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silversand
Explorer
Oct 17, 2014

This style camper hatch may put you in trouble for rot:

Follow-up to our camper rot / water infil issues: Just a heads-up to anyone owning a truck camper with exterior hatches (I suspect that this would be everyone with a camper): -the style of hatch...
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woodhog
Explorer
Oct 17, 2014
Sorry to see that on your camper, just another example of how it is almost impossible to keep the water out of these things.

I have been removing all exterior fittings, anything that is sealed with a caulking gun, rebedding in Butyl tape, remounting and then caulking again.

If I ever buy another TC it will have no wood...

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