Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Silver, glad to see you've mastered photo posting. It's always a bit of a scramble for me.
Looking at your very nice repairs, I'd urge you to consider completely epoxy coating all the wood. The problem with the breathing idea is that water will get in. There will be leaks and the water will take a very long time to get out. I'd be guided by the notion of building a boat - no raw wood anywhere. Nothing will waterproof as well as epoxy. I'd also caulk each fastener hole you make into wood as you insert the fastener.
Rastaman, regarding water heaters, I'm mounting a small demand heater on the wall above the sink. I'm not planning to exhaust it through the roof. I reckon it won't be on long enough each use to make carbon monoxide an issue. Rather like using the stove, I will open a window or ceiling vent.
I'm mounting the truck frame again today, in anticipation of permanently attaching Argo to the truck. The all-aluminum frame flexed too much when loaded so we've replaced the bottom cross members with steel ones. Pics as I move forward...
Dick
Looking at your very nice repairs, I'd urge you to consider completely epoxy coating all the wood. The problem with the breathing idea is that water will get in. There will be leaks and the water will take a very long time to get out. I'd be guided by the notion of building a boat - no raw wood anywhere. Nothing will waterproof as well as epoxy. I'd also caulk each fastener hole you make into wood as you insert the fastener.
Rastaman, regarding water heaters, I'm mounting a small demand heater on the wall above the sink. I'm not planning to exhaust it through the roof. I reckon it won't be on long enough each use to make carbon monoxide an issue. Rather like using the stove, I will open a window or ceiling vent.
I'm mounting the truck frame again today, in anticipation of permanently attaching Argo to the truck. The all-aluminum frame flexed too much when loaded so we've replaced the bottom cross members with steel ones. Pics as I move forward...
Dick
