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Atlee wrote:
Then your Jayco is built differently than my Jayco 23RB. Part of the wheel well is exposed inside my trailer with nothing covering it,
except a piece of carpet. If it were stepped on, it would totally bend out of shape. It has no strength.

gmw photos wrote:


Yes, the galv sheet above the wheels under my Funfinder is pretty thin. It appears to be 1/32" ( 22 gauge ), so it's only one third the thickness of what Westend used in his Starcraft rebuild. Still, it's likely better than nothing at all in the event of a tire coming apart.
It's attached flush to the 5/8" plywood that is the floor, so that makes it pretty stiff.
So far I have not tested out that feature on this trailer.

I never looked really closely at a Jayco when I was shopping because at the time they didn't have a floorplan I liked. I will say my Funfinder ( by Cruiser ) is pretty much a mixed bag when it comes to how it was assembled. But I expected that.
The fundamentals are solid enough. The frame is designed adequately and welded pretty well, etc. Even though it is just a 4100 pound trailer ( loaded ), it has tandem axles.

So it was mostly as case of fixing sloppy assembly inside. Things like stripped screws holding cabinet doors, trim that was loose, etc.

Another thing they don't do is there was not enough electrical outlets. I ran four more so I can plug my PC and a table lamp on the dinette(workstation) table, and one in the galley for the coffee maker. I've added a 4 port USB charging outlet, re-routed cable feed for the sat dish ( I re-located the TV set ) and added a 120V outlet there also for the TV and sat recv.

The roof seam where the front wall meets the roof only had dicor added as far in as they apparently could reach from a ladder at each side. I needed to get on the roof to reach the center part of it. Would it have leaked ? Maybe, maybe not, because there is butyl tape under that trim also. Still, if they are going to add caulk to a seam, they should do it all. I caulked it as soon as I got it home.

All this is my point in these things: some assembly required. Like buying something at Ikea, only an RV is a lot more fun. You gotta like working on these things for the experience to go well.