Tent Trailer: the roof continued

started to tear the roof skin off last night. it's a bit worse than i hoped, probably have to replace the whole thing.  it will be better in the end, i'm adding a half inch to the height of the roof, won't have to tack on a strip at the bottom.

(that's the old floor sitting on there to keep out the rain)

got the whole roof stripped. definitely have

to replace all the wood, and even the center

strut between the foam pieces. (the roof is

really a foam and aluminum sandwich with an internal 1 x 2 frame, with one 1 x 2 down the middle, which rotted to nothing for 2 feet, was soaking wet).

this means the only original parts of the trailer will be 3 1 x 2's in the roof, the roof foam, and the steel frame/axle/wheels.

so this is typical crap i have to deal with. they built this so freaking cheap they just used box staples on a butt joint at the corner of the roof.   

 

all i can do is pull the staples, stuff some gorilla glue in there (it foams to fill gaps), and drive in some long screws. if i try to suck the gap tight, it will warp the roof, the aluminum skin on the underside is already attached, and isn't coming off until next year.

same with the other corner. 

you can start to see an access hole for storage in the new roof end.

have to remove all the rusty staples and plastic trim inside the roof, so i can replace the 1 x 2 down the middle.
happy to see that junk gone.

the original back end. never got this very far east or south.

finally, got the front upper new curve built. it's only clamped in place, still have to replace the roof sides before i can attach permanently.