Campers 101

[ruthabagah]

Are campers like motorcycles and other items and go down in price during winter?

Yes they do, BUT, you only have a short window of opportunity (between now and October) to buy one. After that most people will put their camper in storage and forget about it until spring. Best time to buy is late winter/early spring.

[sniper7]

The most exciting thing I see in that picture is your long bow! Lots of fun

[gnihcraes]

The most exciting thing I see in that picture is your long bow! Lots of fun

Yep, shooting a new model, weekend of field testing.


Between Leadville and Buena Vista... private land bowhunting jamboree

Was not people free... couple thousand people I believe. Different angle looking down on camp... lol.

[Great-Kazoo]

You made all those folks walk up the hill

[jerrymrc]

I notice that my door frame flexes pretty good when I level it with the corner jacks.

Um, they are not there to level it. One uses dunnage under the tires and the front jack to level it then the corner jacks are put down to stabilize it. At least that is how I was taught.

[MED]

Um, they are not there to level it. One uses dunnage under the tires and the front jack to level it then the corner jacks are put down to stabilize it. At least that is how I was taught.

Yeah, I learned that the first summer I had it; probably a bad example of illustrating how much flex there is in the frame. The terrain I camp in is pretty rugged sometimes and it doesn't always go as planned regardless of the lumber I keep in my truck. I had to use a high lift jack once and build a rock platform under the wheel. I finally got it stable, but it was still flexing some.

[sniper7]

Yeah those stabilizer jacks are just to keep it from swaying or moving around on the suspension while you walk/sleep. Don't want to level it with those things

[colorider]

My buddy bought a used warrior "light" toy hauler last year. Last week he noticed 1 tire was wearing really funny. Finds out his frame is cracked in half on one side and almost cracked in half on the other. DOH! going to take some fine welding of gussets to make it usable again.

[Dave_L]

So I may have found a camper:

http://denver.craigslist.org/rvs/4645671476.html

They said they would go as low as $3,000. Seems pretty fair and a good starter camper. Any thoughts? It does need a new hose that connects to the camper (what she told me). Thats the hook up hose I assume? Looks like they're cheap to replace. Looks clean and well taken care compared to a lot of campers out there and for $3,000, it's a cheap way to get into campers and upgrade later.

[sniper7]

Just go over the structural stuff, get underneath, bring a ladder to look the roof over really closely. Test out all water connections, burners, heater, AC, water heater, etc

seems me like a good price, even if it needs a few things