Can I repair this ?

work2much wrote:
I had an old wood framed camper many years ago and one of the rear hydraulic jacks was left down pulling from a campsite. whoops! Damage was similar, tearing the back corner jack out and blowing out the rear skin and damaging the framing. We were on our way home so I removed the jack and drove back.

Once home spent some time evaluating the damage to the framing through some gentle peeling back, and decided based on the age and relative value of the camper full on proper repair wasn't worth the time or cost. I just wanted it to be water tight and support the camper.

My fix was to buy some angle iron, use a rubber mallet to re-align the corner and drill and use wood screws over a 3 foot or so section to re-establish the corner using both upper and lower framing corner that felt solid driving fasteners into.. Copious amounts of caulking all the way around. Jack mount re-attached to angle iron

That fixed it just fine. In fact that corner was the sturdiest on the camper.

Nice!

I had an old wood framed camper many years ago and one of the rear hydraulic jacks was left down pulling from a campsite. whoops! Damage was similar, tearing the back corner jack out and blowing out the rear skin and damaging the framing. We were on our way home so I removed the jack and drove back.

Once home spent some time evaluating the damage to the framing through some gentle peeling back, and decided based on the age and relative value of the camper full on proper repair wasn't worth the time or cost. I just wanted it to be water tight and support the camper.

My fix was to buy some angle iron, use a rubber mallet to re-align the corner and drill and use wood screws over a 3 foot or so section to re-establish the corner using both upper and lower framing corner that felt solid driving fasteners into.. Copious amounts of caulking all the way around. Jack mount re-attached to angle iron

That fixed it just fine. In fact that corner was the sturdiest on the camper.

MWJones wrote:
Only one way to fix it RIGHT. Pull the skin and start from the inside.
There will be extra supporting inside the wall that the jack plate mounts to. That WILL be damaged and must be replaced.
Alternative is pull plate off. Pump the holes FULL of apoxy and let set
for 24 hours. redril the holes and reinstall.
Good luck.

Thanks for the tips!
I wont get a chance to even look at in the day light till Thursday.

Only one way to fix it RIGHT. Pull the skin and start from the inside.
There will be extra supporting inside the wall that the jack plate mounts to. That WILL be damaged and must be replaced.
Alternative is pull plate off. Pump the holes FULL of apoxy and let set
for 24 hours. redril the holes and reinstall.
Good luck.

Jacks were up.
I was moving some cars around & as I moved the TC it hooked my tube bumper on the Bronco.

If man made it, man can fix it.

Ouch

Hey buddy looks like a jack plate tear down is in order. is it loose right now? will it cause future water damage? (Yes).

Pull the jack mounting plate and inspect the damage. You'll need to see how bad it really is. Were the jacks up or down when it occurred? If down, check all jack mounts for trueness.