I only had one day last weekend to do work on the camper and I haven't had too much time to update since then. The roof and box are now separated from the frame and floor.
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| Six lag screws and four smaller screws appeared to be holding the floor to the frame but once I started removing them I found only 4 good lag screws and the rest were rusted and sheared off. Bad news is that two of the lag crews were in the rotted floor section. Basically the whole camper was being held on the frame by weight, copper gas connections, hitch and brake wiring, and two lag screws! |
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| I know it is overkill but here's the floor. |
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| I was able to remove all of the floor missing here using only my hands since it was basically a mulch sponge. |
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| I flipped the floor off the frame so that I could saw it up into smaller strips. Much easier to handle. I was surprised to find that the whole floor sheet was continuous and not multiple sheets. |
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| Still looking confident... |
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| The back 3 feet of floor that I removed by hand. |
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| I cut in and installed some 6" speakers while I had the chance. |
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| Speakers from the inside |
Later on Monday I took the entire frame over to a local welder to sand down and re-paint. Thinking about having a hitch receiver welded on the back of the frame for a bike carrier or cargo tray. I also special ordered 3 sheets of 3/4" marine grade plywood for the new floor. I am not going to reinstall the plastic sheet that was underneath the original floor. It just held any moisture inside. The plastic and vinyl flooring just made a big Ziploc bag.
This weekend I only plan on doing some cleaning of the heater and refrigerator now that I have them out and accessible. The frame may be all done by this weekend as well. The plywood is probably not going to be here in town until March 9.
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