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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A few more rivets to go today when help arrives and then onto the patching for the metalwork.
Thankfully can multitask and get some of the plywood rebuilt. 2 x 3/4 doug fir throughout. My wings and floor in the Ultra were both 1.5" thick. The sides between the floor and the wing were 5/8" and I will make that 1.5" as well for strength.
Here is wing #1.
I think it was SilverP who used a 12" radius for the corner, I could be wrong, so I started with that on a test piece and had to use a 14.5" radius in the end for it to work. The wood was too rotted for me to make a pattern with on both sides at that area. With the planer and belt sander it only took about 15 mins a side for the roundover on the edge.
Anyone know where I can source 1/2" elevator bolts for the jack mounts? Once the wings are in and secured I want to reattach the jacks to lift it up when the floor is ready to be replaced. I guess I could just use regular 1/2" bolts for now with some support at the head while I am waiting to find elevator bolts.
Thankfully can multitask and get some of the plywood rebuilt. 2 x 3/4 doug fir throughout. My wings and floor in the Ultra were both 1.5" thick. The sides between the floor and the wing were 5/8" and I will make that 1.5" as well for strength.
Here is wing #1.
I think it was SilverP who used a 12" radius for the corner, I could be wrong, so I started with that on a test piece and had to use a 14.5" radius in the end for it to work. The wood was too rotted for me to make a pattern with on both sides at that area. With the planer and belt sander it only took about 15 mins a side for the roundover on the edge.
Anyone know where I can source 1/2" elevator bolts for the jack mounts? Once the wings are in and secured I want to reattach the jacks to lift it up when the floor is ready to be replaced. I guess I could just use regular 1/2" bolts for now with some support at the head while I am waiting to find elevator bolts.
