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turbothrush
Nov 23, 2017Explorer
If you are handy consider holding out for an older (90's) Northern Lite or Bigfoot with a decent outside skin and repair any interior or rot iissues. These fiberglass skin campers can look almost like new even after 25 years. Except for the graphics a shined up 1991 model and a 2018 model look pretty much the same.
Anything inside on these campers can be replaced without removing the outside skin and this includes the tie down points and jack mount points They can still leak of course but there is no wood studs to rot. The wooden 1 1/8 " sleepers in the floor can rot but the complete floor can be replaced without affecting the outside skin. The inside wall skin (1/8 " plywood) can rot but this is simply glued to the 1" styrofoam with either poly urethane construction adhesive or polyurathne glue. And no i don't work for Northern Lite but believe in their method of construction.
I also
agree about the electric jacks being nice but expensive to add on. I think they are about $1400 alone.
Anything inside on these campers can be replaced without removing the outside skin and this includes the tie down points and jack mount points They can still leak of course but there is no wood studs to rot. The wooden 1 1/8 " sleepers in the floor can rot but the complete floor can be replaced without affecting the outside skin. The inside wall skin (1/8 " plywood) can rot but this is simply glued to the 1" styrofoam with either poly urethane construction adhesive or polyurathne glue. And no i don't work for Northern Lite but believe in their method of construction.
I also
agree about the electric jacks being nice but expensive to add on. I think they are about $1400 alone.
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