Truck Camper Sub-floor Issue and Repair
We have a 2006 Okanagan 811SL truck camper with a slide out. About a year ago, it developed a depression in the floor, right where you climb up into the over-cab bunk. I was afraid that it was rotti...
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BFL13 wrote:
For lots more work, you could make room above the water tank for the under-floor repair, by lowering the tank.
LOL... I'm a bit too lazy to tackle that. :) ;)
Working on it today, I got wondering how far the failed joint traveled through the subfloor. From the cut where I took the pic, the butt-joint travels under the slider mechanism. Then it continues right to the rear door. Standing on the joint with shoes off, I can feel that joint moving slightly, it's entire length. So it was one big piece of plywood that Okanagan used, with the flaw running a full 8' through the sheet.
It's too big to cut it all out, so today I bought a sheet of plywood and will cover the entire floor as 'mobeewan' suggested above. Then with a gazillion screws down into the old subfloor, that should stiffen it up. Then a new floor on top of the plywood.
Again, it's no wonder Okanagan went out of business, buying and using cr*p like this plywood, in their RV's. :( :M
