Circus,Sarcasm will not only be permitted but it will be graded as well. Straight "A" so far.JRiddle,I'm with you. Err on the side of caution. Still, I think it is his call and he knows his sched and $ and skills. I was wondering out loud about welding three sides and installing a brace being as strong as the original. Hold on here....isn't the vert member a sheet metal form and doesn't it have only three sides to begin with? I feel so vindicated!!!!! True, right?What has perplexed me from the start of this thread is that the guy is going to cut braces along the side and NOBODY has mentioned bracing the entire coach to prevent the thing from going swayback on him. You never notice that happening from inside. Once you get everything welded up you will have whatever curve, or lack thereof, that was in it at the time. I thought people spent an entire day getting a 9 jacked and braced before they cut braces. Never did it though.Unless this guy is 5'6" or so and is the "tall one" in the family, someone should have told him what the very first step in converting a 9 should be......Raise the roof 8 inches. True, right? The second is spray foam after electricks.John
One of the problems you will find if you leave the outer skin in place, is that the rust that is falling out of your rusted members will work it's way down between the skin and frame, and will cause a slight bulge as it pushes the skin outward. This gets amplified as you try to cut the old rusted member out without cutting a hole in the outer skin. You try to push the skin away a bit to make a slight more room for the cutting tool, and in doing so you create a little larger cavity for the rust to fall into. Eventually, you decide you just need to remove the lower rivet line of the skin just to get the rust out from between. You'll see. BTDTcraig
Circus,Webster defines "sarcasm" as "the wit of the master"..... it wasn't a negative comment I made. That is, unless you thrive on negativity. There, see what Webster means. Stay frosty.Thanks,John