Used RV appliances for Conversion

[drlinscott]

What is a good resource for finding appliances for a skoolie conversion? Any thoughts or ideas of pulling together second-hand components for a build on a tighter budget would be appreciated.

 

[LargeMarge-TC]

Eugene, Oregon.
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a)
On just about every street, folks live in junker RecreationVehicles.
The bureaucrats constantly tag-then-tow.
They end-up in wrecking-yards (aka 'dismantlers').
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Occasionally, the aluminum sides survive their residents, but usually, a drive-by reveals the 2x2 wood interior structure... woefully rotted from my nemesis:
* Holes! In! The! Roof!.
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In these impounded vehicles, the appliances have the value of 'mixed-steel' scrap, probably in the range of about a couple-three FRNs a ton.
I strongly doubt the yard pays their cow-orkers to extract a used stove or furnace, I strongly suspect the entire vehicle goes snoot-first into the shredder.
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b)
A local-owned family-operated source for new and new take-out appliances is on College View -- across Interstate Five from the junior college -- between the Harley-Davidson store and the indoor shootin' range.
Nobody around here knows the name of the shop, we always call it 'the RV Salvage place'.
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An aside:
Next to 'the RV Salvage place' is Wrico Generators, sellers of off-grid gensets in diesel and propane.
Engineered for 24/7 continuous-duty operation for decades, their smaller units start at 8k for >us$8,000, and go up into massive powerhouses for hospitals and shopping-centers.
In other words, avoid calling for an oil-filter for your us$200 HarborFrieght open-frame contractor special.

 

[PhilipE-SKO]

Second hand is used quite a bit in the home-built world. Now instead of just jumping on the first item you find. Do some research. Find the brand of appliances you want. There are many reviews on the web for anything. Once you settle on a brand keep an eye on craiglist or fake book marketplace for used items. There are deals out there. If the seller isn't willing to hook it up and show operation. Drop the price a lot. Be picky in your search. If a pic shows the item hasn't been cleaned its whole life. Make sure to see it in operation. If a seller isn't willing to clean an item up for sale. That means he will take a lot less.