Help a newb! - 2003 23B Floor Issues
Hey all, I'm looking for advice, suggestions and help with an issue Ive got myself into.
Wife kid and I have wanted to do some camping for a few years. Wife and kid have done several trips with her parents and I felt it was time bite the bullet and buy something. After looking a bunch of stuff on craigslist, we found a 23B that we liked and seemed clean so we bought it. We knew it needed a little external cleanup and some tires but couldnt find much else to fault it.
Fast forward to buyers remorse day: After I got it home and in my driveway, I found that 1 bolt from the steps had ripped out of the floor and found a mushy spot near the door. Further investigation, I found some recently installed 2x4 braces underneath (cleverly painted black) screwed into the frame likely holding up a partially mush floor. I pretty much felt like I'd been taken.
So, now here is my dilema. Do I just rig up the step with some brackets and steel as others have done on here, redo the poorly applied silicone around the camper and just enjoy it? These are the choices I can think of.
A) Just use it after repairing the step.
B) Throw down a 3/8 piece of plywood over the top of whatever is there and add some proper bracing underneath to replace the 2x4s.
C) Send it back down the road to craiglist and let someone else deal with it.
D) Something else...(i'm not interested in sinking lots of time or money into a 14yr old camper)
Thoughts, help opinons?
Thanks!
Chad-
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