Salvaging Your RV or Motor Home Options and Rules at Stup’s Auto (Updated on 4/24/2025)
Stup’s Auto will receive your trailerable RV and/or motor home (any RV that drives and doesn’t need to be trailered or pulled) for salvage. When Stup’s processes an RV, there is a considerable amount of work in order to process an RV so that it can be ready for a steel mill. For example, Stup’s needs to bring a 20 yard dumpster for each RV it processes to get it ready. These rules are set by the Steel Mills not Stups. These rules also change and thus Stups has to make adjustments as well or the RV will not be acceptable and will be returned to Stups for further processing.
It takes anywhere from 12 to 16 hours of our time plus equipment and fuel to break down and throw away the items that cannot be processed at a steel mill. Below is a list of rules that you must follow before Stup’s will consider receiving your RV. Note that if these rules are not followed, it will add costs to the total for receiving your RV.
Stup’s Motor Home Salvage Rules:
- Please remove anything that is not bolted down to the RV outside or inside.
- All trash and food items in the RV must be removed.
- All holding tanks (Yes, including the grey tank) must be completely empty. Fuel in the fuel tank is fine and propane tanks are fine.
- Clear title for the RV.
- If possible, inflate tires.
- Finally, the RV must be deliverable to Stup’s Auto Center. If Stup’s has to tow the vehicle, there will be an additional cost for towing. The cost is dependent on the situation and the time it takes to tow.
Stups will also give a quote if the unit needs to be towed, this cost is in addition to the processing fee.
If you have a trailered RV, Stup’s charges $2,100 to receive the RV as long as the above list of rules has been followed. That cost will increase based on the level of effort to complete any of the rules that were not completed. If the unit is a motor home and has a motor and transmission, the cost to receive is $1250.
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