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Are Travel Trailers selling at all right now?

Hoerschel
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Wondering if travel trailers are selling at all right now. I'm needing to list a 2018 Camplite but not observing much activity at all. I'm out here in Colorado. What's happening where you are?
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Hannibal
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Explorer
Judging by how hard it is to book a reservation at campgrounds we used to have no trouble getting into, Iโ€™d say the dealerships are selling a lot of RVs. Up until the virus, we saw a lot of new RVs in campgrounds. Lots of newbies too.
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MattFromPA
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Explorer
I window shop - a lot - and am a member of several Facebook RV groups. Seems many are still buying trailers which surprised me. There is nowhere to take them right now, at least in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast.

Dealer prices for new and used seem to be dropping to an extent. Camping World has their smallest bunkhouse listed for $9995. The local dealers I check frequently seem to have dropped prices roughly $1K for the bunkhouse floorplan I'm interested in. Used inventory listings have remained fairly static. No in-person sales here, so I expect quite a backlog.

I thought craigslist would have a glut of TTs for sale now but that is not the case yet here.

When this is over there will either be an explosion of buying due to pent-up demand, or the economic damage caused by the lockdown will really depress the RV industry for some time to come.

deltabravo
Nomad
Nomad
Mark and Linda wrote:
I was down in Florida a few weeks ago. I still wonder how they sale all those trailers in the lots. On the way back home up the interstate all the trailer sales are packed with RV's and travel trailers. Who buys them?


I wonder the same thing where I live. There's several massive RV dealers, all with massive amounts of inventory all the time.
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Mark_and_Linda
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I was down in Florida a few weeks ago. I still wonder how they sale all those trailers in the lots. On the way back home up the interstate all the trailer sales are packed with RV's and travel trailers. Who buys them?
Mark

Hannibal
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Explorer
A friend just sold his two year old motorhome to a couple from New York. I didn't think it was possible.
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1320Fastback
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The toy hauler we just bought was used and I heard the PO mention paying some bills with the money. Of course he also mentioned wanting a bigger one ??
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deltabravo
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I sold my Nash 17k about two weeks ago and replaced it with the TT in my signature
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valhalla360
Nomad III
Nomad III
There will be exceptions but...

If this ends soon, it won't have much impact longer term. There might be some deals but those will quickly be snatched up and prices will rebound.

If this goes on much longer, you will see people liquidating assets to stay out of bankruptcy. At the same time, the pool of people with cash to buy will shrink. This will drive market prices down substantially.
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1320Fastback
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We just bought a 30' toy hauler to replace our 18' toy hauler and will leave the 18' behind the house till prices come back up. Being in SoCal it will sell next desert season but I'm not taking less than it's worth.
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trailer_newbe
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Explorer II
Itโ€™s a buyers market for obvious reasons. Probably a REALLY good buyers market. Buy what you want, then sell yours when the market recovers which it will.
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Newbieatcamping
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Hoerschel wrote:
Newbieatcamping wrote:
I just bought a travel trailer


Newbieatcamping: Did you buy new / used; from a dealer or individual? State? Any special incentives you were offered because of the pandemic? Your motivation to buy now? Thanks. Just wondering what the dynamics are out in the marketplace.


I bought a used travel trailer from my local dealer, they did take some money off...but they are also including a bunch of stuff with the sale(weight distribution hitch, a complete service, a new battery, both propane tanks filled, all hoses for hook ups, etc)

I am in CT my wife always wanted a camper I never wanted one. I know the owner of the dealership he wasnโ€™t selling much. Luckily my wife and I are both still working without concerns of slowing down(sheโ€™s a nurse and I work on heavy equipment) so I figured what the heck letโ€™s buy a camper!!

FWIW, my parents also have a camper they store at my house during the winter months since they donโ€™t have the room and I have 2 spots on my property set up perfectly for campers so I figured what the heck. Letโ€™s fill up both spots

BB_TX
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Nomad
Great time to buy. Bad time to sell. With many people losing their jobs or worrying about losing them and nest eggs taking a big hit, it will be quite a while before buyers start coming back at full price.

AH64ID
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Explorer
I don't think a lot of things are moving.

We have our creekside listed and it's getting some activity, but not like normal for this time of year.

It almost sold, but fell thru at the last minute.

I'm betting once the stay at home order is over things will move much quicker.

Luckily we're not in a rush, bought the replacement last fall so we've had 2 trailers for a while.
-John

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kellem
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Straight up....you ain't selling anything right now.

My account hasn't budged in over a month.

BUT with heavy inflicted cabin fever, you'll be able to sell a dead parrot when this breaks.

Hoerschel
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Explorer
Newbieatcamping wrote:
I just bought a travel trailer


Newbieatcamping: Did you buy new / used; from a dealer or individual? State? Any special incentives you were offered because of the pandemic? Your motivation to buy now? Thanks. Just wondering what the dynamics are out in the marketplace.