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— Independent · Unsponsored · Family-Owned Since 2021 —

The RV industry has a quality problem. I've been documenting it since 2021.

Four RVs. 135 documented defects in one of them. The owner of Alliance personally convinced us to trade it for a new one — promising it would be different. It wasn't. We're stuck with it. CrappyRV exists to give the RV community what dealerships and manufacturers won't.

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David Tice in his CrappyRV hat

I bought my first RV in 2017. I've been documenting them since.

Two years full-time in a Winnebago Navion. A Coachmen Pursuit that lived in the shop. An Alliance Paradigm fifth-wheel that racked up 135 documented defects in its first year.

After that, the owner of Alliance personally convinced me to trade it in for a brand-new one — assuring me it would be different. It isn't. We're stuck with the second Alliance now.

I started CrappyRV in 2021 — not because I hate RVing, I love it. Because the industry was getting away with selling people six-figure problems, and somebody had to say it.

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How we got here

From Winnebago to watchdog

2017

The honeymoon — Winnebago Navion

Our first RV. Two years full-time on the road. Loved every minute.

2019

First kid, bigger rig — Coachmen Pursuit

Family growing, needed more space. The Pursuit lived in the shop more than our driveway.

2020

"Independent" upgrade — Alliance Paradigm

Bought it because it was supposed to be the well-built one. 135+ documented defects in year one.

2021

CrappyRV is born

Started telling the truth on social. The RV community showed up — turns out we weren't alone.

2023

Traded for a new Alliance — on the owner's personal promise

Alliance's owner reached out, told us this one would be different, talked us into trading in. The second Alliance turned out the same as the first. We're stuck with it now.

Today

From content to community — and a summer we're not sure about

This site. A consulting practice. A buyer's guide library. Built to help the next family avoid the lemons. Meanwhile we're taking the second Alliance on our family vacation this summer, and we're terrified something is going to break.

Where we are right now
“This summer we're taking the second Alliance out as a family. We're terrified something will break. The fact that we have to worry about this — after paying for it twice — is ruining our family time. That's exactly why CrappyRV exists.”

— David Tice · Founder

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This is what 15 years of corner-cutting looks like. Body damage from a low-quality build, peeling clear-coat, broken trim, leaking bays. Most of the rigs we look at didn't get this bad overnight — they came off the lot with the seeds of the failure already planted. We help buyers spot the warning signs before they sign.

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