drilling into frame
I was thinking of drilling some holes in the frame of my tt and mounting a length of pvc pipe for my sewer hose I know I could not do this on my semi truck but what about on a travel trailer:@
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First - RV trailer frames are not "high quality" steel. Mostly just hot rolled, low carbon junk!
Look at most any trailer and you will see where the manufacturer has used sell drilling/self tapping screws to mount all kinds of things like the propane lines, underbelly, etc. I would bet a good dinner that Lippert has not done any type of stress analysis on this fastening method.
You will find the steel drills easily unless you try to drill very near a weld that has locally hardened the steel.
Look at most any trailer and you will see where the manufacturer has used sell drilling/self tapping screws to mount all kinds of things like the propane lines, underbelly, etc. I would bet a good dinner that Lippert has not done any type of stress analysis on this fastening method.
You will find the steel drills easily unless you try to drill very near a weld that has locally hardened the steel.
