The Wood where my jacks are located is all chewed up and the jack no longer holds to the camper very well i have the one jack off and just want to know whats the best way to go about fixing it.

Hi there,

Have you considered fiberglass? I too have an older camper. It's a 1986 Lance and lots of the wood has served it purpose. I was considering coating it all with some fibrglass and resin. I have not yet looked at thickness of the fiberglass to use. If you do this be you understand how to properly mix the resin and hardener. That stuff can get super hot if you use too much hardener. I hope this helps you out.

Dan-O

I just finished re-installing my front camper Jack brackets.Even with alum framing, the holes get oversized and seemed like they were not holding well, I decided to bolt thru 4 on each side where the holes were farenough over so I could do that. I cut a piece of 3/4 plywood and put it inside at the corners and bolted thru the ply ,So I got at least 4 good strongholds on each side as well as what others are holding. Hope this makes sence.

I just spent the winter completely rebuilding my camper, Took the skin off and proceeded to repair. corners, around windows. I replaced the wood mostly, but in some places it was easier to just reinforce with some glass matt and epoxy resin, drilled some dimples for it to grip to, turned out strong. I was very surprised that this 69 camper had such little rot. the roof is perfect and looks as though the only damage was from were it sweated. The Jack areas I am sure were rotted out because of capillary action around the mounting bolts. Hopefully this will last for a few years until I have enough saved for a newer aluminum framed camper. Only advise i could give to someone repairing jack areas is to peel the skin back and see how bad it is, a dremel with a cut off wheel will deal with the wood staples, Then cut new wood and either use biscuits or my favorite is the kreg jig and screws. but be sure to use a water proof glue or epoxy. Put a sealer of some sort on the wood and if you have room drill completely thru and put through bolts. Seal it up good and keep an eye on it.