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pjay9's avatar
pjay9
Explorer
Aug 30, 2013

Search HELP! Lance rot issue

HI, I have tried may different searchs and cannot find anything on repairing the dryrot in a Lance cabover with front window..if nayone can privide links it would so greatly appreciated.

It appears that I have issues as I noticed stains on the overhead speakers and see rust dips on the wall near the front closet from the small stables, plus I have tapped the outside and it feels flexible, soft and not sounding good...along with that I have another issue. The thin rail front to back under the slide is bending and I see cracked wood at the splits in the siding...I think I have some major rebuild to conduct.

Any links would be helpful THX so much!

2005 Lance 1161...truck has 160K and I would suspect the camper has 100K...the camper basiclly resides on the truck.
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  • joerg68's avatar
    joerg68
    Nomad III
    Aug 30, 2013
    Hi pjay9,

    I get 8 pages with results when searching for "Lance dry rot". There certainly have been a number of threads on the issue (and not just for Lance campers); notably I can remember user "88Lover" posting his ordeal with the cabover repair.

    Here is what I did:
    Go to "advanced search"
    Enter "Keywords" = "Lance dry rot"
    Keyword Match = Find posts with all of the words in any order
    Date Posted = Archive - over 1 year ago
    Forum(s) = Truck Campers
    Click "Search".

    There are also several topics in the Truck Camper university.
    http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25966285.cfm
  • sabconsulting's avatar
    sabconsulting
    Explorer
    Aug 30, 2013
    A great place to look for this is the Truck camper university thread.

    Good luck - rot has a nasty habit of being worse than you first think. Joerg can certainly testify to that too :E

    It will be interesting to see what interesting challenges having a slide starts to pose as campers get old and start to rot.

    Steve.
  • pjay9's avatar
    pjay9
    Explorer
    Aug 31, 2013
    THX to ALL...I totally forgot about TU...good tip. J68, the search nomincalture was the same and it just didn't do what you have shown...Who knows! Now what I am amazed about is two replies are from across the pond...I was stationed at RAF Ruislip back in the 70's! THX again...onward to getting this resolved...this moring I have been doing measuring and trying to figure out how to get this TC undercover before our NW rains start. THX again!
  • pjay9's avatar
    pjay9
    Explorer
    Sep 01, 2013
    The TU section is such a good place for what I need to know...thx again for the reminder.
  • sabconsulting's avatar
    sabconsulting
    Explorer
    Sep 01, 2013
    pjay9 wrote:
    ...I was stationed at RAF Ruislip back in the 70's!...


    Sally's father was stationed at RAF Northolt around then too :C

    Steve.

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