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I might mention that our first trailer was a canvas-sided, hard-top popup that had been wrecked and rebuilt so well that you would never know it had been damaged. We were young and poor (still poor but not so young anymore) and were delighted to get it for about half the price of a non-wrecked unit. We got four years of fun out of it and never regretted buying it but nothing about it ever worked well. It was difficult to get up and down and the frame was un-noticeably bent down on one corner so that we had to practically sit on the top to get that corner fastened. Discounting normal age depreciation, we gave back most of the money we had saved when buying it by being honest with the new owner when we passed it on. Based on that experience, I would recommend buying a better unit if you have the money.