I have a 2005 Eagle Cap 950 camper. I bought it just after Covid hit and took it on a 3 week trip and ended up at the first desert race since covid took a stranglehold of the world. I was trying to get a little further off the beaten path and after taking a long look at an entrance to a wash, I figured I could make it down safely and for some reason it felt like the truck took off in turbo mode and I went down to fast and I caught my right rear jack.
It tore the rear panel (with the door) backward 3-4 inches amongst other things. When I got it home I began to try to engineer a fix for it. I first took all the jack bolts out and then grabbed all of my large clamps and tried to clamp the back into place and then installed big lag bolts through the back panel. It fixed 95% of the issue on the back panel but we had another problem.
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The door area also has a very large drop compared to the floor. When we use the jack it levels out. When we pull the slide out, you can see most of the floor area flexing a little bit when you don't have the jack down.
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The camper has an aluminum frame and I'm sure it's snapped. I tried to build a support system underneath the whole camper but it was no where near strong enough to fix the damage that was done. I know it needs a huge tear down and repair. I have the tools and ability to do so, my main question is how do I even start...?
I don't know how to support it while I take it apart. I want to take the whole belly off and the rear 2 jacks and basically start over. I know I'll probably need to take the slide-out out. I think I'll end up replacing most of the passenger side walls and even perhaps the driver side.
Any advice or help is welcomed. I have gone through most of the rebuilds found on this website, however often times it's hard to tell how they support the camper while working on it, especially if I need to take the whole back of the camper off.
Thanks!
It tore the rear panel (with the door) backward 3-4 inches amongst other things. When I got it home I began to try to engineer a fix for it. I first took all the jack bolts out and then grabbed all of my large clamps and tried to clamp the back into place and then installed big lag bolts through the back panel. It fixed 95% of the issue on the back panel but we had another problem.
Click For Full-Size Image.The door area also has a very large drop compared to the floor. When we use the jack it levels out. When we pull the slide out, you can see most of the floor area flexing a little bit when you don't have the jack down.
Click For Full-Size Image.
Click For Full-Size Image.
Click For Full-Size Image.
Click For Full-Size Image.
Click For Full-Size Image.The camper has an aluminum frame and I'm sure it's snapped. I tried to build a support system underneath the whole camper but it was no where near strong enough to fix the damage that was done. I know it needs a huge tear down and repair. I have the tools and ability to do so, my main question is how do I even start...?
I don't know how to support it while I take it apart. I want to take the whole belly off and the rear 2 jacks and basically start over. I know I'll probably need to take the slide-out out. I think I'll end up replacing most of the passenger side walls and even perhaps the driver side.
Any advice or help is welcomed. I have gone through most of the rebuilds found on this website, however often times it's hard to tell how they support the camper while working on it, especially if I need to take the whole back of the camper off.
Thanks!
JoeChiOhki wrote:coryanderson wrote:
Need some help with what compound/epoxy I should use in this situation. This is the back corner where I dragged the jack. I plan to weld this area together, but 2 lag bolts come through this area to hold the jack in place. I would like to put something inside of the tubing that would act as wood so when I put lag bolts through they have something to grab onto.
Any ideas that would work the best for this situation?
Steel backing plate and bolting through instead of lag bolts.
That won't work. These pictures are from the side, the bolts are actually going from left to right in these pictures. I meant to take more last night and forgot.
I bought this stuff, but I think I need to insert the lag bolts before it dries. Has anyone used this stuff before?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-8-6-oz-Fast-Setting-Anchoring-Epoxy-862030/203604177?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&&mtc=Shopping-BF-F_D22-G-D22-022_009_CONCRETE-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-New_Engen&cm_mmc=Shopping-BF-F_D22-G-D22-022_009_CONCRETE-NA-NA-NA-SMART-NA-NA-New_Engen-71700000082416240-58700006970241162-92700062772249734&gclid=CjwKCAjwp7eUBhBeEiwAZbHwkY9R7b9tCEjAhHIW8XJaaZ2JM0KPOdqsNpVEOXnQCC8WYbEbpn3obxoCwr4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
coryanderson wrote:
Need some help with what compound/epoxy I should use in this situation. This is the back corner where I dragged the jack. I plan to weld this area together, but 2 lag bolts come through this area to hold the jack in place. I would like to put something inside of the tubing that would act as wood so when I put lag bolts through they have something to grab onto.
Any ideas that would work the best for this situation?
Steel backing plate and bolting through instead of lag bolts.
Need some help with what compound/epoxy I should use in this situation. This is the back corner where I dragged the jack. I plan to weld this area together, but 2 lag bolts come through this area to hold the jack in place. I would like to put something inside of the tubing that would act as wood so when I put lag bolts through they have something to grab onto.
Any ideas that would work the best for this situation?
Any ideas that would work the best for this situation?
I think my current plan is to build a camper dolly that will support the entire camper safely take apart the rear part of the camper and see what I find and go from there. I found these images from 2 others that built a dolly several years ago online.
Apparently I lost the knowhow to upload pictures to this forum, they are down below.
https://imgur.com/a/9w14PMD
I plan to build a combo of both of these. I like the taller one so I can store camp stuff underneath but I also like the wider stance, so I think I'm going to build those wings, but instead of wheels under the wings, I'll incorporate a screw jack of sorts that will add ample stability but still have the wheels under the vertical supports, like in the taller one.
Apparently I lost the knowhow to upload pictures to this forum, they are down below.
https://imgur.com/a/9w14PMD
I plan to build a combo of both of these. I like the taller one so I can store camp stuff underneath but I also like the wider stance, so I think I'm going to build those wings, but instead of wheels under the wings, I'll incorporate a screw jack of sorts that will add ample stability but still have the wheels under the vertical supports, like in the taller one.
