Rebuiling A Dutchman Tent Trailer Roof

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Rebuiling a dutchman tent trailer roof.

574 262 4358 fax email contact form. Canvas insert track canvas replacements camper curtains valances lift system parts misc. The dealer said approx. 1978 starcraft galaxy swinger roof re build and canvas replacementmay june 2015owner troy crivelloneas with many old tent trailers the roof on my 78 starcraft was not working at all.

3000 00 for a new one. The camper itself is in excellent condition and isn t of much use with a bad roof. This is going to be a long series. Parts cleaning and patching important links apache repair manual c r lift system installation instructions coleman fleetwood repair manual goshen spring and cable change procedure l w repair manual viking and jayco starcraft 1982 and older manual starcraft lift system manual 1985 and up and most 83 s.

Our canvas patch kits come with tear mender adhesive. I plan on completely rebuilding it myself. When the tear mender adhesive is fully dry the repaired area remains. Video and photos describing how to replace an old plastic tent trailer top with spray on bedliner.

Do you have a pop up camper with a water damaged roof. Unfortunately the roof of the camper we bought was beyond repair and rotting away. The roof is water damaged and needs to be replaced. We ll do a little roof rebuild series but fair warning.

While rebuilding the roof of the pop up camper wasn t necessarily difficult it was tedious. I own a 1995 dutchman model 1203 popup tent camper. In most models of pop up campers the roof has to be lifted popped up or raised before the vehicle can be used this is done using a lifting system composed of winches cables springs and pulleys. However there are different types of camper lifting systems depending on the brand and model even though the earlier versions are basically lifted using a simple system composed of a cable.

Replacing your pop up camper s canvas is extremely expensive. Our new patch kits are a great cost effective alternative as they allow you to easily make permanent repairs to your pop up camper s canvas material without paying to replace the entire canvas. We really want to go into detail on just how we tackled our pop up camper roof rebuild so we are breaking this post up into several smaller posts. Tent trailer roof re build.

The metal roof had many many pinholes and dry rot that in 20. Has anyone ever attempted to take on this task.