Green questions to ask when buying

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  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited February 2019 #122

    Would do if they did it properly. Morgans seem OK.

  • ocsid
    ocsid Forum Participant Posts: 1,395
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    edited February 2019 #123

    Few Morgans would be left outside all their lives, so the parallels there are questionable.

    Far more telling is the countless number of caravanners and coachbuilt motorhomers who have had damp issues with wood.

    From a green view point, building vans of none rotting materials, providing they are recyclable, must be a plus, given the potentially longer usable life.

  • Navigateur
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    edited February 2019 #124

    I think we sometimes forget the difference between "rotting" which is a natural self destruction involving no external input of energy (and sometimes even an output of energy), and "re-cycling" which is man-made and depends on the input of even more energy.

  • viatorem
    viatorem Forum Participant Posts: 645
    edited February 2019 #125

    I'm afraid Morgan's are afflicted too along with Morris minor travellers.

    The latter plus 8 and aero don't have any structural wood , just the dash. All glued ally composite. The 4/4 and plus 4 still have ash rear frame and doors.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited February 2019 #126

    What about the Dunkirk little ships. Eighty years old plus, made of wood, spent their life with their arse sat in salt water. It all comes down to build quality. The latest high tech materials, if thrown together will still fall apart.

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