Introducing il Progetto

[blackbetsy51]

if you have a couple rotten spots in your subfloor you should take off a full panel of subfloor. take a look at the insulation and for rust on your metal frames. i recently started a 79 argosy and i was suprised how disgusting it was under the floors.
for now i wouldnt spend money on a fridge and water heater, i would be looking at impact drivers, plywood, and insulation.

i used to live in SA, went to UTSA. Texas Argosies Unite ")

[blackbetsy51]

try to trace everything before you burn your old subfloor.. it sits in this metal frame that runs around the perimeter of the rig. it can be a pain to get that floor out. crowbar and hammer should do the trick. also crowbars work efficiently for getting out rivets, there are youtube videos out there that show you how to do it with a drill bit. good luck, don't forget your mask and goggles when starting to mess with that stuff under the subfloor

[DKB_SATX]

Originally Posted by blackbetsy51

if you have a couple rotten spots in your subfloor you should take off a full panel of subfloor. take a look at the insulation and for rust on your metal frames. i recently started a 79 argosy and i was suprised how disgusting it was under the floors.
for now i wouldnt spend money on a fridge and water heater, i would be looking at impact drivers, plywood, and insulation.

i used to live in SA, went to UTSA. Texas Argosies Unite ")

I lived in SA when I signed up for AIRForums. I should have known better than to put potentially-changing data in my ID (databases are my profession) but I wasn't thinking about work when I signed up. We've been in Fort Worth for years now!

Even if the subfloor had been perfect, the belly pan is far from it. A full replacement of the belly pan was already on the menu, and removal of all the insulation, replacing it with something waterproof like reflectix. In that process any frame issues will be addressed.

I've already bought a water heater but only because a very favorable deal presented itself. The refrigerator will be a very late purchase, sometime next year, when all the other structure and systems stuff is ready for a shakedown trip.

I'm farming out the subfloor work to Top because I want to get it done in a timely fashion and done properly the first time. I don't have enough time to devote to it and I don't have a great place to work on it. I'm doing the less-skilled disassembly and prep first so I'm not paying for all that.

[mutcth]

I blame that screwdriver! Probably was super-strong. Mere wood didn't stand a chance.

You're probably leaning this way, but I'd get the whole subfloor replaced. If this trailer's a keeper, then do it once and do it right.

Tom

[slowmover]

Any update in past year?

[DKB_SATX]

I have done a lot of deconstruction and cleanup, and some planning... I'm waiting for a place in the shop for replacing axles, floor segments and the belly pan and a curved segment and pano window.