cowboycwr said:nein51 said:I own a Freightliner MT55. An oil change and an air filter with a PM service is over $1,000. A turbo is around $9,000 replaced. The running joke is that it costs $4,000 to stop in there. Which is not a joke.Youre a clown said:nein51 said:boognish_bear said:nein51 said:boognish_bear said:"Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs," per CBS
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 7, 2025
Lol no they aren't. You think a regular home is expensive try an RV.
If you don't mind a slight chemical smell you can get a good deal on a used one...
True if you don't care how often it moves. They cost a fortune to maintain and good ones cost more than a house…sometimes by a lot.
My in-laws have one that just sits on their property that they can't afford to do anything with. Was a nice RV at one point, but it had some serious issues, and they paid a crackhead relative of theirs that fixes RVs to try to repair it on the cheap, and he made it worse. Lol
Pusher RVs cost well more than my MT55 to maintain and that's without all the upfit garbage work.
A new pusher will set you back more than my 10 acre farm cost and if it's a nice one it might set you back near double, triple if it's a top end model.
Is this tropical with motorized RVs? I have a former coworker that retired, bought a bus rv with her husband and they have been driving the country for a few years seeing all the national parks, tourist stops and college football stadiums. They post all the time about where they are and talk about regular maintenance but never seem to complain about it breaking down or other issues.
But I have heard some people complain the rvs are bad at maintenance but to me it has also seemed they let it sit for months without driving them. To me sitting for months seems to be part of the issue. That would be fine for the trailers but not engines.
Travel trailers; bumper pulls or 5th wheels are a constant cavalcade of broken up fit items. Fridge doesn't work, pull outs don't move, lights and stove stop working. But the overall maintenance is more about the tow vehicle.
Pushers; engine in the rear RVs and busses, are maintenance nightmares. The average cost for fuel and maintenance is $1 per mile driven or more. Those are class 8s chassis and engines/transmissions (like a PACCAR MX with a commercial Allison).
RV; front engine, tend to be less maintenance and expense. You have all the problems a travel trailer has but, generally, those are medium duty trucks/frames. So a lot of those are 6.7ISB Cummins with a medium duty Allison like a RAM 3500/4500/5500.
As a rule people that can afford pushers, where a used nice Prevost can cost $850,000 and a put away wet 10 year old Entegra is $300,000, can afford the maintenance.
For reference on a front engine (say Freightliner M2 or Kenworth T280) 6.7 ISB a turbo swap (which fail constantly) is going to cost you $9,000+, engine failure is going to be a $25,000+ invoice, DEF Header will run at least $5,000, new tires which are around a 40,000 mile proposition will get you back at least $3,500 and can be as much as $5000-$6,000. Oil changes start around $400, fuel filters will run another $300, air filter is around $200, on and on and on.
The belt tensioner on mine failed recently. Required a belt, tensioner and it cut the harness to the fan clutch when it failed. The parts at Cummins cost were around $1800 plus 4 hours. For a retail customer that would have been a $3,000 bill plus a $400 tow or an $800 service call. My truck has 33,000 miles on it.
