Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Okay guys I need some advice, I'm insulating my 20 foot trailer and I am tearing the plywood up getting it off. It's a continental cargo and the put the panels on with some type of mail with a Philips head in it. Some of them you can pry on the board and unscrew it but most are not that easy and I end up having to pull it threw the board. Anyone felt with these? They where not shy with them either.

Some one else had the same problem and their solution was as I remember to use a washer to salvage the plywood. If I were to buy a cargo trailer I would as that the plywood not be installed.

Shadow Catcher wrote:Some one else had the same problem and their solution was as I remember to use a washer to salvage the plywood. If I were to buy a cargo trailer I would as that the plywood not be installed.

Yeah I wish I would have asked that.

I just ordered mine with the plywood on the outside. But they would not leave it off if I was to use the standard mounting on the inside. I am not sure what other manufacturers would do. They told me it was a strength thing while it was moving on down the road.

Continental Cargo = Top shelf quality

trade it in for a CarMate trailer


http://overthetopcargotrailer.blogspot.com/

I've seen a lot of mentions of this in studying, and talked to several dealers and manufacturers about it.

SUPPOSEDLY, the heads are designed to fail and you can spin them off with your drill, then take the plywood right off over the headless nails.

I have no firsthand experience with that, but I know of the dealers I spoke with before ordering, all allowed you to specify real screws at no extra charge.

And yes, the interior plywood is integral to the structure.

I dealt with the nails that look like screws. They were a pain in the backside. The the top section is supposed to unscrew and then the shoulder collapse so you can pull the wood off over it. Doesn't work and they don't drill out either. I found using 2 or 3 nail bars along a full side of the plywood helped to remove the panels with the least damage. I did use the washers under my screws to solve the problem of the ones that had pulled through the wood. I have the pictures and other details on about page one of my build. url is in my signature line. Good luck!

I read Rainier's post before I ordered my trailer and added a statement that threaded fasteners to be used throughout and the paneling was not to be installed with any nail type fasteners. I even went to the manufacturer and had them pull several of the paneling screws from a trailer in build!

This is a bit late now brandon32689, but I hope folks read these posts before order one ... I feel for you ... what a job to pull...

Man it was a big job I'm glad it's all done

Glad you were able to get them all out. I hope that the damage was minimal.

This is another reason why I had my my manufacturer put the plywood on the outside and none on the inside. They used staples and glue and basically told me I would destroy the plywood while trying to remove it. Also they butted the individual plywood sheets so tight against each other, there was no room to insert a prying device.