New to RVing. This is my second post on here. About to get forced into full-time living in a camper. Have a wife and two kids. One year old and a 3-year-old. This is not by choice, I promise.
Just looking for a little advice at buying a used bumper pull camper. Our minds are made up on minimum 35 ft long, minimum two slide outs, and the bunk room. Towing should not be a problem as I have quite a few trucks that are 3/4 ton, 1 ton, and 1 ton duallys. All good ol pre-emissions diesels, with manual transmissions. (Yeah, I'm the guy in a tent, usually wrenching on something on his trailer in the campground).
We are looking at going used and the years are ranging from 2012 to 2018. Trying to keep it under $20,000. Any advice or help as to whether fiberglass versus aluminum or anything along those lines would be a great help. I am extremely mechanically inclined, maintain and, fix, & rebuild all of my own equipment. (Trucks, heavy equipment, motorcycles, etc). I think I know what to look out for other than the electrical systems and these things. I understand how they work with the converter and inverter but not necessarily how to go about checking anything with them. I'm already planning on replacing any plumbing supply lines that are vinyl or plastic with braided stainless and of course doing a thorough check for leaks, signs of leaks, soft floors, slide outs that don't work properly or anything like that.
Once again, anything to look out for or to check would be a great help.
Any recommendations on what to keep spares of or what to have with you in the event of roof leaks window leaks or any of the nonsense that I could imagine that happens with these things would be greatly appreciated.
Just looking for a little advice at buying a used bumper pull camper. Our minds are made up on minimum 35 ft long, minimum two slide outs, and the bunk room. Towing should not be a problem as I have quite a few trucks that are 3/4 ton, 1 ton, and 1 ton duallys. All good ol pre-emissions diesels, with manual transmissions. (Yeah, I'm the guy in a tent, usually wrenching on something on his trailer in the campground).
We are looking at going used and the years are ranging from 2012 to 2018. Trying to keep it under $20,000. Any advice or help as to whether fiberglass versus aluminum or anything along those lines would be a great help. I am extremely mechanically inclined, maintain and, fix, & rebuild all of my own equipment. (Trucks, heavy equipment, motorcycles, etc). I think I know what to look out for other than the electrical systems and these things. I understand how they work with the converter and inverter but not necessarily how to go about checking anything with them. I'm already planning on replacing any plumbing supply lines that are vinyl or plastic with braided stainless and of course doing a thorough check for leaks, signs of leaks, soft floors, slide outs that don't work properly or anything like that.
Once again, anything to look out for or to check would be a great help.
Any recommendations on what to keep spares of or what to have with you in the event of roof leaks window leaks or any of the nonsense that I could imagine that happens with these things would be greatly appreciated.
