2006 Hallmark Ute rotted wood repair
I'm going to start off my first post by saying I've been perusing this site for sometime, and have learned a lot...espcially lubing Happy Jacks. My wife and I have had this Hallmark Ute for a year....
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I dug around the fiberglass siding and it appears to be glued just on the edges and around the windows. The raised portion of the panels do not touch anything.
The underlying wood extends beyond the top of the panel to allow stapling of the canvas. (see pic below)
Silversand quote-"It seems that you are into this camper for roughly $6000 ~ $7000, yes?"
No, less than that.. When I contacted Hallmark, they offered to buy it from me for $3500. They did not say if they would come and pick it up. I live just a tad over 1000 miles from Denver.
To have them repair/replace the hard walls only, I would have 12-13 grand in the camper, more than we could afford.
If the top gets replaced, Hallmark said that they must replace the soft walls. I'm sure that the soft walls fasten to the top differently.
My wife(the grouse AND turkey hunter)and I discussed with one another about the possibility of selling it as is. We definitely are not willing to let it go for the $3500 offered from Hallmark.
KansasBob, thanks for the pictures. I'm sure if I were to travel anywhere right now, the camper would look just like you "before" picture.
I do have fabricating skills. My wife tells me I get too carried away sometimes with the details I put into any projects I do. The thing that holds me back once in a while is not knowing what is "under the cover".
I told my wife I would like to tackle this job. She currently has her own "honey do list", but said if I make time for her little projects to get started.
Before I can move forward with this, I've contacted a friend of mine that has a welding shop. He is going to weld up a steel tubing cart for me to set the floor of the camper on. This will allow me to remove the jacks, and to roll the camper to the corner during other projects.
I would be interested if anyone knows of a synthetic wood substitutes for the wall structures or would I be better off using wood. I will need to glue the side panels to this structure.
Can adhesives be used on treated wood? The wood always has a damp feeling.
The underlying wood extends beyond the top of the panel to allow stapling of the canvas. (see pic below)
Silversand quote-"It seems that you are into this camper for roughly $6000 ~ $7000, yes?"
No, less than that.. When I contacted Hallmark, they offered to buy it from me for $3500. They did not say if they would come and pick it up. I live just a tad over 1000 miles from Denver.
To have them repair/replace the hard walls only, I would have 12-13 grand in the camper, more than we could afford.
If the top gets replaced, Hallmark said that they must replace the soft walls. I'm sure that the soft walls fasten to the top differently.
My wife(the grouse AND turkey hunter)and I discussed with one another about the possibility of selling it as is. We definitely are not willing to let it go for the $3500 offered from Hallmark.
KansasBob, thanks for the pictures. I'm sure if I were to travel anywhere right now, the camper would look just like you "before" picture.
I do have fabricating skills. My wife tells me I get too carried away sometimes with the details I put into any projects I do. The thing that holds me back once in a while is not knowing what is "under the cover".
I told my wife I would like to tackle this job. She currently has her own "honey do list", but said if I make time for her little projects to get started.
Before I can move forward with this, I've contacted a friend of mine that has a welding shop. He is going to weld up a steel tubing cart for me to set the floor of the camper on. This will allow me to remove the jacks, and to roll the camper to the corner during other projects.
I would be interested if anyone knows of a synthetic wood substitutes for the wall structures or would I be better off using wood. I will need to glue the side panels to this structure.
Can adhesives be used on treated wood? The wood always has a damp feeling.
