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Old 08-13-2017, 12:53 PM   #1
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Never buy used from a friend

I bought a 2002 dutchmen lite 27BH from a friend with "one board" that needed replaced. Well 6 months later I'm just finishing up a full gut and remodel of this thing. Had to reframe the entire front half of the camper along with putting new floor boards under it. Needless to say I lost a friend and have spent a lot of time and money on my first rv. But the end product will be worth it. So i went from no knowledge of campers to being pretty savvy with their inner workings (literally) thank you YouTube lol.
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Old 08-13-2017, 03:37 PM   #2
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Welcome to the site. No real friend would ever sell a leaky camper to anyone they knew. It stinks that you had to do all that work, but now you know the importance of roof maintenance(i'm assuming it had roof leaks).
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Old 08-13-2017, 04:47 PM   #3
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Yea the entire roof needed replaced. I replaced the decking ( which was osb not plywood) and new epdm roofing. It had been sideswiped and I'm assuming and had a limb fall on the awning and bend it and the gutter. Should have been totalled out but that is what happens I guess lol.
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