Ouch!

[Surfrat]

While walking home from storing my camper at storage facility, I past a body fender place. Sitting out in it's yard was a sad looking camper. Now since there are not a lot of truck campers on Long Island I probably know it's owner. How it got wrecked I can only guess it hit one of Long Islands low Highway over passes.

[anutami]

Thanks for reminding me of two weeks ago when I ran over a sumerged rock at our local lake and totaled our boat.

[burningman]

bighatnohorse wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

My old AF camper handles 100 mph buffeting just fine.......as long as there isn't a bridge in the way!

You should slow down a little.

All it takes is 60 MPH into a 40 MPH wind gust to get that.

[Fisher_Bill]

Looks like a long arm of an oak tree branch could have done this also

[bighatnohorse]

Grit dog wrote:

My old AF camper handles 100 mph buffeting just fine.......as long as there isn't a bridge in the way!

You should slow down a little.

[valhalla360]

travelnutz wrote:
Yes, a total loss and doesn't anyone notice that there is not one vertical wall stud showing or even an end of one at the top of the fractured wall or at the bottom of the cab over area? In other words, the skin had to be the support for the cab over extension. Not a well built TC in my view.

Do your walls in your home not have wall studs either?

As others have said, there are studs but more importantly, studs are only one method of construction. If done properly sandwich wall construction can be both lighter and stronger than stud built walls. You don't see a lot of it in residential construction but in commercial buildings you are seeing more of it.

Of course, no one is designing an RV that will handle a bridge hit at speed.

[DWeikert]

travelnutz wrote:
Yes, a total loss and doesn't anyone notice that there is not one vertical wall stud showing or even an end of one at the top of the fractured wall or at the bottom of the cab over area? In other words, the skin had to be the support for the cab over extension. Not a well built TC in my view.

Do your walls in your home not have wall studs either?

I don't think vertical studs do much to support the cabover. It's the boards cantilevered out from the main camper body that do the supporting. The wall studs in your home only support the above floor/roof because the bottom of the wall studs are anchored to the floor, then the floor does the supporting. With a top and bottom board cantilevered out to support the weight the only thing vertical studs do is give you a place to anchor the siding/paneling.
See- How to Build A Cabover Cantilever

[kohldad]

There are several studs visible when you look close. Have to remember in a lot of trailers and TC, a "stud" is a nothing more than a piece of 3/4" x 1" or 1" x 1-1/2" wood. Because of the small size, they sheared off easily when the object was hit.

My 2004 Lance uses 3/4" x 1" and has survived for 13 years with no sign of issues or stress.

[Grit_dog]

travelnutz wrote:
Yes, a total loss and doesn't anyone notice that there is not one vertical wall stud showing or even an end of one at the top of the fractured wall or at the bottom of the cab over area? In other words, the skin had to be the support for the cab over extension. Not a well built TC in my view.

Do your walls in your home not have wall studs either?

I don't think it matters how the walls are built if you do that, lol.
My old AF camper handles 100 mph buffeting just fine.......as long as there isn't a bridge in the way!

[bighatnohorse]

Probably hit a curved overhead bridge - major pressure to roof area forced "wings" downward (see first photo left of pass through window crack) and destroyed the frame at many points.
This one is for parts salvage.

[sgip2000]

RoyF wrote:
Looks like Artic Fox. I thought that they had a reputation for quality.:@

Newer models have an aluminum frame. That one is probably 20+ years old.

[Kayteg1]

Jacks are good.

[RoyF]

Looks like Artic Fox. I thought that they had a reputation for quality.:@

[travelnutz]

Yes, a total loss and doesn't anyone notice that there is not one vertical wall stud showing or even an end of one at the top of the fractured wall or at the bottom of the cab over area? In other words, the skin had to be the support for the cab over extension. Not a well built TC in my view.

Do your walls in your home not have wall studs either?

[work2much]

Have to figure that is a total loss.

[HMS_Beagle]

3 dog nights wrote:
Pity no one threw a tarp over it, while it's sitting there. Damage will just escalate.

I don't think additional damage is going to hurt that one.