[VAL] More space

["William Durkee" <bdkli@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I live in memphis and bought a 69 Sovereign late last year.  Worked on 
several things over the winter some minor repairs to the inside and new 
axels.  Found out that i needed to add supports that were in bulletin #29 
for rear end droop.   In the spring when I went to work on removing the 
belly so I could add the supports.  This would also allow me to to a repair 
to the holding tank.

Wow, the rotten wood by the back of the trailer and near the H20 heater.  
Not to mention the condition of the holding tank support.  I decided to 
remove the entire underbelly to see other areas where wood could be bad and 
of course the front has bad wood rot.  It was a good thing that I took the 
underbelly off the amount of yuck in the insulation from bees and rodents 
was unreal.  Not to mention that the wires for the brakes were nibbled on 
and worn in very dangerous areas.

I have removed the front couches as well as the bathroom in the back.  I was 
only going to replace the wood near the front and the rear, but at this 
point (even though I did not want to do a total overhaul) I am considering 
that I might want to do shell off and go ahead with rewiring everything ( 
the electric works fine but I am concerned about the condition of wires 
unseen).  First problem with this is that I do not have the room to do a 
shell off project.

So I am writing the group to get the wisdom of others.  Should I go shell 
off?  Should I not since I do not have room?  Is there someplace that would 
have the room near by and I could still do the job?  Is there someplace that 
could do the shell off part for me and I just get back an empty unit?Any 
ideas or information would be real helpful at this point.

Bill Durkee
69 Sovereign Twin
03 Dodge Ram