Truck Camper

[jeepit]

Looking at a 1994 Coachman 9. 5ft Sport. Seems in real good shape but currently overpriced. Is there anything I need to be concerned about with Coachman no longer making these?

 

[DBentley]

I would assume a 10 year old coachmen slide on would be cheap enough to take a chance on if all things work ,has no leaks,jacks arent pushing up into sides. . I had a 85 coachmen 10 years ago that the rear overhang started sagging and was leaning on the driver side 2 or 3 inches but it had 10 years of hard use off road out on the 4x4 orv beaches here on cape cod. Wish coachmen they still made slideons cause overall they werent that bad.

 

[jeepit]

This unit was said to have been used 6 times and has been stored inside. Looks real nice, just asking too much for it currently. I checked over the camper and everything seems square and I could not find any areas where it may have leaked. Everthing seems solid.

 

[DBentley]

Must be worth 4-6k if it is in perfect cond and all looks good and works good. New units are well over 20k with all the goodies mabey 25k+. Dont forget to ck frige cause they are a little under 1000 to replace. Also the lpg tanks need to be replaced to O. P. D and if horizontal type they are 125. 00 each. Rv parts add up real quick just like our dodge parts we all have to replace so often.

 

[JeffWhite]

115sd

Pleased to have seem to have found a pocket of Coachmen slide-in info-

About the jacks pushing up into the sides, my '92 is doing this, is it something

I'm doing wrong, or just part of aging? And yes, do watch out for that

fridge - ours "died" suddenly this year, the ammonia apparently used

in the system came out into the interior of the fridge. My wife opened it,

and got a face full of it, was not happy about it luckily, we were just

cooling it off pre-trip, and did not yet have all the food in it, pretty sure

it would have been a total loss. I added a piece of angle iron under the

attachment point for the single large jack on the right side, but it is just

a patch, not a cure. Oh well, about ready to get rid of it and go fiver

anyhow, two growing kids take WAY too much stuff to be comfortable

in a slide-in. I'm thinking about putting a 110V dorm fridge in it as a

"get by" for now, and so it won't be completely fridgeless when I sell it...

Any thoughts or problems foreseen doing that? Thanks, Jeff