Winter TC Repair Project
I started a repair project on my TC about a week ago. This is the rear corner on the passenger side of the camper, and I’m fixing the damage from a water leak that existed when I bought the camper abo...
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Thanks guys! I’ll take all the encouragement I can get. :B
Well, I’ve got the “smooth sides” and “aluminum roof” part covered. Lance was still using a seamless aluminum sheet on the roof in 2001. It’s one of the reasons I still have this camper. I think Lance went rubber/plastic/TPO whatever in about 2005. There’s probably some down side to aluminum framed rv’s, but since I’ve never owned one I’m not sure what it would be.
This was today’s progress.
I sure wish I’d have remembered to drill the wiring holes through the new framework before I mounted the patch in place. I have a super long shank drill bit that could have drilled the entire run at once. But, had a senior moment I guess. You know, that’s the bad part of getting older. Always.........uh, er, ......... what was I talking about?
Fortunately, that’s why the gods of woodworking invented hex-drive drill bits and short extensions. If you stack up five or six 2” hex extensions, it acts like a flexible drive shaft and you can get quite a bit of deflection with it. The hardest hole was the one through the 6” wide board. Gott’er done though.
This is the new wide jack mounting bracket kit I ordered from Rieco-Titan. I’ve bolted the two plates together that make up one bracket. The old narrow bracket is on the left. Then there are two ring clamps, and the parts that make the T-brackets they will bolt to.
Did I mention that RT is a good company? :W
:):)
jdc1 wrote:
Every RV should be aluminum framed and aluminum smooth sided exterior with an aluminum roof.
But, yea. That is some nice work there.
Well, I’ve got the “smooth sides” and “aluminum roof” part covered. Lance was still using a seamless aluminum sheet on the roof in 2001. It’s one of the reasons I still have this camper. I think Lance went rubber/plastic/TPO whatever in about 2005. There’s probably some down side to aluminum framed rv’s, but since I’ve never owned one I’m not sure what it would be.
This was today’s progress.
I sure wish I’d have remembered to drill the wiring holes through the new framework before I mounted the patch in place. I have a super long shank drill bit that could have drilled the entire run at once. But, had a senior moment I guess. You know, that’s the bad part of getting older. Always.........uh, er, ......... what was I talking about?
Fortunately, that’s why the gods of woodworking invented hex-drive drill bits and short extensions. If you stack up five or six 2” hex extensions, it acts like a flexible drive shaft and you can get quite a bit of deflection with it. The hardest hole was the one through the 6” wide board. Gott’er done though.
This is the new wide jack mounting bracket kit I ordered from Rieco-Titan. I’ve bolted the two plates together that make up one bracket. The old narrow bracket is on the left. Then there are two ring clamps, and the parts that make the T-brackets they will bolt to.
Did I mention that RT is a good company? :W
:):)
