mary and bob wrote:Another fiberglass camper owner !!!
Yeah m&b. Bought the Scamp a couple of years ago. Axle had absolutely NO flex left in the torsion arms (arms were more than 10 degrees up angle & there were marks where the tires had contacted the wheel wells). I ordered & installed a new Dexter #9, 2K# leading arm w/7" brakes, 22.5 degree down angle. Trailer sits nice now with plenty of clearance in the wheel wells. Still low enough for my 5' tall wife to get in/out without a step, tho I do have a 3" high box with 'astroturf' on the bottom that she uses as a 'step' sometimes

. Have been slowly working on the interior, converting front bunks/couch to a 2-person dinette with a cabinet for storing longer items under the front window, so we can leave the rear dinette as a permanent bed. That's going very slowly as I've been unable to find the thickness of oak plywood that I need for the cabinet door rails/stiles. May hafta make do with another thickness. Wanted 3/8" as that's what I used for cabinets in the TD but appears they don't make that anymore

so I'm gonna try 1/2" & just 'narrow' the rails/stiles a little to achieve about the same weight. Wuz gonna try quarter inch but that's too thin to use my 'rounding over' bit for trim without setting the router up in a table with fence & jig. Also gotta add a little fiber glass to the roof vent/emergency exit opening so I can fit a Fantastic Fan or MaxxAir in there. Wife's gonna make new curtains & cushion covers if I ever get around to cleaning/adjusting her old sewing machine. Anyhoo, I'm hoping to have it ready for LCG VIII in Oct.