Can I repair this ?
Hooked it on the bumper of my pre-runner Bronco.
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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.
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.
