BurbMan wrote:
Lots of naysayers here on the forum. Looks like your model is a "light weight" looking at the frame. The frame damage is severe...looks like it ripped in half! The patch looks decent but hard to tell from the pic. I would be sure that's solid before investing any time in a rebuild.
Also amazing that the roof and walls are dry considering how bad the floor is, did you find where the water is coming in?
So without outriggers on the frame, it's obvious why the wall is falling if the floor is gone. The fix is to jack up the wall while you re-frame the floor that runs under it. The 2x3 floor framing runs across the trailer frame side-to-side with a end piece (kind of like a sole plate) that runs under the edge of the wall.
Unfortunately you can't jack up under the wall where the new floor needs to go, and I wouldn't want to screw thru the filon, so I would look to take out a window or somehow get a ledge to jack against so you can raise the wall and take the pressure off. Once you tear into the floor you'll see what you're up against.
The good news is that you need to take everything out anyway, so you only have to invest a little more time to decide whether to fix or part out.
I just went through a similar experience with my truck camper, it was free but needed some work. You can follow the repair blog on the link in my signature. I was confident doing the work after doing major repairs twice to our 2008 Terry TT.
Glad you're making $$ flipping these things...I had to put a new fridge in this one, so I figure I'm about $4k into a 2002 unit that's worth $8k, so figuring my time I think I made about $0.10/hr this summer LOL. But that's not why I did it....I have a better-than-new really cool camper for a fraction of what a new one costs!
Not a "naysayer", just a "realist".
After looking at the frame, that is either a recall patch or a factory reinforcement at a weak point. Either way, it is junk.
The patch was punched out by a purpose built punch press and has dimples/recesses for the rivets that were used. That did not come from a normal welder which would have used plasma, waterjet or cutting torch. Then the plate would have been WELDED in.
Look closely under that patch, the frame IS cracked through and has been that way for some time, that patch is barely holding the frame together and the frame is sagging at that patch.
The frame is not worth the time and energy.
Only unsuspecting "marks" would buy this trailer after it is fixed up, I would not feel right about flipping this kind of junk..
OP can make use of the good parts, as I mentioned they have at least $1500 in usable parts and could most likely make some good money flipping the parts with very little effort (a lot less effort than rehabbing this one).
