How To Brace Trailer Roof For Ac

You will have to remove the inside and outside of the trailer in the area of the ac.

How to brace trailer roof for ac. Cut and remove that 14 inch square opening out of the plywood. Each mentioned putting an h brace between the roof bows. We welded up some 1 25 square tubing 120 wall and placed it between the bows after. It will make it much easier to work around the area.

The mechanical portion pumps air down into the coach through a hole in the roof that is about the size of an rv roof vent hole. 8 5 x 24 tandem axle. Next from inside the rv mark around the opening. Basic 110v stuff you need a power supply cord like on an rv.

Position the plywood flat on the roof centered directly over the opening making sure it straddles one rafter in front of the opening and one rafter aft of the opening. Cut and remove that 14 inch square opening out of the plywood. Not too much beef supporting the roof so i feel like some stiffeners are mandatory. Can anyone provide some advice about reinforcement of the roof of an enclosed trailer.

Inside under the cover of a plastic housing a metal frame mounts up to the coach ceiling. I did a lot of reading about installing a roof a c on this forum and many others. If your canvas is attached in another way undo that. Installation of roofmount a c unit on a trailer posted in pit lane.

It should be low enough that the canvas is loose enough to remove from the track around the top step 2 remove the valence if you have one and want to. You will need to do a bit of wiring. I thought i might use some angle iron or steel tubing. I m installing an a c unit on a haulmark trailer.

Slide each piece into position on either side of the 14 opening taking care not to disrupt the roof insulation in the process. Those get welded between the roof bows. However it will leave rusty staple marks staples depending upon the age and condition of the camper step 3 unscrew the canvas. Tell them that you are installing an ac.

Insert each piece into the roof cavity through the 14 inch hole underneath the sheet metal yet on top of the existing rafters. You will have to weld up the ac mount then push in up into place and then weld it to the side supports. Odds are you will be added other side supports. Go back to your dealer that sold you the trailer and have them order the brace kit for that vent hole.

Any shared thoughts or experience would be most. You might find that you need to repeat this step later on if. Heavy bolts are run from the inside of the coach through the frame and up into the roof level a c unit proper. Next from inside the rv mark around the opening.

I have a cargo mate enclosed car hauler. Position the plywood flat on the roof centered directly over the opening making sure it straddles one rafter in front of the opening and one rafter aft of the opening. It will be an h shape with two horizontal lines instead of one. I know that haulmark can do that so i m sure that wc can too.

You are going to have to build steel support structure from the roof to the sides of the trailer.