Rebuilding a 5th wheel from the frame up.

First, welcome to the forum! :)
I see you just joined a couple days ago.

Your proposed project is definitely doable. I did exactly the same thing with a TT. Took a while but I got it substantially done before a divorce situation forced me to sell it before I finished it.

However, it was a great experience. I took it right down to the fame, replaced every single piece of wood in all the walls, and almost all the floor joists. I designed and built a complete new roof for it and much more.

The single biggest thing I will encourage you to do is learn and understand how these things are built. In order to build new walls and build a new floor, the entire unit must be completely gutted. I can certainly detail more if you want.

I built a website where I had the entire project posted in pictures and descriptions, but unfortunately that site no longer exists.
I was approached by somebody once and asked permission to copy and use my material for their own RV site, which I did.

I'll dig up the link and post it here for you.

Good luck! It's a huge undertaking!! :B

I did this with an old motorhome years ago, we drove it home with 2X4's holding the roof up, took almost a year to rebuild from the frame up all new appliances etc.used it awhile and finally gave it to a friends Daughter as it did not suit my needs. It was fun to do and expensive, but rewarding. I had a friend that ran an RV recycle shop so I got all the appliances etc. at his cost so I saved bunches of money. Good luck on your project.

There is a 36 page thread linked to in my signature line, "the Cowboy/Hilton". It describes renovation of a travel trailer from the frame up (although I kept walls, floor, and roof). This Forum has an application for picture sharing--Photoposting. It works well.

Good luck on your 5'er build. You'll be able to make it anything you want!

Snowman9000 wrote:
I'm sure we'd like to see it here. Although you will get unsolicited advice. Most will be useful.

You can sign up for a free blog at wordpress.com. You will have total control over comments etc. It'd be a great place to put it up for anyone to see.

I think I'll look into this. The post above you proves the fact you two make about a blog. Thanks.

I'm sure we'd like to see it here. Although you will get unsolicited advice. Most will be useful.

You can sign up for a free blog at wordpress.com. You will have total control over comments etc. It'd be a great place to put it up for anyone to see.

meinook wrote:
... this is going to be pretty easy...

If you say so ...:R

This is interesting to me. I'd do it from a blog though. That way it's easily accessible, all in one place, and is geared to a timeline type of posting.

Blog Spot is a very popular one that isn't hard for the average person to use effectively. Then you just have to post and repost the link now and again without reader having to search for posts with photos.

Do it. And learn about how to post pictures. There are a couple of builds and rebuilds going on here right now.

I'd love to do this if I had the time and the resources. Good luck and have fun.

Sounds like an interesting project, considering you have the time, skill, and a place to actually do it.

I would suggest starting a spot on YouTube, your own little world there, and then assembling photos or videos there.

My experiences with journaling and document my activities for public consumption are pretty thin.... actually... non-existent. I don't even do Facebook either.