Post by bpmcgee on Aug 17, 2015 5:42:21 GMT -8
This weekend I was restoring part of the street side wall of my 1950 Alma. There was a roof leak that the po never did anything about:
At the bottom of the wall, you'll notice the skirt board has carriage bolts going through it. When I cut out the rotten section, you can see that the carriage bolts go through a 6" tall "j" shaped piece of steel that's welded to the outriggers and encircles the entire perimeter of the trailer:
This explains why the 30 foot Alma is almost twice the weight of our '60 22 foot DeCamp!
I don't have much experience with camper construction, but from the DeCamp and from what I've seen here this looks like unusual construction. Has anyone else seen this?
BTW, I sanded off the loose rust, gave it a phosphoric acid treatment, and then primed and painted the metal before replacing all the rotten wood:
At the bottom of the wall, you'll notice the skirt board has carriage bolts going through it. When I cut out the rotten section, you can see that the carriage bolts go through a 6" tall "j" shaped piece of steel that's welded to the outriggers and encircles the entire perimeter of the trailer:
This explains why the 30 foot Alma is almost twice the weight of our '60 22 foot DeCamp!
I don't have much experience with camper construction, but from the DeCamp and from what I've seen here this looks like unusual construction. Has anyone else seen this?
BTW, I sanded off the loose rust, gave it a phosphoric acid treatment, and then primed and painted the metal before replacing all the rotten wood:
