Wondering about 1986 construction..

[Spazatak]

Hello new here..

Ive known for a while that holiday rambler built high quality travel trailers, but I have a specific question about their construction methods..

I'd like to know how holiday rambler connected the upper aluminum side walls to the steel floor frame, and did they ever change?

Ive looked at pictures that show the main frame is pretty much a regular steel travel trailer frame with steel out riggers. Then it looks like a sandwiched insulated plywood floor assembly on top of the steel frame.

My question is, can I remove all of the plywood flooring/insulation and start fresh from the original steel frame, which the aluminum sidewalls are attached to?
Or, are the aluminum sidewalls attached to the plywood floor system, making it impossible to remove all of the plywood similar to most other "aluminum" travel trailers except featherlite and ATC cargo trailer type's?

Thanks!

 

[Spazatak]

No ones renovated a holiday rambler?

 

["EZ"]

Sorry man. I own a Holiday Rambler Ambassador Class A diesel pusher. I'm sure it's built much differently than the bumper pull type campers were. Good luck in finding the information you need.

 

[Spinroch]

When I removed the rotted floor from my 97 Holiday Rambler Vacationer, I found the wood floor was attached to the metal floor framework, then the side walls were placed over that. No worries… just cut along the side wall with a vibrating cutting tool. I installed new aluminum panels, then flooring OSB with 3 coats of marine poly.

 

[Spazatak]

Thanks Spinroch! I hope everyone is doing well during these uncertain times..

But that's what I was afraid of.. I wish they would have built them by attaching the aluminum wall studs directly to the metal frame, but they must have been concerned with dissimilar metals and electrolysis..

Ive pretty much given up on hitting the road lately. After my divorce and buying a second bugout property.. My hands are full and Im overwhelmed. Ive told myself that travel is over rated and try to find joy in my surrounding and projects.. But as said, Im overwhelmed with my possessions.

Owning stuff is ok, until your stuff owns you

I need to retire sell my town single family home and all the crap my family left inside and concentrate on my bugout property. But all I know is work and savings. Spending my money would be difficult and foreign. But maybe I should look in the mirror and realize I wont live forever.

Peace.

 

[Spinroch]

The RV is like a train set: it is never finished. I work on mine as a hobby. (Not that I have time for a hobby)

 

[Spinroch]

Don’t let it get you down! It’s the journey that makes it interesting.

 

[Spazatak]

Looks great Spinroch!