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After giving it much thought, I decided to alter the rear support of the frame. The photos show the extruded channel sitting in place around the curve…where’s the beef? Is this a reason most people have problems with the rear baths succumbing to gravity? The last outrigger was approximately 1 ½” shorter than the other outriggers, so I had to weld on an extension. I then cut and fit an angle from the outrigger to the main frame to support as much of the sub floor weight as I could. Granted, I’m not the most accomplished welder, but the end result is a solid foundation for the new sub floor. One other little modification included the support angle at the rear of the new black tank pan. The original was just a piece of thin bar stock. I replaced it with a thicker angle iron. The new tank pan is set up to where I can hold it in place with two end brackets, drop the floor on it and then screw it to the wood rather than trying to lift the whole thing up with a jack and working underneath. The brackets will allow me to remove the pan in the future by shifting it to one side, clear the other side lip from its bracket and drop one end at a time. The brackets were welded below the top face of the frame to allow for this shifting. Although I’ll probably never see this occur (hopefully), I’ll include the removal instructions in the personalized owner’s manual for my grandkids.
Now where's the rest of that POR-15?
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