Rebuiling A Dutchman Tent Trailer Roof

The camper itself is in excellent condition and isn t of much use with a bad roof.

Rebuiling a dutchman tent trailer roof.

Canvas insert track canvas replacements camper curtains valances lift system parts misc. 1995 dutchman duck pop up camper roof repair and gut. Video and photos describing how to replace an old plastic tent trailer top with spray on bedliner. When the tear mender adhesive is fully dry the repaired area remains.

The metal roof had many many pinholes and dry rot that in 20. I plan on completely rebuilding it myself. The dealer said approx. Rebuilding a pop up camper roof.

1978 starcraft galaxy swinger roof re build and canvas replacementmay june 2015owner troy crivelloneas with many old tent trailers the roof on my 78 starcraft was not working at all. Has anyone ever attempted to take on this task. Replacing your pop up camper s canvas is extremely expensive. This is going to be a long series.

In most models of pop up campers the roof has to be lifted popped up or raised before the vehicle can be used this is done using a lifting system composed of winches cables springs and pulleys. We really want to go into detail on just how we tackled our pop up camper roof rebuild so we are breaking this post up into several smaller posts. 574 262 4358 fax email contact form. However there are different types of camper lifting systems depending on the brand and model even though the earlier versions are basically lifted using a simple system composed of a cable.

3000 00 for a new one. While rebuilding the roof of the pop up camper wasn t necessarily difficult it was tedious. Unfortunately the roof of the camper we bought was beyond repair and rotting away. Tent trailer roof re build.

Contact us trekwood rv parts accessories 866 880 8735 hours m f 8am 5pm est. We figured out how to fix it by removing all of the water damaged wood and then rebuilding the roof structure and reattaching the aluminum skin. Parts cleaning and patching important links apache repair manual c r lift system installation instructions coleman fleetwood repair manual goshen spring and cable change procedure l w repair manual viking and jayco starcraft 1982 and older manual starcraft lift system manual 1985 and up and most 83 s. I own a 1995 dutchman model 1203 popup tent camper.

Our canvas patch kits come with tear mender adhesive. The roof is water damaged and needs to be replaced.