Used RVs Artesia NM: 400+ Affordable RVs and Trailers

Welcome to RV Depot, the dealership families around Artesia, New Mexico come to when they want real options instead of a runaround. We keep more than 400 used RVs and travel trailers on 20 acres in Cleburne, Texas, and we have been doing this since 1990.

If you are searching for used RVs Artesia NM, travel trailers for sale near Artesia, fifth wheels, bunkhouse floorplans or a toy hauler you can actually live in, you can walk the whole lot in one afternoon and compare them side by side. Everything is in one place, the prices are on the units, and our in house financing means your credit history is the start of the conversation instead of the end of it.

Why Artesia Residents Choose RV Depot

Artesia sits about 450 miles from our Cleburne lot, right at seven hours by way of Interstate 20 and US 180. That is a planned trip rather than an errand, so most people coming over from Artesia call ahead, tell us what they are after, and have their list ready before they get here.

Artesia runs on refining, oil and gas, potash and irrigated farming, and a good share of the people doing that work rotated in from somewhere else. Housing has never been the part this country solved well.

Here is the math nobody runs out loud. A motel room or a rented bunk in Artesia is money you hand over and never see again, and when a turnaround lands at the refinery that nightly rate does not go down.

Buying is not what is expensive here. The typical home runs about $229,400 against a median household income near $74,915, right at three years of pay, which is one of the healthier ratios anywhere in this state. The pressure falls on the people who came in for the work.

Eddy County is not an expensive place to buy a house. It is an expensive place to be temporary. Put the money you are already handing over for a room against an RV you own and two things change. The payment goes toward something with your name on it, and the housing follows you to the next job instead of ending when the project does.

We finance in house, which matters when your income moves with the rig count and the turnaround calendar. We make the call ourselves instead of mailing your file to a bank that only reads a score.

Getting to RV Depot From Artesia, New Mexico

RV Depot, 4319 N. Main St., Cleburne, TX 76033. That is about 450 miles from Artesia, right at seven hours of driving. Call (817) 678-5133 before you head out and we will have a list put together so we can take you straight to the units worth your time.

Living in Artesia, New Mexico: A Refinery Town Named for Its Water

Artesia sits in Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico, between Roswell and Carlsbad on the Pecos. Roughly 12,700 people live here. For a town this size it carries a remarkable amount of industry, and the refinery on Main Street is the first thing you see coming in.

Miller, Then Stegman, Then Artesia

The place started in 1890 as a stagecoach stop called Miller on the run between Roswell and Carlsbad. When the Pecos Valley Southern Railway opened in 1894 it became a livestock shipping point named Stegman.

The name changed again in 1905, after an underground artesian water basin was found here and a local developer named John Richey proposed calling the place Artesia. It incorporated as a village that year and became a city in 1930.

Then 1923

Oil and gas fields were discovered around Artesia in 1923, and the refineries, extraction plants and petrochemical operations that followed are still the backbone of the local economy. Navajo Refining has run on East Main Street for generations and operates today under HF Sinclair.

Potash mining matters here too, and the irrigated farms around town still produce wool, cotton, alfalfa and feed. That mix is why Artesia did not shrink the way a lot of small towns out here did.

Two Things You Would Not Expect

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center runs a campus on Gunpowder Road in Artesia, which brings federal trainees and instructors through town on a steady rotation all year.

And Abo Elementary, built here during the Cold War, is described as the first underground school in the United States, put below ground to shield students from fallout. It is an odd thing to have in a town of twelve thousand.

Long Term RV Parks Near Artesia, New Mexico

Owning the RV is one half of the plan. Having a spot to park it is the other half, so here are long term and monthly friendly parks in the Artesia area that were open and taking residents when this page was last reviewed. Rates, availability and age restrictions change constantly, so call ahead and confirm monthly pricing, hookups, rig length limits and whether they allow the year the unit was built.

• Artesia RV Park and Storage201 W Hermosa Dr, Artesia, NM · (575) 746-6184. In town with full hookup sites and the longest review history in the area. Call about staying by the month.
• Shady Acres RV Park3208 W Main St, Artesia, NM · (575) 637-0915. West side of town, straightforward, used to people staying a while.
• R and P RV Park and Laundry7348 Roswell Hwy, Artesia, NM · (575) 365-2441. North of town on the highway with laundry on site. Call for current monthly availability.

Parks set their own limits on length, age and hookups, so call the one you have in mind and ask what they allow before you settle on a floorplan. Walking in knowing your max length narrows the lot down fast.

Financing Built for Hardworking Families

Most dealerships send your application to an outside bank and wait. We do not. RV Depot finances in house, which means we look at your whole situation instead of one number on a report. Steady income, a workable down payment and a plan you can live with carry real weight here. If you have been denied somewhere else, that denial does not follow you through our door.

• In house financing with all credit situations welcome, including first time buyers with no credit history
• Approval decisions made by our own team, not an out of state lender
• Flexible down payment options, and we will tell you honestly what yours needs to be
• Fast answers, usually the same day you apply
• Payment structures built around a real budget instead of a best case scenario
• A path forward for buyers coming off a repossession, a bankruptcy or a rough couple of years

You can start your application online before you drive over, which saves you time once you are here. Paperwork is finished in person at the dealership, so plan on spending at least one day on the lot. That same day you get a personal walkthrough of your RV with a technician who shows you everything working before you head home.

400+ Quality Used RVs Under One Roof

Twenty acres, more than 400 units, and one of the largest pre owned RV inventories in Texas. That size is the whole point. You are not looking at three trailers and hoping one fits. You can stand in a dozen floorplans in an hour, compare a bunkhouse against a rear living layout, see what a fifth wheel feels like next to a travel trailer, and figure out what actually suits your family before you sign anything.

Once a unit is yours it goes through our shop before your pickup day, where the mechanical side gets checked over so the things that are not cosmetic are working. We would rather sell you the right unit once than the wrong unit today, especially when you are buying a place to live rather than a weekend toy.

Browse our current inventory or call and tell us your budget, your tow vehicle and how many people need to sleep in it. We will narrow 400 units down to the handful worth your drive from Artesia.