1967 Tradewind Renovation - Page 2

SilverHoot · 08-02-2009, 05:18 PM

Was able to put in quite a few hours today. Here's where it's at.

SilverHoot · 08-05-2009, 05:37 PM

Can't figure out why these cutouts are on the exterior skin and in the U-channel on both side above the frame. Take a look.

StingrayL82 · 08-05-2009, 08:30 PM

I believe those might be weepholes, to get rid of condensation?

SilverHoot · 08-05-2009, 09:16 PM

Had not thought of that. although I would not have expected them to be so large 1.5" x 6"

SilverHoot · 08-06-2009, 07:35 AM

Not the horribleness that I have seen hidden under some floors. Frame looks like no major problems. The U-channel had some little 'T' shaped nails that that were difficult to remove when they weren't rusted way. Now I get to try and recreate the corner curve where it was completely rotted away. The plan is to put the old floor on a piece of luan then put the U-channel in it's original position and tracing the curve of the U-channel where there is no floor. Then will use the luan to test fit.

**silverleeper** · 08-06-2009, 07:40 AM

Not weep holes. I'm going to guess that was cut to some rear sag frame repair in the past. If you look at the sprayed black stuff you can see the holes were cut after assembly. Looks like it's weakened the c-channel and it's cracking. You should reinforce or replace those areas. Yep the t-nails are a pain in the @##. Good progress. Keep it up!

P.S. By the time I was done I really hated the spray in foam insulation.

SilverHoot · 08-06-2009, 10:20 AM

I guess I'm unclear what rear end sag is and how you determine if you have it. Wait a minute I know how to determine if I have it, look in a mirror. I meant how to determine if your trailer has it! I guess I thought it was when the frame drooped a bit causing a separation between the shell and the floor. If this were the case why would it need notches ? Unless the shell sags downward or the frame gets bent upward somehow???? How can I confirm whether I have a problem or not?

**silverleeper** · 08-06-2009, 10:32 AM

What your doing now will fix any rear seperation problems. Going through the outside to fix a sag problem is easer than taking out the bath area. It's usually a tempoary fix.

SilverHoot · 08-06-2009, 10:42 AM

Lee,

Thanks for that and yes I hate that spray foam crap! It made a lot of my job so much harder. Heading out to do some more work, it is uncustomarily cool here to today and I want to take full advantage! I'll post progress later.

StingrayL82 · 08-06-2009, 07:57 PM

Oh wow! Yeah, that's definitely not a weep hole! My eyes were playing tricks on me last night...I only saw a triangle sized hole (wasn't able to enlarge the pic last night), but now I see it clearly.

SilverHoot · 08-07-2009, 08:29 AM

Here's what's left of the rear floor. The large section in the middle was a PO's attempt at floor repair, it was supported by the black tank only! I aligned the U-channel up with the original attachment holes where they were available and used wood screws to attach to some 1/8" luan. This enabled me to trace around the edge of the floor and U-channel where floor had disintegrated to create at template out of the luan sheet. I'll check the luan template for fit before I take the next piece flooring out. Then use template to make new flooring.

SilverHoot · 08-08-2009, 07:48 AM

I've been trying to figure out why the left rear of the trailer skin is jammed against the frame rail. What I think is that maybe at some time in this trailers life it was either damaged and repaired via a skin over existing, I see no evidence of damage from the inside, though it could be under the interior endcap . Another possibility is that it was skinned over due to rear end sag and when skinned it seem that it the curved bottom panel extends about 1/2" lower than the panel on the other side. So, if this is the case what is my course of action to fix it? Remove and replace or just trim the bottom edge? Hope you can see what I am speaking of. Also, does this look like the way the bumper was originally attached?

**silverleeper** · 08-08-2009, 09:00 AM

Have you put the floor back in? If not. The shell is sitting on the frame because you took out the floor and c-channel that supports the shell.

SilverHoot · 08-08-2009, 10:13 AM

I think it is a bit more than that as there is nothing supporting the shell on either side. Left side is tightly jammed into the frame and the right side is not. The floor is not back in, just the template to check fit. So, if what you say is correct ( and you very well may be correct) why is it not the same on both sides? Next question is how will I raise the shell if what you say is correct? I tried to lift it by grabbing under the edge but it didn't budge at all. Also, another thing about that corner is the 2 support ribs that you can see in the picture are not attached to shell except at the very to of the ribs. Thanks for looking