Crap! Quite Litterally

Poppy's 5th Wheel wrote:


Anyone with any ideas on what may have happened or experience dropping the bottom of these?

We are planning to leave for 3 months on August 18th so I'm going to need to get busy in a hurry.

It looks like your landing gear are suspended in space? Did they really lift it up in the air balanced on just the tires? Could it have pitched over and something hit the corroplast and busted your black tank or smacked your sewer line and broken the connection? i'd think there would be some evidence of this under the trailer.

First, I'd call the shop and tell them what you've got.

Second, go dump your black tank and wash it out. I actually dunno if this is a good idea. Could depend upon the problem.

Odd that it wasn't leaking in the shop if they did something but maybe there needed to be some sloshing to make it leak. Perhaps you can get enough of the corroplast loosened to peek in there before you loosen it all. Of course, you may not wanna get your nose that close. What a bummer.

So, for getting the corroplast down, about all I could figure to do if I was gonna remove all of mine would be to cut it into sections. I didn't need to do that this time as all I needed was access to a small part.

I got some really strong, wide tape from Home Depot (Nashua SELECT Flashing Tape) to tape it back together. Can't remember if it was $40 for a roll or $80, but it wasn't cheap when all I wanted was a small bit, but its sticky and durable. On the corroplast, what I did was make a hatch via first marking and then cutting three sides and left the front connected like a hinge. I peeked into my trailer to see where I wanted the hatch....hence my suggestion earlier.

Good luck and keep us posted on your findings!