The backs falling off!
I have an 1983 el dorado class C. The rear seems to be drooping, our bathroom floor is level near the front but as you move the bubble further back it starts to show the floor leaning toward the back....
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Wood framed floor?
Chances are the floor is rotting out inside and settling down on the frame. It is sinking in the back at the rearmost frame extensions.
Same principle as other RV construction.
On TT's with the same issue you can tell when the floor is rotting by looking at the very back outside and see if the siding is denting into the top of the main frame. If yes this means a rotten sinking floor. Or in your case the fibreglass.
Another telltale sign is the frame to floor bolts at the frame outriggers. When the floor rots out the carriage bolts hang down like a pendulum.
Also, reach under with your hand and grab the wood floor outside rails at the back. Grab them through the underbelly skin cover and see if they are soft and mushy.
The crack in the fibreglass is a telltale sign too.
Also, watch the tanks don't fall out. When bolted to the floor and the floor goes away, there is nothing holding the straps. They give way and you lose a tank! Ask me how I know this!! :E Been there done that!
Check these items out to see. If yes to any of the above your floor is rotting out from undetected water intrusion. This is very common.
Chances are the floor is rotting out inside and settling down on the frame. It is sinking in the back at the rearmost frame extensions.
Same principle as other RV construction.
On TT's with the same issue you can tell when the floor is rotting by looking at the very back outside and see if the siding is denting into the top of the main frame. If yes this means a rotten sinking floor. Or in your case the fibreglass.
Another telltale sign is the frame to floor bolts at the frame outriggers. When the floor rots out the carriage bolts hang down like a pendulum.
Also, reach under with your hand and grab the wood floor outside rails at the back. Grab them through the underbelly skin cover and see if they are soft and mushy.
The crack in the fibreglass is a telltale sign too.
Also, watch the tanks don't fall out. When bolted to the floor and the floor goes away, there is nothing holding the straps. They give way and you lose a tank! Ask me how I know this!! :E Been there done that!
Check these items out to see. If yes to any of the above your floor is rotting out from undetected water intrusion. This is very common.
