I dropped the belly pan on my 65 tradewind(The Silver Abaltross) to check the condition of thr frame Fortuantly it is in excellent condition very little rust mostly around the step and aft around the bath Itreated these areas and reprimed the frame. I was amaised that there was almost no signs of verman eaver being in the insulation The alumibum pan material was in bad shape and needed to be replaced. Wood workers in general dont do well working with metal. am using 1/4in ply treated with saturating epoxy and painted secured to the frame with pop rivits. this will be easly rendered verman proof with fiberglass tape aroundthe edges and wheel wells. there may be worse jobs than painting and working under a airstream trailer but not many (bailing septic tanks with a dixie cup comes to mind) I am begining to think that at 74 years I am gitting too old for this. Especially in the hot Flordia sun. My diesel generator arrived today my next progect is to silent and mount it on the toungh I have rewired the trailer running the wires under the floor and moved the control pannel into the kitchen where it is accessable. at least this keeps me off the street.one day it will be finished than what am I going to do? Jim Smith To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
