10-02-2017, 04:47 PM
In my opinion, the cost of startup and ownership can be broken into two categories. The first cost is the part or item. The second cost is the labor. The point being that I don't remember hearing from JMueller any details on previous motorhome ownership or desire to perform mechanical electrical tasks.
I bought a 99 that had had routine Newell maintenance. In the first three years I put around 20K into it. Tires, batteries, one slide seal, air bags, radiator and CAC, shocks, 365 conversion, new upholstery, new flooring, and headlight upgrade. But .....I did everything but the slide seal myself. That cost would have easily been 2.5X with labor.
I bought a 99 that had had routine Newell maintenance. In the first three years I put around 20K into it. Tires, batteries, one slide seal, air bags, radiator and CAC, shocks, 365 conversion, new upholstery, new flooring, and headlight upgrade. But .....I did everything but the slide seal myself. That cost would have easily been 2.5X with labor.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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