What is going on with the underbelly of this Jayco?

[Toben]

Hello,

I was looking at a used 27BH for sale and notice the underbelly had a hole cut in the middle and could not figure out why.

This is a 2005 Jayco 25BH at a good price.

Owner said he had it for a year and bought it from a dealer who had replaced the roof. The interior looks very nice. Outside it was a bit scuffed, but nothing surprising for a unit 10 years old.

Is it good or bad that the roof has been replaced?

Any idea why there is a hole in the underbelly?

[CavemanCharlie]

I recently had to cut a hole in the bottom of my 22 year old TT. I have a outside compartment door that leaks under the bathroom closet. It usually just drips a few drips inside. A couple of weeks ago I got caught in a storm that dropped 7 inches of rain on me in a couple of hours. The leak get bigger then!!
I had water on the floor inside of the compartment.

When I got the TT home and in the shop I started looking and found water on top of that plastic. I cut a few small drain holes at fist and then made the hole just big enough to get my hand in there and pull out the wet insulation. I did get a couple of cuts and did a little bleeding but, was happy to find the wet insulation was in a small area.

I did not cut a hole nearly that big and I think that one was caused by the TT hitting something.

If it is dry in there I would seal it up better and go. I wouldn't leave it like that though. Water could easily get in there going down the road on a rainy day.

You need to rig up some sort of patch.

[sherpaxc]

I've had to cut my underbelly on my Jayco. The fresh water fill valve was leaking. I had to drain some water, pull out a little insulation, and pull out the tank. BUT, I used Gorilla Tape to put it all back together and unless you are really looking you wouldn't notice. Repairs happen, but that looks like really shoddy work in my opinion.

[hermy]

It may be nothing to worry about. I have had to open up the underbelly of our rig several times. Once because of a stuck drain valve on the grey water, once because the mfg put a self tapping screw through the fill tube (took awhile to find that puppy) once because the water tank was drooping- my point is, my rig is in great shape- better than new in many ways- but yes, the underbelly has been cut. And it took me awhile to figure out how to best repair it.

[timmac]

Toben wrote:
Hello,

I was looking at a used 27BH for sale and notice the underbelly had a hole cut in the middle and could not figure out why.

This is a 2005 Jayco 25BH at a good price.

Owner said he had it for a year and bought it from a dealer who had replaced the roof. The interior looks very nice. Outside it was a bit scuffed, but nothing surprising for a unit 10 years old.

Is it good or bad that the roof has been replaced?

Any idea why there is a hole in the underbelly?

RUN :B:B

[Gene_Ginny]

txredfish1 wrote:
Could be an access hole. But it doesn't look like it was cut clean. It looks more like it had been ripped like something hitting it on the bottom while being pulled down the hiway. Sometimes in order to do a repair like repairing a holding tank, it has to be cut. But it should have been cut and repaired cleanly.
I am surprised that the previous owner would leave it this way.

With the ragged edge and the scuff marks on the Darco it looks like a "oh shucks" hole. Oh shucks, I should not have gone over that thing in the road I should have gone around.

[hohenwald48]

Could be any of the things previously suggested by other posters. Only you can decide if the price/problem ratio is within the range you would be willing to tolerate. It would depend a lot on how handy you think you are. To some a gutted RV is a fun project. To some it's a terrible headache. Obviously a 10 YO used rig is not going to be in the same condition as one just off the line.

[txredfish1]

Could be an access hole. But it doesn't look like it was cut clean. It looks more like it had been ripped like something hitting it on the bottom while being pulled down the hiway. Sometimes in order to do a repair like repairing a holding tank, it has to be cut. But it should have been cut and repaired cleanly.
I am surprised that the previous owner would leave it this way.

[budwich]

I think that the problem existed in some form causing a water issue down there. Someone initially sliced the area to let out things and dry things out and then taped up the area. It failed during a trip down the road and ripped the hole you are seeing now.

[gcloss]

Dream Girl wrote:

gcloss wrote:
Toben .... take the advice you were given on the Jayco Owners Forum.

"Don't walk away from this RV, instead - RUN and never look back!
The worst thing to deal with in the RV world is any kind of water damage!"

There are plenty of other good used RVs out there.

Thank you for quoting me 🙂
I am flattered.

Yours was the best advice ..... plenty of great deals on used RVs especially this time of year.

[Dream_Girl]

gcloss wrote:
Toben .... take the advice you were given on the Jayco Owners Forum.

"Don't walk away from this RV, instead - RUN and never look back!
The worst thing to deal with in the RV world is any kind of water damage!"

There are plenty of other good used RVs out there.

Thank you for quoting me 🙂
I am flattered.

[gcloss]

Toben .... take the advice you were given on the Jayco Owners Forum.

"Don't walk away from this RV, instead - RUN and never look back!
The worst thing to deal with in the RV world is any kind of water damage!"

There are plenty of other good used RVs out there.

[Tequila]

All Rv's leak, its not a matter of if, just when. That one rings alarm bells to me.

[Snowman9000]

Indicates one of two things. Either water had accumulated there and they made a cut to drain it, or they needed access to work on something and did not want to take the fabric down. It's a yellow flag for sure because it probably was for water, meaning a leak of some sort.

Just because seller mentions a repaired plumbing leak does not mean it is the truth. Could be a roof or wall leak. Like I say, it's a yellow flag.

I will add that on the leaker I had, it was wonderfully cared for, didn't smell of mold, and had no obvious soft spots, etc. And it turned out to have leaks in about 4 places! Now that I've had the hard knocks education in it, I know that you have to visually check basically every square inch of roof, sides, walls, floors, inside cabinets, under furniture, etc. Then investigate any suspicious findings. If you see suspicious caulk, go inside and thoroughly investigate downhill from that area.

[richk88]

Toben wrote:
I inspected it pretty good and saw no sign of mold, no soft floors, some minor things broken like handles, but overall in good shape. except for a repaired leak under the sink. I have lots of rental property and know this happens a lot so it wasn't that concerning to me.

Is the repaired sink leak located anywhere above the cut up underbelly.