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[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Who has one?

The RV life is awesome.

[Megatron96]

When I retire, I've been wanting to buy a used Airstream as a project, something that needs a little work, clean it up and redo the interior, then take it wherever the fish are for a year or two or three.


Plan B is to get a nice used Lance instead (been told by several buddies that Lance is the best bang for your buck).

[Dunerdr]

Watching the storm roll in on Hudson lake. Waiting for the Salina, ok fireworks. Primitive camping second weekend with the Wen generator.

[UteChief]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

When I retire, I've been wanting to buy a used Airstream as a project, something that needs a little work, clean it up and redo the interior, then take it wherever the fish are for a year or two or three.


Plan B is to get a nice used Lance instead (been told by several buddies that Lance is the best bang for your buck).

This is my dream. I have a separate retirement account set up for the Airstream and tow vehicle.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by UteChief

This is my dream. I have a separate retirement account set up for the Airstream and tow vehicle.

Yeah, same.


I found an Airstream on EBay once, 35-ft I think, for around $35,000. Some guy had the same dream, ripped out most of the interior, redid the wiring, then decided not to finish it and put it up for sale.

So, the thing was mostly just the outer shell, plus wiring, and the original plumbing, of course. That was more than ten years ago, so way too early for me to think about pulling the trigger on that one, but that's basically what I'll be looking for in the future.

[Dunerdr]

I get the air stream allure but **** 35k for a gutted one?!

[Dunerdr]

Enjoying unusually cool weather for the Tulsa area. 80* so we’re using the screen thing. My wife’s been drying to use this thing. Personally I don’t even care if we have it lol.

[ptlyon]

Just something else to break

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Just something else to break

My thoughts exactly. Keeps me from lifting my Honda Pioneer. But she thinks it’s neat. At least she enjoys going. I can’t complain too much.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

I get the air stream allure but **** 35k for a gutted one?!

Whoops, missed this one, sorry bout that.




Yeah, they're pricey, even used/gutted. Though I could be off on that figure by a few thousand, that was some time ago. In the low-30s is really what I remember.


Thing is, Airstreams are lighter, better made, insulated and hold their value better than pretty much every other RV/camper out there. Like Toyota used to be, if that makes sense.

[BWillie]

Van life > RV Life

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Whoops, missed this one, sorry bout that.




Yeah, they're pricey, even used/gutted. Though I could be off on that figure by a few thousand, that was some time ago. In the low-30s is really what I remember.


Thing is, Airstreams are lighter, better made, insulated and hold their value better than pretty much every other RV/camper out there. Like Toyota used to be, if that makes sense.

Makes sense. A friend of mines a pipe liner who just sold his. Crazy how they hold value.

[Dunerdr]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

Enjoying unusually cool weather for the Tulsa area. 80* so we’re using the screen thing. My wife’s been drying to use this thing. Personally I don’t even care if we have it lol.

Update: there’s a 1/8” gap between the ceiling and screen box that I’ll have to silicone. After 4k bugs got in while eating our dinner, Mrs Dunerdr decided we were sleeping at home. Luckily the lake property is only about 10 miles and 15 minutes away. And she’s offered to make up for my disappointment with marital relations. I call my next move the two minute warning.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

Enjoying unusually cool weather for the Tulsa area. 80* so we’re using the screen thing. My wife’s been drying to use this thing. Personally I don’t even care if we have it lol.

We absolutely love where we camp, the town, and the people in it. Ours is set in a campground so it never moves. So that helps, but this cheap shit breaks.

We're here every weekend we can, and it's most of them.

The big thing to me are the awnings. The GF likes them out, which yeah, it definitely helps with keeping the camper cool. But wind. It don't take too much for a wind to get up under the awning and make it shake. The securing hardware can't be all that great for all that force.

I've resolved myself to with her "you break it, you bought it". Meaning if she leaves it out and leaves for town, and the wind comes up and it breaks, she's paying to fix it.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

Update: there’s a 1/8” gap between the ceiling and screen box that I’ll have to silicone.

Like I said before, they're really expensive pieces of shit. Sometimes it's almost like they built it on a Friday. Always wondering when the next thing will go wrong/break.

We made the final tour before signing. After we had it about a month the GF noticed one of the windows didn't have a screen in one of the windows. . We generally don't open the windows anyway, so it's no big deal, but just funny.