Rebuilding a 5th wheel from the frame up.
I bought a pretty cheap 32' toy hauler last summer and found a lot of water damage (rot, mold, mildew and smell). After getting into it I've decided to only way to completely rid the smell is to rebui...
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meinook wrote:
I'm almost finished with the Sketch Up design, the trailer is striped to the frame and I'm still trying to figure out the blog process.
I bought the windows, door, torsion hinge, 4 cargo doors and the underbelly fabric last weekend. Next up is removing the old load door springs, wire wheel and paint the rust areas before building the sub-floor.
Thanks for the update. I'm so excited to follow your build since I'm essentially doing the same thing but with a bumper pull. You are slightly ahead of me. The inside is gutted and I just started pulling the windows and doors. I'm planning to reuse the windows and I'm on the fence about the doors since they are kind of rough. But I'm taking it down to the frame like you are doing. I will be beefing up the frame, adding a 3rd axle, and building a slide-out. Really, my intent is to copy the Stryker 2916 floor plan as closely as possible, but with a tri-axle setup.
Where are you buying your parts and supplies?
