You get what you pay for with RVs. They arent built to be lived in for more than a few days.
Its funny
Everytime I hear people who actually candidly talk to RV sellers, the RV sellers say they would never buy an RV.
Well, that is certainly good information to have. I will have to inform the entire snowbird community of your incredible wisdom and insight, since so many of these evidently ignorant snowbirds spend the entire winter living in their RVs.
I will also visit my father's grave and tell him that he didn't spend the last years of his life travelling and living in a motorhome.
I will never buy another. The Starcraft we purchased was junk. got to use it 3 times in 3 years we owned it. once when we were taking it to its new owners. Never again.
“You get what you pay for with RVs. They arent built to be lived in for more than a few days.”
My sister and her husband have been living in their 5th-Wheel for 2 years now. I actually visited them and stayed in their RV for a long weekend at Fort Wilderness at Walt Disney World and had a blast. Three of us were in there and I was not overwhelmed.
Now, you are correct, in so far as I was ready for the comfort of my home after that amount of time, but mostly due to sleeping in their spare bed, not their master suite.
RV’s have come a long way. Here is their model: https://www.jayco.com/rvs/toy-haulers/2021-seismic/
I have a mobile home park on my delivery route that has RV’s in it as main residences, some having been there longer than me. I’ve been there 15 years.
My mom and dad lived in several from a 32 footer ending in a 42 ft Holiday Rambler. They sold everything and did RV for nearly 15 years. They loved it and were broken hearted when they had to finally sell it and moved into an apartment in their early 80s. RV life just got to be too much work for them.
when we retired Mrs Afterguard and I thought about buying one but after a couple of years nendednup putting In a pool instead. Haven’t looked back.
We’ve lived in our 25’ travel trailer for a month - no problem. But only in mild temps. Kind of nice to live simply and realize that you can be content with very little in the way of amenities.
Prior to covid, the quality of the top name brand units got really good. Then covid hit, the best materials used to construct them got hard to find, and people who knew how to do quality build work left the industry. I bought a 2019 model new, and it's as tough as nails with no problems so far. We travel extensively in it, and rode out the sub-zero winter last year in Texas in it. But, you couldn't give me anything built during the pandemic.
I lived in a 32’ travel trailer while I was going to college. I think the biggest issue it had mechanically was the heater thermocouple died.
Skyline’s design and quality control was another matter.
How do you weld the spring hangers in the wrong place, drag it to the dealer 250 miles away, and not notice one side is sticking out better than a foot as it goes down the road?
How do you think a 1/4” gasket is going to seal a window mounted in corrugated metal with 3/4” ribs?
Why use a crash axe to cut the holes where the pipes come through the bottom?