My Summer Project
Earlier this year our hunting group decided to head to Colorado for an Elk hunt. I had the truck, another guy had the trailer so we should be all set. Well...lets just say the better half of the gu...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Wow. Nice work. I helped my in-laws do a very similar remodel. Father-in-law took it down all the way to the outer skin. We replaced some of the framing (from the inside) and never removed the outer skin. Unfortunately, we didn't have an enclosed area to work. Ours was done outside, in the middle of the summer, and it was HOT! The end result was nice. But it was a MUCH smaller trailer too!
You did a great job there. Why sell it? You've just built your self a new trailer that will probably outlast everything now! After all that work, you should enjoy it now ... for a long, long time!
Why sell it? We already have the motorhome - I don't really need another camper, do I? :B
Thats where the rental thing might work. If it earns its keep maybe we'll keep it, if not, well...lets see what happens this summer.
As far as lasting - I agree with you there. There were a few pretty major design flaws that were big factors in causing the water damage - they have been fixed. The reconstruction also wasn't done on an assembly line, so I took the liberty to do things they just don't have time for in mass production. Something as simple as liquid nails; if 2 pieces of wood touch chances are there is liquid nails between them. I used 15 tubes of liquid nails on it. Every joint has been double or tripple sealed. The roof edge was done with Eternabond right from the start. There was a bunch of other stuff too, but you are correct - this one should last a long time.
