And I'm not too concerned about the mattress tags. This was 1964. They never started putting in the GPS tracking chips until post 2003. Well - 2003 ALSO got some - but that was only in the pricier Class A's that year.
Today - Lower edge exterior siding fastening, wheel well attention (new wood curb side, fasten wheel tub edge flaps, seal under trim), more interior and garage poly, install stove clips, towel rods, wardrobe lower shelf brackets, upper cot bunk brackets installed, making Tow-Mater's key chain(s).
I had been putting off the screens. When I finally just got to them, they went fine and fast, and it was good to be done. Now I had the same sense with the lower exterior edge siding. Just do it!
Left side, the systems wall which had been rebuilt. New wood around the wheel tub. Let's button it up.
In fact I formed again, with the hammer, got 'er tight, and ran in 1" staples.
And around the tub, I folded back in, the tub flaps (galvanized) and stapled them down good too.
These areas never had any sealer. No butyl tape under the trim. No sealer on the "under the trim" areas, like the multi-cut flaps of the tub. This fact had always bothered me. I was still trying to decide "best practices" for this spot. Hold off on trim. Go to the other side.
The curbside hadn't been touched yet. I was hopeful. Enough wood to just staple it up for now and be good. Here's what I found there.
Here's the upper bridge wood (over the well).
Pretty good wood still.
But not so lucky on the two triangle shaped pieces of 3/4" plywood at either end, where the tub curves downward. Instead, I pulled rot.
Leaving these small but void areas, no wood to fasten to.
I measured and cut and made my squares.
Then held them in place while marking along the edge of the siding.
And cut those to shape with a jig saw.
These were not fastened to the rest of the framing. They are just held in place by the folded metal tabs, acting as a shape holder, more than a structural member.
Here you see them with the tub tabs folded...
And fastened.
The rest of the lower edge hadn't been disturbed; I touched up the staples here and there and left well enough alone.
For sealing the flaps mounted to the wood, I used some Blue RTV (automotive gasket sealer) that was in my way, for maybe twenty years now. Still didn't use it up! I did both sides.
I always say "don't use silicon on RVs", but you have to still be willing to think about "situational application".
Now I'll let that dry until tomorrow and put the trim up with butyl.
Meanwhile DW got to putting on poly. Some in the camper, most in the garage. All day again. We'll show you her progress toward the end.
Me? I went shopping. I just love to shop, checking out all the new fashions, putting on my fanciest tee-shirt, I even wore jeans! Sometimes I'll wear my lace ups, or my flip flops, leaving my garage slippers at home. It's fun to dress up you know? Go out and be one of the pretty people? Yeah baby!
But soon I was back with some of those domestic things that DW usually takes care of automatically, when she ain't hanging out with a brush in hand, and some more Tow-Mater materials.
Let's see, one of those were stove grate clips. I've had this style before. It's the only style for these types of grates the RV store had. You may remember, the kids needed some clips after we discovered and stole their brand new originals for our own use in Lil' Queeny. Shhhh, the kids don't need to know that.
I also decided to make some key rings. The previous OP did one thing right - a new door lock. And in silver! He did it right and it functioned well, and he gave us the new keys. So I made up two key rings - one to hand over to the kids when they pick up the trailer, the other is an extra set for the "extra set place".
I thought the rusty link was appropriate! :) I hid the key cut with the Bubba Gump thing from another set we have for something because these days the Internet can copy your key cut and break-in. We don't need no Internet trolls breaking into Tow-mater, no sir!
I then got the upper cot brackets installed with one size larger diameter screws, because the wood in here was stripped out in several of the holes. I now have pretty good purchase in all. And the rods hold the brackets against the walls anyway. And the cots are just for exhibit, and small children occasionally anyway, and children can usually fall from a little height without injury. But mostly - it's the "cool points" for keeping. :)
Note we have the paper towel roll holder in place too.
Then the towel rods. The upper is the original (original owner installed?) and in the original spot. The lower is a copy, and duplicated on the galley side at the same level. They don't exactly match, but come close. And they're silver.
Over at the galley, I used regular wood screws.
On wardrobe side, they are fastened to 1/8" paneling, so I copied the previous install design using machine screws with nuts and washers.
And in the bottom of the wardrobe, they used adjustable shelf brackets on the lower shelf, even though the opposite side is fixed in one spot. That's weird, but got put back in just the same.
And the garage poly? Can you believe it? Almost done. DW is like - the best!
Countdown to camping - 3 days!
