Hey Y'all

[ABianco]

My name is Albert (Al) and I'm new to the group as well as a first time travel trailer owner I have a 1995 Sunline Solaris T1700 I believe it's a 30th Anniversary Edition there's a lot I could use help with and a lot of questions I have like for the tires is it better to use St 205 75 R14's
With' a load range of D or higher or is it better to use a ST 205/75/D14's also another question that I have is what is the best way and best material to use to insulate the trailer do I redo it and take down the paneling and add like rotten cotton type insulation is it better to do the board type insulation or spray foam

 

[JohnGB]

Hi Al,

I see your camper is a tandem axle. I missed this post before answering your tire question in your other post. See here for your tire questions., https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f71/what-psi-should-i-be-running-17734.html#post160217

To answer your insulation question, tell us more about what you plan to do and why. It sounded like you were talking about removing the wallboard to do something. Are you trying to do wood rot repairs or something else?

We can help, but we need to know more about what you are up against with the camper and what you want to end up with.

John

 

[ABianco]

Hi Al,

I see your camper is a tandem axle. I missed this post before answering your tire question in your other post. See here for your tire questions., https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f71/what-psi-should-i-be-running-17734.html#post160217

To answer your insulation question, tell us more about what you plan to do and why. It sounded like you were talking about removing the wallboard to do something. Are you trying to do wood rot repairs or something else?

We can help, but we need to know more about what you are up against with the camper and what you want to end up with.

John

Hi John I'm just thinking about all season camping there's no rot just wanted to update and upgrade the insulation to hold better heat in the winter and keep it cooler in the summer

 

[JohnGB]

Hi John I'm just thinking about all season camping there's no rot just wanted to update and upgrade the insulation to hold better heat in the winter and keep it cooler in the summer

Hi,

OK, now I understand. You wanted to remove the wall panels for all-season camping, not water damage. With that context in mind, I'll pass this along.

Your 1995 camper is already insulated with fiberglass R5 in the walls and R7 in the ceiling and floor. Those figures are from the 95 sales brochures in our FILES section. The walls are only so thick to allow R5. I was not 100% sure in 1995, but your camper's wall cavity may only be 3/4" thick on that smaller camper. By 1998, they increased the walls to 1 1/2, allowing R7 in the walls.

The wallboard is also structural in the sense that it is glued and stapled, creating rigidity for the whole camper. The thin aluminum siding stapled to the wall studs and the 1/8" luan wall panels glued to the wall studs keep the camper walls from flexing. I know you are new to this, but due to how the camper is built, I would not recommend removing the wallboard from the inside only to change the insulation.

I may be able to help, though, with how to cool weather camp if you want to. We always used to winter camp often; New Year's was common to camp for that weekend. And we could sneak out maybe once a month in November, December, or March. Feb. used to be too unpredictable here in OH. We needed a weekend when it was above freezing during the day, with no rain and no snow. I will not tow in the snow if I can help it; there are too many issues. It could go below freezing at night, so we had to deal with freezing temps and the camper.

There are things to understand and work through when camping when the heat is running inside the camper. Two adults make the issue even a little more complex with excessive moisture. Here are a few of our winter camping posts and how we deal with the windows, the excess moisture, and the holding tanks.

This was our 2004 T2499; we dry camp, and there was no water in the waste tanks, camp had a heated shower house or porta potty
https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f63/winter-camping-8126.html#post61800

This post has many more details. We were in our 2004 T310SR, which had enclosed heated tank compartments. We also use shrink wrap on the windows and a dehumidifier.
https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f65/winter-camping-18328.html

This post also helps add some of the things to look out for and how to deal with them. https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f63/winter-camping-13116.html

I may not have mentioned two areas in those posts: running the fridge at temperatures close to or lower than freezing, preventing fridge damage, and dealing with moisture trapped in the camper's attic. If you want more on those two topics, let me know. I'll type some more.

I hope this helps,

John

 

[Sunline Fan]

Generally Sunline did move on to the 2" thick total walls by 1995, but the little trailers (T-1550, 1700, and 1740) were all still 1" thick total.