Old Farts RV Repair

Old Farts RV Repair is a mobile RV tech based in Gaylord, Michigan, and it comes to you. It describes itself as "a locally owned mobile RV repair service" and will bring "the repair shop directly to your campsite, home, or roadside location." Sherm is the contact.

It works on electrical systems, roofs, plumbing, slide-outs, leveling jacks, awnings, appliances, routine maintenance, A/C and furnaces, water heaters, winterizing and de-winterizing, and solar and shore power. Its roof work includes inspections, sealing and roof cleaning. It services campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers and motorhomes. Its service area is "within a 1-hour radius" of Gaylord, reaching Petoskey, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Rogers City and St. Ignace, among others.

It does not publish a trip fee, hourly rate or diagnostic fee, and it does not state payment terms or a warranty. Ask about the trip fee first when you call, and ask what the diagnosis will cost before anyone arrives. Its hours are "Generally 9am to 6 pm." For trouble outside those hours, it offers "flexible, emergency mobile dispatch," and it describes "fast mobile emergency service to diagnose the issue" for a slide-out that will not move.

The business is run by a small crew, in its own words "just a couple of RV-loving 'Old Farts.'" It is certified through the RV Tech Training Center in Largo, Florida, with additional certifications through RVTI and Lippert. Lippert is a major maker of slide-out and leveling components, so training from that maker bears directly on the jobs that stall a trip. Google rates it 5 stars from 23 reviews. One website review reads "Quick, friendly, and honest service right at my campsite."

This is a good fit for an owner in Northern Michigan who wants repairs done where the RV sits, or a traveler stuck with a slide-out or leveling jack that will not move at a campground in that area.