Background:
I am planning to drive from Georgia to Alaska this Summer. It is a gift to myself for many years of severe sacrifice to do well with my engineering degree and Air Force ROTC. This is the Summer before my Senior year, even though I have technically been a year for the past two years. I had to pick up minors to be have hours to finish ROTC. I will try to not digress too much, and if people are interested, I will do a thread somewhere else about my journey.
While planning for the trip I decided I needed to get a small camper for my two sidekicks that are tagging along, my dogs Karma and Apollo. After HOURS upon HOURS of researching all kinds of campers, since I had no prior experience with them, I became very fond of
fiberglass campers. They are lighter, less prone to wood rotting issues, provide lots of room, and are decently aerodynamic. While searching all of Craigslist in a 400 mile radius, something I did daily for weeks, I came across an add for a
fiberglass camper marketed as a hunting camper. No other information was listed. So I got the owner to text me photos and it was a 13'
Burro is rough shape. After a good phone conversation and immense generosity on his part, he decided to donate it to me for my trip. So during Spring Break I rented a
UHaul car hauler, and my stepdad and I spent a day driving to go pick it up.
It's in worse shape than I anticipated, but the price was right, and I tend to love projects(cars, bikes, gadgets, etc.). Unfortunately, due to it's current condition, coupled with its size, it will not be making this cross-country trip to Alaska. Instead, after a trailer swap and some much needed repairs, it will become my camper for taking to my skydive dropzone for pups. After I get my first base assignment, and get settled into my career, I plan to do a full restore/update of the little camper.
Now, the part you have all been waiting for, the most important part, the pictures.
From how it looks to me, I think someone may have been living in the camper at some point. The door appears to have suffered severe damage, from wind I presume, and when re attached it was attached about an 1" too low. It was swapped onto a different trailer and it has severe cancer problems. There are two really bad spots in the
fiberglass, one above the door and one above the window beside the door. I plan to address the severe spots to prevent any more water entering the camper, fix the door, and do a trailer swap. Hopefully I have time to do this before I leave for Alaska, if not I will cover it and save it for my return.
I love constructive criticism and advice, especially from those more versed in the area of fiberglass campers. So if anyone has ideas for the two severe spots, let me know. I have experience with fiberglass, not extensive, but did do some major patchwork on a widebody RX7 I have.