I Bought A Pair of Cheap Auction Campers, Are They Any Good?

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @BuckJones1909
    @BuckJones1909 24 дня назад +2

    2 really good buys, each should be doable to repair & sell! Solid top is the way to go for a quick resale! Take care & be well!!

  • @chele-chele
    @chele-chele 4 месяца назад +24

    Pro tip, bring a bar of soap or wax to lube the sliding surface of the wood, makes things move surprisingly easy... Good score once again, Mr. Haney's used RV emporium lol

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +2

      good idea

    • @chele-chele
      @chele-chele 4 месяца назад +2

      @@LifeofLind Yep, works great for getting long woodscrews in too without twisting them off. Gotta say, I miss living in Manitou Springs, you're living the life out on the prairie =) I'd go full blown truckhouselife on that Real-Lite, For that price you can't go wrong.

    • @tdiscbetween
      @tdiscbetween 4 месяца назад +1

      Mr. Haney 😄

    • @DontCryAboutIt
      @DontCryAboutIt 4 месяца назад +1

      Oldest wood drawer lubricant.Just used the other day on one from the 50s.

    • @weswalker1208
      @weswalker1208 4 месяца назад

      Yea or even just water

  • @darrellhuisman1544
    @darrellhuisman1544 4 месяца назад +13

    Hey Lind here is a tip. Buy some round fence posts to roll the campers up onto your trailer next time. Keep up the great work.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for the tip! thats a good idea

    • @johncottingham8987
      @johncottingham8987 4 месяца назад +1

      @darrellhoisman1544, I have used PVC pipe before. Either 1 1/2 or 2 inch works great and lighter and lower cost just cut to what length you need.

  • @serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874
    @serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874 Месяц назад +1

    I think both of these slide-in campers are great. I think with a little bit of fixing here and there, they would both be great little over-nighters/weekenders. Well chosen bargains. 😀

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  29 дней назад

      they ended up being so nice when finished someone bought that lance right away

  • @glentucker4250
    @glentucker4250 3 месяца назад +2

    Am I seeing a new opportunity for you here? I would definitely buy a Dustin approved, re-manufactured camper! You have honesty and integrity, things we won’t find on a sales lot and rarely at a private sale. Thank you, and God bless!

  • @jaytitus902
    @jaytitus902 2 месяца назад +2

    If you ever get another slide in like the $25 one, remove the cable system and go to electric lifts. You can get some for desks that lift an amazing amount of weight or something like the bed lifts on the toy hauler. Instead of canvas sides, make them out of something solid like plywood over foam board.

  • @SaboresTiaIna68
    @SaboresTiaIna68 4 месяца назад +8

    I would give my front teeth for that second camper. I love blue and am a bit old fashioned. So fr me it looks perfect.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      it cleaned up nice

  • @shanecurphey1011
    @shanecurphey1011 4 месяца назад +1

    I have on of those high lift handyman jacks I inherited from my dad last year. Never realized how “handy” they really were. I have an old telecom utility drop in fiberglass utility shell/pod that I removed the utility from and made it into a drop in bed version of a water proof camper shell. Wish it was slide in, but it was cheap. I used it many times in getting a slide in truck camper style jack bolted to it to install and remove from the truck. May want to consider one or two of those. They would make your life so much easier on the cheap for sure. Just something I’ve figured out. They are the same jacks off roaders use, so if you change your plans of camper pick ups and such, you should be able to sell them quickly. Love your content. Wish I could see you more, but I definitely understand.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      might have to go pick two of those up, would have made this whole job easier

    • @bobblanchard5192
      @bobblanchard5192 4 месяца назад

      Nice find

  • @shanecurphey1011
    @shanecurphey1011 4 месяца назад +1

    Love to see your renovation on those campers!

  • @texas4ever
    @texas4ever 4 месяца назад +5

    Fix and flip! Nice video!

  • @stephaniefitch4713
    @stephaniefitch4713 4 месяца назад +4

    Definitely use the one with no top to repair the other one❤

  • @raymondgonzalez4878
    @raymondgonzalez4878 4 месяца назад +1

    Here's a tip. Pull the trailer under the item you need on the trailer. Goes easier and the rear doesn't move until you lift it.

  • @geoffmolyneux9173
    @geoffmolyneux9173 4 месяца назад +1

    Put a 3 or 4 pipes on the trailer bed, and put the camper on the top of the pipes. It will roll really easy. I used 2 inch steel fence post pipe. About 5 feet long.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      that is a really good idea!

  • @CherylDearth
    @CherylDearth Месяц назад +1

    Love the second one(really long one)

  • @DJ-zw8kw
    @DJ-zw8kw 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for the trip. Fix & Flip. Keep on trucking.

  • @ventues9751
    @ventues9751 Месяц назад

    The $ 25.00 is awesome !! In my younger days I could have done wonders with it !!

  • @QUAD405
    @QUAD405 29 дней назад

    That big one looks pretty snazzy on the inside!

  • @keishaeutsey-hilt2119
    @keishaeutsey-hilt2119 Месяц назад +2

    I think you should redo the first and not part it out. They both are nice!!!

  • @grumpybear3066
    @grumpybear3066 4 месяца назад

    Even with a new pop top you should be able to turn a profit. The larger camper looks like a quick flip to me just needs some cosmetic work, good luck with it mate hope you make a good profit. 😉

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      Turned out pretty well, cleaned up nice

  • @Doinsomethindifferent
    @Doinsomethindifferent 2 месяца назад

    I do enjoy a good RV renovation

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 4 месяца назад

    I work at Copart here in the UK and we only ever get motorcaravans and fewer caravans. Certainly not the wide range of cool campers and truck campers that you guys have. I'm really surprised at the lack of staff and security there though - our site is like a fortress. Great video dude

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      Thanks Richie! yeah i'm surprised too haha

    • @colinl9018
      @colinl9018 4 дня назад

      That's because of the thieving bloody immigrants! security and insurance is going mad expensive.

  • @johannsmith5697
    @johannsmith5697 4 месяца назад

    I love the idea of a lofted queensize rv qith roof mounted tv facing down and reslly luxurious mattress and good ac. Obviously a functional bathroom is ideal, doesnt need to lwaste space in aesthetics or awkward storage.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      roof top tablet mount maybe

  • @Sandra.Sandy.Robinson
    @Sandra.Sandy.Robinson 4 месяца назад +14

    The pop top you paid $25 for is in better shape than the one you bought for $1,100. I'd find a way to put a roof on it.

  • @troysimpler5364
    @troysimpler5364 4 месяца назад

    Good luck getting Lance parts!!

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      same as all other campers

    • @troysimpler5364
      @troysimpler5364 4 месяца назад

      I use to work at an RV dealer that sold Lance and Lance doesn’t carry many if at all parts for anything past a couple years old, And they will not talk with to you if you’re not a dealer

  • @kennethkempjr3531
    @kennethkempjr3531 4 месяца назад

    Sweet find bro

  • @WyattTurpin
    @WyattTurpin Месяц назад +1

    Do you sell these? I’m in Salt lake and have bid on a few of these out of Denver. Looks like a massive pain to load them!

  • @davidrains6751
    @davidrains6751 3 месяца назад +1

    put a roof on it if you have the time a custom roof would be awesome

  • @williamallen5369
    @williamallen5369 2 месяца назад

    Fix the roof for the palomino and fix the lance both can either be flipped for si much more or you could keep one of them.

  • @spudgossie
    @spudgossie 4 месяца назад +5

    That woman is a keeper

  • @RLBS61
    @RLBS61 4 месяца назад

    Next time sit it on some schedule 4 sewer pipe or round pipe and it will roll right up on the trailer. I use to roll barns around with it.

  • @matthewarnold8538
    @matthewarnold8538 5 дней назад

    Have a old palameno good roof ?

  • @davidrains6751
    @davidrains6751 3 месяца назад

    keeping them would be a good thing and it would sponsor your future campers because you could rent them out

  • @stevenannett1739
    @stevenannett1739 4 месяца назад

    I didnt know the first but the the second i do know big time ,,If you can make it right its money !!

  • @phodough7201
    @phodough7201 4 месяца назад +1

    good score , money to be made

  • @angelagrant9163
    @angelagrant9163 2 месяца назад

    Dangerous drive😮😮

  • @HoosierPete69.
    @HoosierPete69. 2 месяца назад +1

    I would look around and find another pop top that's in bad shape but has a roof.

  • @dennisl1059
    @dennisl1059 4 месяца назад

    hey I bought a 7 yo Northstar pop top without a roof and bult a sweet hardtop with aluminum for 1500. its nice and roomy!

  • @jerrytalley802
    @jerrytalley802 4 месяца назад

    Do they have these auctions across the US? I’m in VA, never seen one here but guessing they must have some here? Thanks, cool stuff you are doing

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      They have them in almost every state, there are three here from how much storm damage we get

  • @timhughes8542
    @timhughes8542 2 месяца назад

    You need to get a bucket of golf balls. Put them under the camper as you get the front on the trailer. The golf balls will make pulling it onto the trailer very easy. Once you get it onto the trailer just lift the trailer enough to remove the balls with a board or stick. Makes it easy.

  • @joeputz3
    @joeputz3 12 дней назад

    Where do you find these auction campers ?

  • @rusyroadtogreasygold
    @rusyroadtogreasygold 4 месяца назад

    Cheep as chips , love it. Anyways, options . 1,, break it or part it out .would get you a small payday, or do a red neck roof build, it would be OK, and work.
    But you could adopt your idear beter and do a frame first line the inside frame with plywood, then do a hard bord liner with fome and cloth , then screw that to the walls as decoration.
    The outer walls put polyurethane sheets into the frame, for the walls skin with ally to copy the sides below, but the roof. cover with 450 gm chop strand mat and glass resin. When dry sand lighty, then fill, then bed line the roof.
    Note..
    Glass over the polyurethane only, saves on weight, no outer ply sheets needed for roof.
    Use a padle roller for the grp. Iv done this on my walls on my homebuild on my chan, it works and is a good way to hide the strand patterned from the grp. Good luck on what ever you do

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      this is something i haven't considered, might have to try some of that! Thanks!

    • @rusyroadtogreasygold
      @rusyroadtogreasygold 4 месяца назад

      @LifeofLind You could use Woven roving lay up process and then put surface tissue over the top. But that is the expensive way to do it. 450 g of chop strand Mat is the smallest and lightest I would go ideally 600 GM would be the best.

  • @alexdouglas2827
    @alexdouglas2827 4 месяца назад

    Scaffold tube and roller on all day do it with one hand

  • @curtisdoyle3598
    @curtisdoyle3598 4 месяца назад

    I need a 1/2 ton short bed truck camper

  • @customfreak81
    @customfreak81 4 месяца назад

    There is way more than 25bucks worth of parts in the first one, I'd part it out for spares and then put the effort in to the second one, looks like it should be a fairly quick turn around and on to the next project.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      might keep it for parts on future units, seems worth it for the price

  • @matthewarnold8538
    @matthewarnold8538 5 дней назад

    Used call them wably boxs after they are a year old?

  • @RovenaHornbuckle
    @RovenaHornbuckle 2 месяца назад

    Where ?

  • @eugenenelson5398
    @eugenenelson5398 4 месяца назад

    I'd like to have that small slide in .

  • @shaunwalker2055
    @shaunwalker2055 4 месяца назад

    Gotta start bringing soapy water, really would help with these load ups.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      yeah, i keep forgetting that

  • @savannahsmiles1797
    @savannahsmiles1797 Месяц назад +1

    the open top model is something...hail in CO is real. The damage it does is utterly annoying

  • @samkin9667
    @samkin9667 4 месяца назад

    👍Good deal..you

  • @fredrenberg9596
    @fredrenberg9596 2 месяца назад

    Where you been?

  • @truckercharlied6056
    @truckercharlied6056 4 месяца назад

    I think do the repair to the lance mabey use it for your fishing going to the mountain camper.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      I like it, it's so roomy, but also long and heavy so it would be hard for me to get to the places i like to go

    • @truckercharlied6056
      @truckercharlied6056 4 месяца назад

      @@LifeofLind something else I've seen is one one put on the front of a trailer and then behind it has used that open space to pull a car or something

  • @eugenenelson5398
    @eugenenelson5398 4 месяца назад

    Need a pipe long enough to cross the back and it should roll! Just thinking.

  • @shelleyzaragoza2195
    @shelleyzaragoza2195 4 месяца назад +1

    Topless camper rebuild the top of it. The other one is outdated but just painted the cabinets get a little updated look to the inside it.

  • @patrickhall3878
    @patrickhall3878 4 месяца назад

    Put a topper on the broken one.

  • @bluesmobil-gunnar
    @bluesmobil-gunnar 4 месяца назад +1

    I second the suggestion to use the $25 camper to repair the other one.
    That may be a good suggestion for flipping - get a structurally sound (older) camper with a bad interior, a new structurally damaged one with a good interior and systems (maybe even solar) and combine the two to create a good one. Will be more work but should allow you to get them for cheap.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      yeah having a few parts rigs around can save some money on repairs for newer units, all the parts have basically been the same since the mid 90's

  • @mikeperkins5400
    @mikeperkins5400 Месяц назад +1

    Since I can see you're kind of Handy I bet you can make a little dolly with four lawn mower wheels or something that you can put under those things Jack them up a little bit and just pull them on with them small wheels

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  Месяц назад

      plans are in the works to build one of those

  • @genoantinori5982
    @genoantinori5982 4 месяца назад

    Next time, do what the Egyptians did . Use round posts or pvc pipe to roll on the trailer.

  • @weswalker1208
    @weswalker1208 4 месяца назад

    Vice grip garage. I hear it

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      a fella might watch an episode or two

  • @williamprice3700
    @williamprice3700 2 месяца назад

    Fix and flip.😀

  • @tjellis1479
    @tjellis1479 4 месяца назад

    Beard needs more Cowbell
    Greetings Rochester NY

  • @invisibleriverranch
    @invisibleriverranch 4 месяца назад +2

    make a rv park with it charge 50 bucks a night

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      not a bad idea, i have thought about that before

  • @forestanderson3267
    @forestanderson3267 4 месяца назад

    Should have put camper on trailer backwards got it on further

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      would have been hard with the fence behind it

  • @pierrejobin6113
    @pierrejobin6113 4 месяца назад +1

    Fix and flip. Brand new they are so expensive

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      90k for a new full size lance

  • @earlmarsh2285
    @earlmarsh2285 4 месяца назад

    In my area I see a lot of people moving into campers just too have some were to Live,

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      it's becoming more common, even for people who are middle class, campers still aren't ideal as they will make you broke just trying to heat or cool them

  • @davidrains6751
    @davidrains6751 3 месяца назад

    the blue looks awesome but the gold trim doesnt lmao

  • @tmtex
    @tmtex 4 месяца назад +1

    The one with no roof, I would part out and then have a bonfire

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      lol i bet someone would buy it just for parts

  • @therealjosephhermoso
    @therealjosephhermoso 4 месяца назад

    Correction sir, you're not crazy, you are a genius. 😂

  • @RadioMan666
    @RadioMan666 4 месяца назад

    👍👍

  • @jerrytalley802
    @jerrytalley802 4 месяца назад

    I hear Lance campers are built really well?

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      Lance and Arctic Fox are the best two out there, good build quality

  • @smsjr36
    @smsjr36 4 месяца назад

    Next time try a car or furniture dolly to move the truck camper on to the trailer

    • @debijo5288
      @debijo5288 4 месяца назад

      Where they going to put the dolly once everything is loaded ? !!

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      thought about making a big metal pipe with two outriggers and wheels in the end so i could just set the camper on that and pull it up on the trailer

    • @smsjr36
      @smsjr36 4 месяца назад +1

      @@debijo5288 it goes on the wheel for a car, like a mini shop creeper

  • @jered1940
    @jered1940 4 месяца назад

    Nice

  • @danielstrachan8988
    @danielstrachan8988 4 месяца назад

    😁👍👍

  • @stephennowicki7158
    @stephennowicki7158 21 день назад

    Fix,flip😊

  • @heathking9558
    @heathking9558 4 месяца назад +1

    fix em up!

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      sold the lance, think i'm going to put a roof on the $25 one

  • @davidweidner1675
    @davidweidner1675 4 месяца назад

    Part it our $25 Fix and flip the other one

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      the lance came out nice after cleaning

  • @real82it
    @real82it 4 месяца назад +1

    Hustling!!!

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      nothing better than working for yourself

  • @mikeperkins5400
    @mikeperkins5400 Месяц назад +1

    I'm looking to buy a camper it's a Chevy Silverado 1500 too heavy or too much money do you know anybody with a camper for sale

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  Месяц назад

      look for the pamlomino pop top units some are light enough for a 1500

  • @jerrytalley802
    @jerrytalley802 4 месяца назад

    The jacks are probably worth 100’s, lol

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      new set of power jacks are 4k I'd say used could bring 2,500 so a pretty good deal

  • @chadrossiter156
    @chadrossiter156 4 месяца назад

    Fix and flip

  • @wiggleroom3039
    @wiggleroom3039 13 дней назад

    Put a roof on it.

  • @bryanstaten5585
    @bryanstaten5585 4 месяца назад

    Ive never seen copart let people load their purchases.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      yeah it's weird down there

  • @russ1046
    @russ1046 4 месяца назад

    Doesn't smell weird?! 🤯

  • @shipsinker8191
    @shipsinker8191 28 дней назад +1

    I wouldn't buy a bottle of water from Co-Part. Way to dishonest for me!

  • @nathanielgrant6811
    @nathanielgrant6811 Месяц назад +1

    Rent them out

  • @kencornett4768
    @kencornett4768 4 месяца назад

    If you're going to do that a lot I need to go to harbor freight and get you a badlands Jack it's an off-road floor jack all the off-road recovery people use them Matt Moore's where's my how far does Casey Liddell you need to get you a bad Lance off road Jack that would make what you're doing really really easy all right this is Kent groveland Florida

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      two of those would be life savers

  • @danintrocaso
    @danintrocaso 2 месяца назад

    Didn't you learn from the last time?

  • @deanvoss7098
    @deanvoss7098 4 месяца назад

    I was in the UP of michigan a couple years ago. Saw the top of a pop up along the hiway and wondered what it was.. Then I saw the guy about a half mile further and figured it out.

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад

      seems to happen more than i thought

  • @MattSmith-qn9cv
    @MattSmith-qn9cv 4 месяца назад

    Repair what you need to and sell them

    • @LifeofLind
      @LifeofLind  4 месяца назад +1

      might keep the one with no roof and fix it up for me

  • @HemiChrysler
    @HemiChrysler Месяц назад +1

    A _camper_ is a person that camps, not the equipment.

  • @darrenmahabir6510
    @darrenmahabir6510 4 месяца назад

    Steal of a deal .Do a fixer upper series.

  • @Earthling418
    @Earthling418 4 месяца назад

    Flip ;

  • @1954shadow
    @1954shadow 4 месяца назад

    Turning crappers into, campers.

  • @deborahcurtis1385
    @deborahcurtis1385 4 месяца назад

    Why don't you measure first? I guess it's less entertaining but still....

  • @chuckclark9464
    @chuckclark9464 Месяц назад +1

    👍👍👍👍