John Palmer
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Hi, From a vintage trailer guy located in Santa Ana, CA. It's good to see lots of activity here.
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Post by John Palmer on May 4, 2014 8:19:08 GMT -8
Fix the floors Anything else that's damaged Scrape off the old roof Install a new roof Repaint the trailer
All for $2K?
The needed "materials alone" to do the above repairs will cost more than $2K.
Did you get references, and talk to owners of previous repaired trailers?
I vetted him well enough for my tastes...met with him and his wife and kids, delivered the trailer to his home. Floors are $50 in lumber, new coating for the roof is $200, and I don't really know about the paint, but maybe $500? It's mostly labor that I'm paying for, and while if he can do it well for under $2k I'll agree it's a bargain - it's not so far off from other estimates that I've gotten at $35 to $75/hour. I gave him a $800 deposit and some trust. We'll see if my intuition is correct or if I get screwed again and get another life lesson.
Thanks for the reply, I now have a better understanding of what your doing. Maybe it's "trailer semantic's", LOL.
Your not getting a NEW roof, just some goop spread for your $200. A New roof skin is the correct way to repair, if it has a leaking roof, and a new roof skin is going to cost in the $700 plus range for the materials. If it's not leaking, it should not have anything on it.
My "wholesale cost" to purchase "quality materials only" to paint a small vintage trailer is in the $600 to $700 range at "todays prices". The true cost to paint a trailer is in labor time spent during the "prep stage". It's a very labor intensive job, if done correctly. Quality re-paint jobs in my area are in over $2000 "without any materials".
$35/hour "seems like a cheap labor price", until you start adding up "all the hours required" for the repair. I'm sure you are aware of the time required, because your have already invested time trying to repair this trailer.
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Post by bigbill on May 4, 2014 14:48:01 GMT -8
Wow I was in a local RV center last week and I think the sign on the wall said labor $117.00 per hour. Made me glad I don't have to hire anything out.
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Post by vikx on May 7, 2014 21:49:17 GMT -8
I would skip the coating on the roof. It won't prevent or help existing leaks and is likely to cause metal damage. The more slop up there, the worse they leak. JMHO>
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soup
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Post by soup on May 8, 2014 2:14:32 GMT -8
Wow I was in a local RV center last week and I think the sign on the wall said labor $117.00 per hour. Made me glad I don't have to hire anything out. I see you've been hanging around Colerain RV again Bill! LOL
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Post by bigbill on May 8, 2014 5:54:31 GMT -8
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me. Soup believe this or not with my discount they actually have had better prices than I can find any place else on basic repair items. I wanted a wrap around corner trim and they sold it to me for just over twenty dollars a 16 foot piece. I had to wait about 10 days for it to come in on there regular shipment so that I didn't have to pay shipping. I had never tried to use wrap around instead of J rail but it is going to look fantastic. The factory or a PO had messed up the siding at the corners to the point that I couldn't make them look nice and I wasn't sure that J rail would get me a good seal. I have one 16 foot piece installed and the trailer looks like it it worth at least another million bucks, the difference is night and day. Also 500 3/4" 8s cost me less than $20.00 there. Also have decent prices on lights. But then some stuff is dble what I can get it for other places. They are only twenty minutes away so that helps to.
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Post by Teachndad on Jan 1, 2015 20:58:31 GMT -8
Hi Globestar,
How did the work turn out?
please share,
Rod
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Post by globestar on Jan 17, 2015 18:30:09 GMT -8
Hi Globestar, How did the work turn out? please share, Rod Well....not as well as I would have hoped...but everyone probably could have guessed that. Turns out my gold ole boy repairman had plenty of skills, but was lacking in motivation. He started about 5 different aspects of the repairs, but didn't finish any of them. He got about 70% through the paint job, he did some demo on the back wall, he ripped up and repaired part of the floor, he took out the lights.... It's a mess. After 8 months of chasing him and hearing every excuse in the book, I had to threaten magistrates court and I went and picked it up last week. (tension was high - but thankfully it went well) I gave him an $800 deposit initially, and I probably got more than $800 worth, but I got a mess back. As you would expect, chasing the evidence of damage only led to more damage. But, I think that we have a very good idea of what we have now, and we still feel good about it. I just got back from dropping it off with someone else that is very reputable, documented, and more expensive - but I'm confident that he'll do a great job. So, I'm over budget, but that's to be expected I guess when I don't have time or space to do it myself. To be continued. Hopefully we'll have our dream camper back in about 6-8 weeks with the hard work done and ready for our finishing touches.
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