Prowler Rebuild

My brother, The Keeper of the Mountain, has made progress on his Prowler. He didn't provide much in the way of explanation, but he did send pictures.

Picture #1 suggests to me he took the oportunity to redo the wiring and look over the brakes and bearings. There is no better time to do this than when you have a bare frame.


Picture #2 appear to indicate he is laying down treated 2x4s to provide a base to work on. The sheeting is probably a moister wrap of some kind.

Picture #3 is the actual floor framing. It looks like 2x6s with 5+1/2 inch fiberglass insulation. The 2x6s should be what actually carries and spreads the weight stress of the structure. The insulation is about 3 times what you usually find in trailers. He is currently a bout 300 miles from me in a very mild climate, but if he ends up near me, he's going to benifit from this increased insulation a lot.

Picture #4 is the subflooring. The gray stuff appears to be glue. My experiences would make me not want anything to do with OSB, but it might be OK here.

Picture #5 is the wall framing. These appear to be 2x4s. I have another brother who is involved in some repair remolding of some buildings made about 10 or 20 years ago. He says OSB should be illegal. I agree. I have great reservation about seeing this stuff being used structurally like this. If he does a flawless job of keeping it dry, he may be OK though. I'm sticking by my ridiculous theory that he will end up regretting this stuff at some point.