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sheltie
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RIP Denny aka: sheltie

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Motorhome Repairs Jul 26, 2013 10:57:23 GMT -5

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Post by sheltie on Jul 26, 2013 10:57:23 GMT -5

What, you ask, do motorhome repairs have to do with rocks? Well, I'll tell you.

Every year we leave our home in central Texas to spend summers at our favorite campground in SW CO. From there, we make frequent local hounding runs, plus trips to the NW for more hounding. This year we started up there in May and got almost to Lubbock before we were hit by a nasty wind storm (yeah, go figure - wind in Lubbock!). The wind managed to pry up a small portion on one side of the roof and from there went crazy, ripping off more than 20' of the roof and causing all kinds of jagged tears. I managed to put temporary repairs on it and limped back home the next day.

Our new roof just arrived from the factory today. Sorry there is no perspective for size in the picture, but the rood is 36' x 8', one piece. The other pix were taken from the inside plus one showing the rear cap removed and the A/C ducting exposed. The had to remove everything from the top of the roof, plus the fridge, some of the cabinets plus other assorted odd things. With luck, it will be in one piece next week and ready to either be sold or for the next trip.

Who ever said that hounding was an inexpensive way to have fun???!!!

rockpickerforever
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RIP Jean Bradley, you are forever loved

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Motorhome Repairs Jul 26, 2013 12:18:22 GMT -5

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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 12:18:22 GMT -5

I hope you have insurance to pick up the tab on that one. OUCH! We had the fiberglass siding peel off an old trailer we used to own. It wasn't because of the wind, just going down the highway at 60 mph! Older trailer, with older adhesive.

The entire side had to be replaced. When we got estimates to have it repaired, they varied from $600 to several thousand dollars! The second estimate was at a place that believed I had insurance to cover it - wrong! I'd never go to this place again. The place that repaired it for $600 did a good job, they even painted the stripe on the side in perfectly matching paint (it was actually a decal, but that's okay) at no charge! Nice folks there.

In our new trailer, were hit with some high winds once when we were camped out at Wiley's Well. It was not a problem when the wind was hitting us straight on, like if we had been driving down the road. But when the wind shifted, and started pummeling us from the side - yikes! It actually lifted the trailer up off the blocks on the windward side. Scary...

I hope everything works out for you, Denny. Jean

Forty years of fur children

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Motorhome Repairs Jul 26, 2013 13:42:25 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 13:42:25 GMT -5

Yup things can get hairy. I had a C class motor home and we were camped at Caddo lake on the east Texas border. It rained for a couple of days to soften up the ground then sent in a wind to start knocking trees down. BIG TREES. As luck would have it I was the only one in the park that hot hit by a tree. Luckily it hit close enough to the top of the tree that it broke off at about a six inch diameter about six feet from the camper. It put a big U shape notch in the top at one wall and broke the back end down about two inches at the bumper. Insurance called it a total loss so I went and bought a better one with my check. I didn't know that motor homes could bounce so hard. lol
Jim

jakesrocks
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RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks

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Motorhome Repairs Jul 26, 2013 14:23:06 GMT -5

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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 14:23:06 GMT -5

I worked for a number of years in the design shop for Fleetwood motor homes. I can attest to the difficulties installing a roof. The floor is the first piece installed, followed by the interior framework, next the outer sidewalls are installed, followed by the roof, followed by the end caps. The interior is all installed afterwards. To replace a roof, the end caps and much of the interior must be removed.

Don --- USN Retired

rockpickerforever
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RIP Jean Bradley, you are forever loved

Member since July 2011
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Motorhome Repairs Jul 26, 2013 14:49:40 GMT -5

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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 14:49:40 GMT -5

The Weekend Warrior we currently have was assembled with nails and glue. You'd have to pretty much tear everything up just to simply remove a cabinet. We've already replaced a section of rotted OSB and a few cross beams on the roof. Had to cut and splice about 30 wires than ran through the wood cross beams. God help the person that has to replace a rotted floor.

Forty years of fur children

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