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- This is exactly how my channel started. Someone asked me to help them with a problem they got themselves into with a trailer and the easiest way to explain it was on video. One of my viewers now has a problem and I decided that a video was the only way to show her how to fix it. This is part one of that explanation.
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I was a building inspector and plans examiner. I understand structural elements but had not applied it to trailers. So awesome-thank you!
Oh thank you SOO much for your comment. This is very old technology so it's nothing new. It's just new to the way most people think because it is so backwards to house building. For more ease with finding the videos you want please visit my website. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
This is the best video I have ever seen on restoring/remodeling a camper. I was about to make a huge mistake, Thank you.
Thank you Larry for all of your wisdom. I appreciate your comment on my TH-cam channel and setting me straight. Im one of the guys that started taking the cabinets out first. Luckily I only took one out before seeing your comment. I have stopped and am in the process of coming up with a plan to renovate it correctly.
Good job Eric. Go visit my website for much more knowledge and an easy to search video list so you can pick out the videos you need right now. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
"You GUT FISH, not TRAILERS!" I love it, Larry. I have been binge-watching all of your videos. You are so fascinating and helpful! I'm a new subscriber and I appreciate what your are doing. I'm hoping to find a vintage 'fixer upper" because they are SO MUCH better than the junk that's mass-produced today. THANKS!
You're great to watch Larry. Learning so much.
How sweet and generous of you to make this video for one of your viewers! I'm learning a lot!
thank you for the time and effort you put in to teaching us these things. It is very nice to have the ability to learn the right ways and not have to pay others to do what we can do our selves. cheers
Thanks Alan.... Your comment means a lot to me.... I'm going to pin it. I also love what you do and how you do the same for people with what you do. I've learned so much from you and your channel. Keep up the great work. Hope you find out who's leg that femur belongs to also...
Looking forward to "The anatomy of a trailer". Learning a lot from you. Many thanks
Thank you, Larry. Great info. Looking forward to your "Anatomy of a Trailer" series
Oh I can't wait to do that one. Been wanting to do it for some time now. I see SOOOOO many people getting off on the wrong foot and gutting their trailers. That ruins them and these old gems are getting too hard to find to see them end up in a dump somewhere. And many of them go back up on Craig's List for sale as a project trailer but they are already ruined because of the gutting.
I can't wait to see that series also! Looks like I found you at the perfect time! I should be able to watch these and duplicate you methods as I go. I'm still a couple of months out from starting mine. Love your vids and channel! Thanks in advance for all of your help!
You're welcome! I've seen your vids also.
On year 11 in the military currently; your service is truly appreciated. Solid video! I learned a lot!
Congratulations on your career and thank you for your service as well. Check out my website for more. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a background in construction and wanted to renovate a trailer myself. I just gutted my 1972 Skylar to ensure the rotted wood, flooring and insulation was replaced before just covering it up as I bought it. (Note: I did unscrew and disassemble most of the cabinets, walls, etc.) This video is definitely going to help when I redesign the inside and ensure it is structurally sound. Glad I ran into this before I started that process. Can't wait to watch your "Anatomy of a Trailer."
Hi Adelane. Glad you caught this video before you started but there is much more to know and it's all shown in Anatomy Of A Vintage Trailer. However I am only sharing that class with my Patrons. We are in Block Two of the course now but all previous classes have been recorded so if you want to sign up for our weekly classes you can go to www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers Once you are signed up you may view the previous classes to catch up. Tonight we will be covering Electrical Wiring which is part of Systems. The classes are two hours long and I do give homework on occasion. It's only $5 a month minimum pledge to have access to the classes.
I just discovered your channel. Love it! Extremely informative. I’m learning a lot from this video.
This video is just the beginning., if you want to learn a lot more, join my live on line classes. www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
To Much Knowledge,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,soo.....true,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,! Thanks for your teaching no one has to learn the HARD WAY!
This sure opens my eyes to just how much I have left to learn about restoring campers.
Glad to help out. Go to my website to see my build series all laid out in order... www.cannedhamtrailers.com
Thanks for the help lots of valuable knowledge being passed on. I have a 1973 Starcraft 180 camper that needs a walls off and roof up resto, doing the work is not the problem I have the shop and tools and knowledge for the woodwork and stuff, but what I dont have is the knowledge for where to get the sealant, window/door seals, hot water heater, keep and use the original AC unit or plug the hole and go with a wall unit somewhere, and I have ? about switching to a rubber roof or where to get an new roof skin from. Thanks for any help you can give.
I have a LINKS section in my website that has all that stuff in it. Metal skin is manufactured by Hemet Valley RV and Siding. They ship. Link on my website... www.cannedhamtrailers.com
Huah, Larry! Too many of these “derelicts” are wrecks waiting to happen. Cedar siding; opening up to make them feel large inside; covering bad wood with paint. I go into many campers at vintage rallies....owners are so proud of how cute and “glamperlicious”. Too often, the camper stinks of rotty wood. I bought one of those derelicts that looked great on the ebay page from a self-proclaimed professional supposedly ready to go camping. Yep. Four-plus years later, hundreds of hours of labor, and thousands of dollars we now have an over-priced canned ham camper. Rather than taking pride in overcoming disasters, we should band together to force improvements in the cottage industry of canned hams.
You can set the router on top 0f the wall and run the bit, lower it, then run it again. You would clamp a piece of wood even with the top of the wall in order to balance the router. A router bit that large would hog out a lot of wood and be difficult to hold if working on vertical walls. If the walls were laid on a work table, you could do this. The router weight would press the router down, onto the work surface. A bit that big around is a lot of mass and torque making for a dangerous job.
The best information to follow u sure know what ur talking about vreat video now i know how to go about building or restoring a trailer thanks for video.
Hi! glad you put this up! I am struggling with the same exact same problem. My project is a 1973 40ft Ardon with a tip-out rather than a slide-out. This the same company who built Pioneer trailers in S calif. I purchased the trailer new so I know the complete history. I have lost roof integrity because of excessive coach and frame flexing mid-ship. Ireally enjoy your videos and wish I were much closer and could visit!
Thanks and glad they are helping you.
thank you for your service
I didn't have a lot of choice in the matter LOL...
Thank you for serving our country
Nice rant Larry! Couldn't have said it better meself. I could tell by the way you fret over the small details, and want everything to be perfect, that you were a twidget in the Navy. That's where I learned to be so anal about the little details also (retired EMC). Like we were taught, why is is that there's never enough time to do the job right the first time, but there always seems to be time to do it wrong several times?
I'm going out to renew my popcorn supply now. Looks like your next video series is going to be epic...
Thanks Bob... And I was in the Air Force... Same thing only a bit drier...
Wow, loads of great info brother, for anyone working on an old trailer. And cool to get a little more of your background as well!
Glad you didn't find it too boring Mike. LOL...
Fantastic video. I learned a TON!
Great. Now go to my website and learn more. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
mobiltec that is where I am.
I was made in 1965 and I have to say, that caravan (trailer) looks in better condition than me! 😄😄👍
Damm thanks bro that makes a lot of sense
I am planning on building my own rv travel trailer pumper pulled. I already design it walls 102" x 32' x 8' with back deck with 8 person sauna 4' sliding patio door. Wheel chair ramp on the rear. 36"x 86" side door. Frame made out of 2 x 4's 1/2 treated plywood. L brackets 36" apart, fire block every 16" I have table saw with blade set at 3/4" x 3/4" that will give me plenty room to screw to to give me rabbit edge on the corners, and on the roof, I am 2 2 x 4's on bottom frame and on top frame
Carriage bolts fasten boards to frame deck screws on top frame and on corners and fire blocks ground 10 gage solid copper wire to frame to DC, AC Battery ground, 12 gage wire for 120 volts and 10 gage for DC. Fill the sauna when I am parked and empty it when traveling. 50 amp breaker 15 amps AC washer combo central heat air duck less vents in bath room living area and in bed room out side shower enclosure as well full bath room in side 10 out let's DC lights through out the camper ac light out side. Please help me if I design is wrong
Sounds like a great project... Go to my website and watch those videos. They are all in order and many different builds. Everything is listed in order of build with descriptions of each video so it's easy for you to find the ones you need when you need them. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
@@mobiltec instead of doing all that cutting take 1" x 4" glue bottom all way down lay that on 1" x 6" 1" braided nails do same trick faster and easier. If your using 1" x 4" board tabe saw trim 1" off also do same trick
Since all of my cabinets were missing can you give me an idea of where they should have been? My thought is above the "kitchen area", across the upper front and possibly upper back. I don't like the dinette look so I plan on putting a bench on either side and across the front with a foldout bed. Potable water was under a side bench and I am putting full-sized bed crossways in the back. I have seen the pink camper explosion and I don't want that to be me.
If you aren't an engineer then you are pretty much out of luck.
thank you for the confirmation on so many points. many complain, " built so flimsy". the not so flimsy if you you leave it intace!! rebuild it as it was!!!
Exactly my friend. And at the same time they had to be able to produce mass quantities in short time and make a profit. Shasta was the best at all these things and the company is still in existence today. Coachmen bought out Shasta a few years back but Coachmen builds great trailers! They screwed up big time with the limited retro model they came out with a couple years ago. But they just didn't study up on how the old ones were built. If they had watched my videos first, they would have come out fine.
That rabbet along the edge of the roof is quite large needing a powerful router with a 1/2 inch collet to hold a large router bit. This can be daunting for a person with no or little router experience. Make this cut in multiple passes with the first pass set very shallow. And work your way a little deeper with each pass. Wear safety glasses and hearing protection as well.
Agreed.
yes structural integrity, not only is the paneling tieing the walls together at the top plate, butting up against the rabbetted edge provides backing, reinforceing in a side-to-side sway. [__].
Exactly...
20 minutes of bs and then repeat - repeat
I just got a 1983 coachmen 21 and a half camper for free. It's got rot in several places and may need a few floor patches. Where should I start? The roof, walls or floor? I want to gut all the bad and save anything good and make it all orginal with a few upgrades to make the interior nice looking but soundboard safe.
I planned on making structure stands and supports for when I have to remove sections that need some aid to keep their shape until it's been repaired.
I want to so this right and I'm the end have a trailer better built then it was before I got it. Me and my gf want something to travel in and possible use as a home . I want to give this a shot and having something nice that we built together.
Any info is great, I don't want to junk it. I have yet to remove the panels on the walls or ceiling to assess the damage yet. I've got to title it and put new tires on....if it's a flop I'll just turn it into a flatbed like to avoid that...
Ignore the soundboard word that was my autocorrect
What you need to do is start watching all of my videos. One series at a time. You need to do this before you start. They are all listed on my website in order. You could also join Patreon and get in on my On Line Live Streaming Classes that begin this Tuesday evening at 6pm Pacific time. It's only a $5 a month donation to take part in the live classes. They include a chat program so you can ask questions right there in my shop. Sign up here. www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
This is where I'm at. The ideas I have are not necessarily in line with the structural design so I'm trying to work my wants into the parameters of the trailers needs.
Just make sure that you don't eliminate the most important cabinets which are the ones that go floor to ceiling and the kitchen cabinets. The bed and seat boxes don't have as much to do with structural integrity but something needs to be in the corners and attached at the walls and floor. Same with the bed. Overhead cabinets are VERY important. All of these items play an itregal part in the structural integrity of the trailer.
@@mobiltec
Yea, I want the floor to ceiling wardrobe gone but can't do I so I am looking at options. It sits across from the dinette and I want more walking room. I think I will eliminate the dinette and go with a small table and 2 chairs but then I worried about the boxes that make up the seats that connect the floor to the wall. Glad to know I can remove them.
It's a rolling earthquake traveling through a hurricane traveling down the road. It's amazing engineering, especially the economy of materials used.
Exactly...
Great video , i have a question , im buying a 1969 corsair 16 footer and needs alot of work so im going to strip it down complete and rebuild from frame up , do you have a series showing the how to rebuild frame up ?
I do but you have to be in my class in order to get it. And it's half way finished right now. It's our class project. I have it all in a playlist from the very start and as I continue it will all go to that same playlist. Don't start until you get the basics under your belt so that you do it right the first time. You'll save money and time. Lots of money and time if you do it this way. Just go to www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers to sign up.
This guy sure can talk and ramble !
Most teachers do.
? ? What about a '70's Holiday Rambler type trailer ? I thought they were made with steel. There's a Utube series that shows a HR totally gutted & rebuilt totally different than what originally was there. They have done a lovely job & now are traveling towing their trailer from Florida out to Ca & the North West. Utube Phoenix Rambler. It seems like it has withstood the 65 mph winds so far. Just asking.
I know those people and yes they did a really nice job on making the camper look great. I don't deal in those types of campers. Only the older wooden ones.
when can we expect your anatomy of a trailer series?
That's starting next week in my on line classes for my patrons. First class begins Saturday the 8th of June. 10am Pacific time. Go to my Patreon page to sign up. www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
Curious to know if there is a followup on Christina?
Not really. She sort of disappeared...
I went in and did just what you said not to do. Most of the interior was already gone and the paneling had big sections missing. I have a 69 Tag-A-Long
Many people blow it like that. You see, people who don't know what they are doing gut their trailer and then find out that was the wrong thing to do. So they put it up for sale with a lame excuse like "All the hard work is done" Which is wrong of course.
I cant find his video/s on "Anatomy of a Trailer". Did he every make them?
You have to be in my class to get those. You can go to www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers to enroll.
So what do you do if the rv is already gutted ?
I see that all the time. It's junk.
I have a 1969 triple 3
Did Mobiletec make it to HD? Did Mobiletec find the correct router bit for Christina? Did Mobiltec film his HD trek?
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Larry's 66 Super Shasta on www.cannedhamtrail
ers.com or on youtube.
good stuff man...always enjoy your videos
LOL thanks Jeff.
Glad I found you before I started gutting it! Change of plans. Gonna leave as is. Lol!
Well you may want to go ahead and lift or remove the skins to see what kind of rot you need to deal with. Just don't "Gut" the trailer. There is a proper way to restore your trailer. Watch my builds on my website and you can do it.
@@mobiltec I'm watching and learning! I already know that at least one corner had a leak and is soft. I made a call to Steve Loomis about getting a new roof made. I sent you an email. Probably the first of many!
@@jasongriffin8849 The best thing to do is join my class on my Patreon channel. For only $10 per month you get unlimited free advice and I have LIVE STREAMING classes every Tuesday evening. The classes even have a chat program so you can ask questions right there in class. Check it out at www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
@@mobiltec We'll definitely look into that. It would be worth it!
saved my ass bro thanks
My husband is learning the hard way and I don’t know if we will b able to save our little 1974 security travelers 🙏🏽😬
If it has been gutted and you don't have the parts it will be very hard to do.
What about if it been already gut from someone else?
Then off to the dump with it.
I got a 69 Cosair that’s completely gutted only down to the studs is it worth it to fix?
No...
what is the name of the video he refers to as anatomy of a trailer
That is Anatomy Of A Vintage Trailer. It's a video series and it is only available to my Premium Patrons or higher. You can become a patron by going to www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
Old Dudes Know!!
I will pay you to be my neighbor.
LOL
A Question: How does one convince his wife to let him buy a trailer to restore? I'm 59 and find the need to do something like this. For a project. Making a drive up coffee trailer. You're good at everything else, so how do I do this?
Make it feel like it was her idea...
Put some shock absorbers on these. They have the best auto, but usable on RV trailers, these shocks at Amazon - Monroe amzn.to/2oQoKiv Gabriel amzn.to/2onKbTS
Many of these trailer have one shock on one side of the axle. I'm not sure as to why only one though.
do you have a facebook page?
No... You can go to my website and you can email me questions from there. www.cannedhamtrailers.com
"Trailers exploding on the Freeway"...ha ha...that's when you lost me.
Oh you think I'm kidding? Check out my interview with a lady who that happened to. And I have photos of others. Not a pretty site. What happens is the entire box drops to the asphalt while you are traveling down the highway at 60mph +.... That's because the fasteners which hold the box up rust away. Then if the cabinets have been removed the entire trailer falls to the ground because in most trailers the walls are attached to the sides of the chassis. You just don't know how these things are built. Most people don't. Check this video interview out. th-cam.com/video/ONPym2s2dj4/w-d-xo.html
Seems like throwing the wood in the trash and starting over with welded aluminum would be better.
Why? And how would you attach all the paneling inside. How would you attach all the metal skin outside. What would it cost? How could most people affod a trailer built like that? Think about it. How many people know how to weld? How many of those can weld aluminum? How many can afford that? You obviously did not think this out before you posted your question.
@@mobiltec th-cam.com/video/bHF-qr0Z5AA/w-d-xo.html
I think many of the commercial RV manufactures today use aluminum instead of steel tube. This guys used a kind of glue based tape to attach the skin to the metal frame. Or you might just use screws.
Can I get your email? I was thinking of becoming a patron, clicked the link on canned ham website and nothing happened. Can we subscribe for a while to see how we enjoy it? Thanks
mobiltec@gmail.com and for the Patreon link to become a student and enroll in my classes go to www.patreon.com/cannedhamtrailers
17 min of yap instead of getting to the point wow
Yap to you. Important information to others. And I didn't do this video for you. I did it for another person but it helps thousands of others. You're just some zit faced little kid who sits in his mothers basement all day looking at porn and smoking pot. Go bother someone else kid. You bother me.