Reinforcing J-Wrap on Travel Trailer

[rangerbait]

Howdy!

Has anyone taken measures to reinforce the aluminum J Wrap moulding around the bottom of your corrugated travel trailer? On my old trailer, I had two sections of it torn loose while driving in heavy cross winds; the first was a section just forward of the door while we were crossing the Mojave Desert, and the second was a section on the driver's side of the trailer crossing the plains of South Dakota. The J-Wrap is pretty flimsily attached to the underside of the trailer with only a few aluminum diagonal braces connecting the bottom of the wrap to the trailer.

I am looking for a way to keep this from happening on my new rig...my thought was to use a 1x2 to sandwich the connecting edge of the wrap between the 1x2 and the underside of the trailer to distribute the holding force across the entire wrap, rather than just a few drywall screws, then adding a few more diagonal braces. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

[Dakota98]

I don't know if this would be of any use to you but,

A few years ago I secured the bottom edge of a Pop-Up I had with this trim. It's actually used as corner edge protection in a S&B to protect the edges of an interior entry way. It's clear plastic & can be painted, if needed. I measured & cut the lengths needed to go around the bottom of the PU & pre-drilled the screw holes, so as to not split the plastic when mounted.

Just a thought.

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