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Pay close attention to roofs if you look in the Florida area, as the heat is hard on them.

At the $250 range have you looked at the showhaulers? In my opinion alot better buy the a tag pusher.

 

is this your advice for towed campers as well?

 

yes

 

We love our super C. Comfortable and easy to drive. All the normal RV problems as noted in this and any RV thread.

 

You want to be all over the roof of any rig you're considering. It's not cheap but I went the Flex Armor route on my rig, eliminated a ton of maint and concern in one (expensive) shot.

 

If you have any freinds with a Florida dealers license, Manheim's central FL or Lakeland has an RV sale every month and alot that are buy it now.

 

At the @50k budget I feel he would be better going the showhauler route over the super c. I love my super c, but if i had a 250k budget showhauler would be a no brainer.

 

What style rv do you have and what did you have in doing the flex armor roofing?

 

@CBRRRRR999
If you're being swayed at all by the super c talk,I would suggest a Renegade on a Frieghtliner "Cascadia" chassis.
I currently have a 2022 35 foot Newmar class A pusher. Love it! But it can be a handful in wind or badly worn roads.
I've demo'ed a lot of rigs. The Cascadia is like driving a pick up truck. It's built on a true over the road truck chassis and it shows.
You're $250 K will get you into a good used one.

They aren't as flashy and gawdy inside either, like my Newmar. The Newmar feels like you're walking into the Belassio in Vegas, lol.

 

A Renegade or Cascadia is going to fall under the show hauler, Super C is going to be a smaller M2 chassis.

 

Showhualer is a manufacturer, is the way I understand it.
Either way the true truck chassis is the way to go.

 

I had a 2006 Gladiator Class C toyhauler, roof was about $5k at the time for a 31' rig.

 

ShowHauler is a maker. They make mostly Class 8 from what i saw there...class 8 is heavy box truck/semi truck level frames. They are (or were) custom and built 1-2 at a time...very good build. Their coach frames are welded steel tube and then sheeted with Al.

Renegade is another maker in that space. They are much bigger and make many more models, their base level is wood and FRP and higher spec may be tube built.

Going this route is similar to the bus build (Wanderlodge, Marathon, etc) i mentioned earlier. If you really want a more durable RV get a bus type or a well built class 8. They are much better built than the typical RV on a chassis, weather that chassis is class 5 or even class 8. At a minimum the roof should be 1 pieces, (maybe 2 pieces) of Al or FRP. Not a membrane...TPO, etc.

 

What he said. I give a the truck chassis the mark of alittle better over the bus chassis as serviceability is alot easier on a truck chassis over a bus chassis

 

Wanderlodges have steel roofs...https://www.buybyebluebird.com/

 

end search...https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2011-Elite-Quad+Slide+Lonestar-5033757417#sid=700051

 

IMO, that's way too much for an interior that looks that dated. That brown granite, etc., just screams 2000-05, even though it was built in 2011.

 

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Is there a "Kelly Blue Book" for RVs? What resources are there to determine fair market value of an RV or trailer?

 

Agreed. Wow that’s a lot of coach for $250k