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Gdetrailer
Oct 27, 2020Explorer III
jayfraze wrote:
Hi all,
I have been a long-time recipient of all the advice for repairing campers but this is my first post.
I have a 2006 Prowler Lynx 200XP by Fleetwood. Probably 75% of the floor is rotted or soft which is something I've dealt with before. My biggest problem is that the right side wall of the camper is sagging below the frame. Further, there is a crack in the frame with an attempted repair with a plate. I have not pulled up the floor yet but intend to as well as the kitchen cabinets. The sagging wall extends from the door to the rear of the camper, probably 12 feet at most.
I am wondering 1) are these things related? 2) how should I fix the sagging wall?
Do you "love" this unit?
As they say with antique autos, it is a "labor of love"..
At 75% of the floor soft or rotted, wall sagging below frame AND a previous repair to the frame, I really think you need to step back and perhaps go a different direction and find a trailer in far better shape.
You are pretty much at the level of having to tear the entire trailer down to the frame and also toss the frame out.. Leaving you with pretty much nothing to work with.
If you had a good solid frame you could have just removed the entire "box" and started a new box from scratch, but your new box is only going to be as good as that patched frame..
You are better off to scrap a trailer with this much extensive damage, you can sell off things like windows ($200-$400), doors ($100 if not rotted), A/C $200 if working), furnace ($200 if working), water heater $100-$200), stove ($200).. You have potential of about $1500 you could get out of all the parts..
Save yourself a lot of work, headaches and aggravation..
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