Post by mallon344 on Feb 25, 2017 17:54:12 GMT -8
Hi i am new to travel trailers and rvs and decided to learn by doing. I went out and got a new to me prowler. It has way more issues then i would have thought the entire front end was rotten to the point of being basically uncopyable upon removal of insides. I build town homes and remodel old homes and all sorts of random stuff but i know little to nothing about how these things were designed. If i just framed it up with stick frame construction and put horiozontal supports and metal plates then i suspect i will have made the frame too rigid to flex. Is that important or were they just trying to keep cost and weight down and interior space up with cleaver small wood framing? I had planed to remove bath front seating and keep kitchen and back. I dont want to move fridge and stove water tank etc as i suspect they are balanced.
At this point i have towed it 50 miles and it tracked well. The tires are new and the bearing have been packed 6 mo ago. axels look solid no dents dings etc. Frame is rusty but seems sound. I have ripped out front and sides to door and most of the floor before realizing how screwy the framing is. like a H down middle of trailer with another H cut down middle and glued to outside of first H
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Thats just weird, why not just run same skinny board all way the with and then put bottom wall plate over that. but i am guessing that there way was cheaper faster and strong enough when fully assembled.
Sorry for ranting i found aluminum corrosion in top left front where there had been a lot of water and i am feeling a little discouraged. wanted to share!
will upload photos when figure how
At this point i have towed it 50 miles and it tracked well. The tires are new and the bearing have been packed 6 mo ago. axels look solid no dents dings etc. Frame is rusty but seems sound. I have ripped out front and sides to door and most of the floor before realizing how screwy the framing is. like a H down middle of trailer with another H cut down middle and glued to outside of first H
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Thats just weird, why not just run same skinny board all way the with and then put bottom wall plate over that. but i am guessing that there way was cheaper faster and strong enough when fully assembled.
Sorry for ranting i found aluminum corrosion in top left front where there had been a lot of water and i am feeling a little discouraged. wanted to share!
will upload photos when figure how
