I sing a song of praise to the Robertson Screw. Most of my DIY days were spent fidgeting with Philips and even worse, the dreaded Slot Headed buggers. Doing some recent repair work on my father-in-law's trailer has been a real eye opener as to the superior integrity of the square bit screws used so ubiquitously in the RV world. Thanks for the concise video, great work!
1000%, I wish I had the foresight to have ordered the appropriate robertson style screws. I use them or torx for general woodworking. I ended up just replacing everything on the trailer with new Stainless Steel phillips head sheet metal screws. Hopefully this thing doesn't need to come apart again anytime soon. Thanks for watching!
Super job repairing the rot. I didn't see you putting putty to seal the windows though. My '76 camper had leaks where the outside lights are attached. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for watching! I did in fact clean and reseal all of the windows with butyl tape, I just didn't include that in the video as it's not super entertaining to watch. I even applied it to the little drip awnings above each window to seal those screw holes and try to reduce water intrusion on the windows. I didn't reseal the glass against the frames which the rear fixed window might need. I didn't do butyl tape for the lights but used a different sealant (parrbond which I had around from my Airstream project) around the wire penetrations and screw holes to try to keep them dry. So many places for water to get in!
We opened up our can of worms lol Our 1966 Shasta Compact was in worse condition than yours, we’re slowly making progress. Those back corners must be a common problem area and the door bottom. You’re doing a great job! I appreciate you showing the spacers behind the wings. Unfortunately our Shasta was missing its wings when we bought it but hubby says he’s going to build some for it. I subscribed and look forward to your interior video. We are uploading our Shasta repairs on our TH-cam channel if you want to see a our disaster 🤣
Such a cool little trailer. Nice job on the repairs, it surely needed it. Out of curiosity, why not replace that old insulation with some new polystyrene, and some sort of moisture barrier before reinstalling the siding?
Thanks for the feedback. Great point. I will say, it's not actually my trailer, I'm just helping out some friends. There is a ton of additional work that could have been done and I am so particular likely would have done (installing a 12V DC system, lighting, insulation, etc..) but not the scope of their budget or what I was asked to tackle. I have my eye out for an older trailer of my own to do a full restoration on...
Good to know, I've watched quite a few videos of others working on them and they do tend to be in pretty rough shape. Thanks for checking out the video!
Well as the saying goes, "might as well replace that while I'm at it"... But if you are going to keep it, repair it properly now and then forget about it for a long, long time...
I sing a song of praise to the Robertson Screw. Most of my DIY days were spent fidgeting with Philips and even worse, the dreaded Slot Headed buggers. Doing some recent repair work on my father-in-law's trailer has been a real eye opener as to the superior integrity of the square bit screws used so ubiquitously in the RV world. Thanks for the concise video, great work!
1000%, I wish I had the foresight to have ordered the appropriate robertson style screws. I use them or torx for general woodworking. I ended up just replacing everything on the trailer with new Stainless Steel phillips head sheet metal screws. Hopefully this thing doesn't need to come apart again anytime soon.
Thanks for watching!
Super job repairing the rot. I didn't see you putting putty to seal the windows though. My '76 camper had leaks where the outside lights are attached. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for watching! I did in fact clean and reseal all of the windows with butyl tape, I just didn't include that in the video as it's not super entertaining to watch. I even applied it to the little drip awnings above each window to seal those screw holes and try to reduce water intrusion on the windows. I didn't reseal the glass against the frames which the rear fixed window might need. I didn't do butyl tape for the lights but used a different sealant (parrbond which I had around from my Airstream project) around the wire penetrations and screw holes to try to keep them dry.
So many places for water to get in!
It's almost frightening how flimsily these were originally assembled. Great job replacing the rot and restoring the outside!
No kidding. It’s amazing they hold together for so long. Definitely a ‘sum of the parts’ situation that makes the structure strong.
It is so cool and thank you for our trailer❤
That was Archer, btw 😂
Nice looking job
fantastic work, cheers
Thanks for watching!
We opened up our can of worms lol Our 1966 Shasta Compact was in worse condition than yours, we’re slowly making progress. Those back corners must be a common problem area and the door bottom. You’re doing a great job! I appreciate you showing the spacers behind the wings. Unfortunately our Shasta was missing its wings when we bought it but hubby says he’s going to build some for it. I subscribed and look forward to your interior video. We are uploading our Shasta repairs on our TH-cam channel if you want to see a our disaster 🤣
Thanks for watching! I'll definitely check out your channel. Good luck with your restoration project!
Nice work!
great work
Thanks!
Such a cool little trailer. Nice job on the repairs, it surely needed it.
Out of curiosity, why not replace that old insulation with some new polystyrene, and some sort of moisture barrier before reinstalling the siding?
Thanks for the feedback. Great point. I will say, it's not actually my trailer, I'm just helping out some friends. There is a ton of additional work that could have been done and I am so particular likely would have done (installing a 12V DC system, lighting, insulation, etc..) but not the scope of their budget or what I was asked to tackle. I have my eye out for an older trailer of my own to do a full restoration on...
Shasta's were the cheapest travel trailers available in the 60's. You don't see many of them anymore. Yours is in 'good' condition.
Good to know, I've watched quite a few videos of others working on them and they do tend to be in pretty rough shape. Thanks for checking out the video!
Me and my dad both bought one. Was ok until my family grew. We pulled it all over for coup.le years
question Why didn't you put rubber flashing tape on the corners? This would keep the water off the wood from the leaky corner joints
That’s a good idea. I had not thought of that. Thanks for checking out the project.
Hey......looks like the tung might be bent.....
Well as the saying goes, "might as well replace that while I'm at it"... But if you are going to keep it, repair it properly now and then forget about it for a long, long time...
I don't think they do any treatment to the framing. That's why they are all rotten.
Flipping annoying music 😢
Thanks for the feedback!
Gee dump the music
Thanks for watching and for the feedback.