Ralph Cramden wrote:
nayther wrote:
Ralph Cramden wrote:
Now if it had coroplast they could have hidden even more shoddy assembly from view, including Jacob Yoders half eaten ham sammich.
Been wondering that on my new one too. How much crappy work is hidden from view above that ****. First "enclosed" underbelly rig I've owned.
I had an Aerolite hybrid with the coroplast, had to drop it to weld a spin fitting on the water tank. I found more hardware inside there than aisle 11 at Home Depot, and a nice almost new pair of Klein dikes. Sort of a bonus. That coroplast adds nothing. Its a piece of cheap plastic marketing. All it adds is a headache when you need to access someting which at some point you will most likely.
I rigged out an older FW for my son and it had a sheet metal belly with plywood backer glued to it. I cut holes and made covers in several places so the valves, slide motor and a few other things could be reached. It was all crimped at the joints to form one piece under a 35 ft bunk fw. To remove the whole thing the springs had to be dropped. Insanity with absoluety no concern for repairs that are needed later.