Reddog1 wrote:
I too had butt sag with the Amerigo I had. When I gutted the it for refurbish, I discovered the problem. It had 2"x4" laid flat on the floor. Not on edge, but flat. As I recall, there were four of them. They were bowed from age, just hanging too long. Of the top of the walls, each side had one 2"x6" or 2"x8" on edge. These two also supported the rear overhang. My problem there was they both suffered from dry rot. I considered running a 2"x4" steel tubing frame under the TC. If my memory is not failing me, I would have run it flat to the overhang, down and to the rear. It would have been gusseted. On further inspection of the fiberglass roof, I saw thousands of pin holes. So, decided to abandon the project.
Wayne
Ours was stored under cover when it wasn't in use, still plan to snow roof the top as a protective.
Wagonqueen Truckster wrote:
The fiberglass can be a problem for sure. I fortunately got a camper that must have been stored indoors as it didn't have even a scratch. I purchased a donor window and to get it off the other camper, we acually cut out a portion of the fiberglass cab over. The fiberglass still around the donor window wax actually dry rotted. It almost crumbled under foot, when we were tugging the donor window out of its frame. So I can see how the age of fiberglass could have rot or pinholes throughout.
Is the front window heat molded into that shape or is it just a thin sheet of plastic that's simply bent into shape via the rubber gasket?
