Manfred65
Senior Member
Great Progress Cory!
Sounds like you’re have no the time of your life! It will be a funny story sometime in the future!?corybrown50 said:Well.....it's my time off for 5 days for a business trip. I didn't get as much done as I wanted to and I wasn't able to take as many pictures as I should have since the rains came through Sunday afternoon earlier than expected.
I'm not one to complain.....but....here's a pretty rough complaint I had to deal with......
I sent my wife to Gander Outdoors for butyl tape. This is not a product that either of us has ever had any experience with before this project. Well.....the 1" tape they sold us was sooooo oooold that the paper had crepe'd up. We couldn't even get the paper off to be able to use the 3 rolls of 1" we have. We played and played with it trying to get it to work. No dice......unfortunately.....the store is an hour away. I don't know if I'll even be able to take it back.....
I was able to get all the outside stuff back on with the 3/4" tape...
Even the handle and original build badge......
We also had some problems with Amazon's 2 day shipping actually becoming 5 day. I had 1" insert that was supposed to arrive Friday so we could get everything sealed up before I left. We wanted to have the insert in before lap sealing the middle ridge line as trying to put it in after was too much for us thinking we would mess it up trying to get it in. I called customer service all night Friday and multiple times all day Saturday, even offering to meet someone to pick it up Saturday so we could get everything water tight before I left. Well.....as you can expect.....it doesn't work that way. It did, of course, arrive this afternoon, while I'm 10 hours away from the camper.
Since there was already lap sealant on. I had to build up a tent structure to put her away for the next 5 days. I had my wife, mother in law, and daughter all "helping" to get it in place. She finally got covered after a little bit of rain for a bit of rest for the week, and allowing my hands to hopefully be fully healed from all the tears, cuts, bruises, and swelling before the final rush that will start this weekend.....
If anyone wants to join me back in Cincinnati this weekend and next week to race to the end....you are more than welcome!!!
Thanks Manfred! Seems like roofs blasting off are more common than I would guess. The lady that owned mine said it set sail and was on some highway in Cali - so I never had a chance to see how it all connected. Thanks again for the pics.Manfred65 said:@ HughDog:
One of my customers lost the roof on his Palomino Bronco B1500 two weeks ago. He is 280 miles from so i have only one pic that show the bent tube and connection to the roof after the incident.
May be it helps
Manfred
Thanks man -There are pieces of the canvas still attached to the top if that counts!corybrown50 said:Wow.....your post is timely. I keep reminding myself that I need to put the latches back on.
All the poles going up are is hollow tube welded at the bottom with a plug if I remember correctly. Just straight square tube to fit inside the vertical with a hole drilled in the top for a bolt to go through the sides of the roof wall.
Man....that rig is a beauty. Would love that one. Were you able to recover the roof at all?