Out with the old.

"XJDano" (xjdano) 10/14/2019 at 18:37 • Filed to: camper

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I helped my parents swap campers at their hunting property. The old camper had water intrusion issues for a while, it’s got bad mold on the inside. New camper is almost same layout.

$20,000 later....

my mom really likes hunting and my dad is indifferent now after a few back surgeries. I’m also indifferent any more. My wife shot a good sized Buck 2 years ago. I go to help out as my dad can’t do much lifting after his surgeries and bad knees.He also refused to move the old camper with his pictured F-150, it would have been fine for the 200’ it got moved. 

It was a bit chaotic with them bickering at each other. So I spent last night at my uncle’s place with just my family. Nice and quiet.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > XJDano 10/14/2019 at 19:25

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That ‘old camper’ doesn’t look all THAT old and it’s already leaking?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/14/2019 at 19:40

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My first thought was “which  one is the old camper?”

cmill189 - sans Volvo > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/14/2019 at 19:46

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RV s are built like shit and WILL leak even if given constant attention. The more they're moved the more likely the leaks will occur and it's easy to have wall leaks go unnoticed. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > cmill189 - sans Volvo 10/14/2019 at 19:59

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That seems like a bad idea for a thing to spend many tens of thousands of dollars on...

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/14/2019 at 20:44

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Hilarously bad ... And yet I just bought my third old camper in 5 years ... Because I'm SMRT.

shop-teacher > XJDano 10/14/2019 at 20:45

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Successful operation doctor!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 10/14/2019 at 21:30

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Ah well, if you can afford it and get enjoyment out of it, we all only live once. :)

cmill189 - sans Volvo > shop-teacher 10/14/2019 at 22:22

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Can confirm. I have a thirty year old camper. It's a really nice one and I've still performed major surgery. 

XJDano > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/14/2019 at 22:55

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10 years maybe. The new one is 2.

They were kind of in a rush to buy the first one. So they didn’t shop around much. You know they say happy wife happy life.

My mom deserves this. Even though she will be putting retirement off for another year.

I replaced a window in that camper once and it’s only 2” thick back wall. 1.5” styrofoam and 1/4” Masonite/ fiberboard on either side, so they aren’t made to last, and service calls start at around $300.

The work I did this weekend likely would have cost an additional moneys. And wouldn’t charge my dad, or ask for money. But he pays me and I always tell him he doesn’t have too.

The old One reeks   of mold.

XJDano > shop-teacher 10/14/2019 at 22:56

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Status is it’s at my dads place, so this week or weekend I need to get a bunch of photos of it and drop it on CL for $2,000 or look up tiny house forums and part it out there. 

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/15/2019 at 00:00

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It was cheap. They depreciate like crazy, for good reason :)