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richc
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Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1476Post richc
October 12th, 2014, 9:30 am

like many pickups my truck has a 'corrugated floor'

Now the Apollo has 3 pieces of wood running front to back supporting the camper, now these don't match up with the corrugations in the pickup so they can be in a 'valley' or on top of a corrugation

To me this is putting strain on the camper floor so what I thought was to put a sheet of ply in 1st which the camper would rest on

Do others do this ? or is it a particular problem of the l200

What thickness of ply should I use 12mm or 18mm ?

Rich

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1477Post rubberrat
October 12th, 2014, 10:19 am

I use a sheet if 18mm structural ply with the top surface covered with that granulated flooring used fir wetrooms. It also spreads the load as theres a fair chance thst your camper will have
Edge rails thst will put all the load in two places.
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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1488Post martinjdover
October 12th, 2014, 4:43 pm

There are just too many coincidences Rich! I too went through this with my L200 and ended up cutting a 12mm sheet of ply to sit the Apollo on!!

The Northstar has its supports running side to side so there are no similar problems with my new rig.

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1530Post richc
October 13th, 2014, 7:21 pm

Ah thanks Martin, its always good to know I am following the road well trodden

Off to the wood merchants tomorrow for a sheet of ply, thankfully only a couple of miles down the road but so much cheaper than B&Q and far better quality

Rich

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1607Post richc
October 16th, 2014, 12:16 pm

Board bought , cut and in, just need to scrounge my dads left over woodproofing from his shed to give it a sealing coat

Very happy with this , now undersealing the camper

Rich

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1609Post zildjian
October 16th, 2014, 2:59 pm

Did you 'shape' it to drop in around wheel arches, or an oblong between them

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1613Post richc
October 16th, 2014, 4:57 pm

I shaped it around the wheel arches, well not quite as the wheel arches are round and my cuts are all straight so its 'T' shaped

Rich

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1615Post zildjian
October 16th, 2014, 6:15 pm

Apollo differ from the Karroser as they don't appear to have anything to get clobbered, mine has grey water tank mounted in the last 18"
so a tailgate I would otherwise leave attached has to come off every summer

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Re: Levelling the tub floor

Post: # 1617Post richc
October 16th, 2014, 7:13 pm

Apollo its the step and associated bracing, and also pipework

Rich

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