The wife just agreed that building a camping trailer to replace our wide & low pop-up is a good idea, and I have a '93 Buick Roadmaster that's going to the chopping block to provide some seed money. Hunt is on now for a M416!
I have done plenty of welding on a jeep frame, bumpers, skid plates, etc but not much sheet metal work. I want the trailer to be water tight for stream crossings, and it looks like the most common rust is the floor where it meets the tub sides. If there are through-holes there, how are they best repaired? The two ideas that come to mind are (1) cut out and weld a 1" wide strip along the entire perimeter of the floor, or (2) throw a piece of angle iron inside to tie the sides and floor together better? Either way, a lot of welding...this "90 degree sheet metal fix" is one I haven't noodled out yet.
Thanks for any suggestions, it'll help drive my decision on what passes as an "acceptable" starting point on the trailer condition.
Chris
I have done plenty of welding on a jeep frame, bumpers, skid plates, etc but not much sheet metal work. I want the trailer to be water tight for stream crossings, and it looks like the most common rust is the floor where it meets the tub sides. If there are through-holes there, how are they best repaired? The two ideas that come to mind are (1) cut out and weld a 1" wide strip along the entire perimeter of the floor, or (2) throw a piece of angle iron inside to tie the sides and floor together better? Either way, a lot of welding...this "90 degree sheet metal fix" is one I haven't noodled out yet.
Thanks for any suggestions, it'll help drive my decision on what passes as an "acceptable" starting point on the trailer condition.
Chris