Ugh wet wood in Bigfoot
I recently bought a 2003 Bigfoot 10.5. The interior is in excellent condition. Seems to have barely been used. Generator has 30 hours on it. I paid the local Bigfoot dealer to inspect it before I boug...
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HMS Beagle wrote:Geo*Boy wrote:
Instead of plywood, use Coosa Composite for your repairs. It’s impervious to moisture.
Coosa board is not a very strong structural material. I'd suggest G10 fiberglass sheet. It is reasonably available in almost any thickness, consistent, strong, bonds well, will hold self tapping or tapped machine screws as well as aluminum, and will not rot.
I emailed Grant at Bigfoot to see what he thought. I was considering a hybrid option of a fiberglass laminate with a plywood core (ala Tolman skiff glass over plywood). Basically a plywood FRP sandwich panel. I could also just build up an FRP laminate to whatever thickness I want (G10 is pricey). I actually have access to a vacuum bag system at work. Epoxy and FG weave is relatively cheap. I usually do hand layup and vacuum bag to get a good fiber fraction. If I want to do a really thick section (many plies) it might make sense to do vacuum impregnation.
The other tricky bit is that I am going to have to splice two halves together to get it into position. Either that or I will need to cut out a section of the generator floor and then patch it after. I digress.
I might be overthinking this. I don’t plan to reinstall the generator so I am going to leave the compartment open so I can easily inspect for water ingress. I am going to install a soft start on the A/C and then use a 2.2kW portable generator modified to run on LP.
Anyone want to buy a 2.5kW Onan LP generator with less than 50 hours?
