Hello all. I have an 18' 1968 Holiday V. I want to raise the deck 2 inches to make room for a belly fuel tank. I am waiting on a quote from a local metal supplier (emailed a request) to fabricate new stringers (2 inches taller) as well as what I'll call pseudo stringers for the outside edges of the deck.
So here are some questions if I go that route;
If I go the route above and if they can fabricate the stringers and pseudo stringers 12 feet long I'm not sure what the thickness is of the original stringers. They have 5052H32 available. I was thinking of using 0.080" thickness. Is that overkill or not thick enough. I'm not a great thickness eyeballer but the existing looks about half the thickness of the 1/8" thick 5052 square tubing I have.
There was a thread that I saw a few months back and I can't seem to find it. The person doing the project was using material from road signs and cutting them with a non ferrous blade. There were a ton of photos. Can anyone point me to that thread?
So here are some questions if I go that route;
If I go the route above and if they can fabricate the stringers and pseudo stringers 12 feet long I'm not sure what the thickness is of the original stringers. They have 5052H32 available. I was thinking of using 0.080" thickness. Is that overkill or not thick enough. I'm not a great thickness eyeballer but the existing looks about half the thickness of the 1/8" thick 5052 square tubing I have.
There was a thread that I saw a few months back and I can't seem to find it. The person doing the project was using material from road signs and cutting them with a non ferrous blade. There were a ton of photos. Can anyone point me to that thread?