Alaska Shasta
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Post by Alaska Shasta on Jun 8, 2019 21:06:47 GMT -8
Front Hehr jalousie window on a Shasta. Sandwiched between the lower mounting flange of the window and the body of the camper is a 1/4” thick strip of wood, the width of the window. I have seen pictures of this on other Shasta’s also. Can someone enlighten me on why this is necessary? I cannot fugure out the purpose. It seems it would do more harm than good.  IMG_2044 by Bryan Port, on Flickr  IMG_2041 by Bryan Port, on Flickr |
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mobiltec
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Post by mobiltec on Jun 9, 2019 17:00:56 GMT -8
Steve Loomis at Hemet Valley RV explained to me that the reason for the strips was to act like a crown on the top of your trailer to stretch the metal out around large openings and thus it will tend to buckle less with thinner skin. I didn't do this on the 59 Airflyte and you can see the wrinkling in the skin around the large window openings. Back then I didn't know why it was there in the first place.
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