Pontoon /camper enclosure?

5th wheel camper damage after it was purchased?

• My brother bought a 5th wheel camper last week from a priveate person. He spent $4,200 on the camper. The camper looked to be in pretty decent shape. A few days ago, he paid a company that specializes in moving campers/rvs, and when the driver was moving it to my brothers property the camper fell apart. Most of the side is damage and the other side is damage as well. The driver said the wood was rotten and that is how it broke. When you touch the wood it's very wet and the wood crumbles in your hands. The previous owner is refusing to return the money to my brother. He has contacted a lawyer, but the lawyer stated that pretty much the only way to get his money back would be to either prove the guy knew the camper was rotted and/or that it was in a flood. A year ago we had a big flood in this area, so it could have been possible that it was flooded. Is there anyway that we can look up if the guy filed a insurance claim and/or how we can prove that it was flooded or not. The campground and marina where the camper was located at recieved 10% of the profit from the owner; thus, they are not too willing to give my brother any information. ANY SUGGESTIONS would be helpful. Also, my brother lives in Kentucky if that helps.

• Answer:

  Suggestion would be repair, junk, resell, park, or whatever he wishes. It is now his camper... and by the way, if in that bad of shape there would be no way not to see something wrong when looking at the trailer. There would be damage to see or places repaired like to cover something up.