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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ticki2 wrote:
Sounds like you are making good progress . As long as the total thickness of the bunk floor is the same it should work fine . Since I didn't have to replace mine I don't know how the bunk floor was attached to the frame . I suspect it was screwed up from the bottom into the aluminum perimeter U channel , or perhaps down through the channel into the wood . I am not clear on the extra wood you want to add between the ribs . All my windows are framed with aluminum U channel so again not sure why you are adding 2"x2" alum angle under the front window . Some pictures would help clarify .
Ticki2...hope to get some pics soon....they screwed down through the U channel into the wood (Same with the wings)They also used 2" L brackets at the ribs screwed into the rib/U channel into the wood.
Because of the deteriorated condition of the L brackets and U channel areas. I am thinking that strips of wood fitted into the U channel, screwed through,into the wood will provide more support.(instead of using fender washers)
The idea of the angle is that it will span the area under the window, rib to rib (at the bottom of the frame) It will be screwed into the ribs on either side of the window, then screwed into the floor. Providing support in the front center of the bunk, directly to the ribs.
yeh I know a pic is worth a thousand words....
