing mistakes and sloppiness in our new TT. This winter I plan on removing the fridge and fixing its installation so it works as well as it can.

That is a good question, I guess for as long as it makes sense verses selling / upgrading to a new RV. I have been asking myself this same question, though in my case it is a 16 year old class A with about 85,000 miles on the odometer.

Modifications or maintenance? Maintenance is ongoing, mods are not.

I keep my RV'S so long I have to update technology every so often. I heavily modified when I purchased it new so maintenance is about all I need.

I keep up with the maintenance each spring. As far as mods... I just modify what is needed for our comfort and safety, we don't have to have a lot of gadgets, etc...

When do you stop making mods? | Good Sam Community

ctilsie242
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2018
I plan to make mods until I sell my rig, even if it is just something to make the next owners' lives easier. That, or until the hearse comes by.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Sep 04, 2018
wa8yxm wrote:
Most folks stop making "Mods" at one of two points..

3 days before they sell it
3 days before "Brothers and sisters we are gatherd here today to remember our dearly ......

Well you won't be hearing that line anyway no no point finishing ti .. May it be in the far. far future.

^ Best answer.
sandblast
Explorer
Sep 03, 2018
mockturtle wrote:
When you get a life.

LOL, Mockturtle, you are toooo baaad !
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Sep 03, 2018
Most folks stop making "Mods" at one of two points..

3 days before they sell it
3 days before "Brothers and sisters we are gatherd here today to remember our dearly ......

Well you won't be hearing that line anyway no no point finishing ti .. May it be in the far. far future.
ppine
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
There is treatment for that affiliction.
Buy the truck and trailer you want and stop trying to make them into something they are not. Maintenance is important. Mods are not if you have the right equipment.
ScottG
Nomad
Sep 03, 2018
When you run out of imagination.
Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
When you start with where we did with this coach, mods can go on forever. But, with a 40+ year time, of course some things have been improved. Like, electric lights for example. ;)

Matt
mockturtle
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
When you get a life.
jplante4
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
Normal maintenance never stops. I have a list of mods I want to do and a couple of things get done off that list every spring. I'm spending about $5k a year, doing a lot myself. I'm happy with that.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2018
Maintenance is fixing what goes wrong & restoring to original. Mods are taking what is & making it better or adding something. In my case by far the effort has gone into frame & running gear mods, almost all in the area of springs, leaf added, spring hangers & spring hanger area reinforcement to make up for frame builder deficiencies.

Lucky for us over the years we have looked at many newer 5ers & have not seen anything that we would consider sell our Alpenlite for.

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