Funny you should mention this incident. Just two weeks ago we drove from Anza-Borrego park north up 395 & I-5 to Harris Ranch. When we got there Terrie said "It seems cold in here!" She rolled back the little shade and the skylight was gone! We ended up leaving our A/S at Toscano RV in Los Banos to repair this and other broken hinges and missing screws. I'm starting to get a little discouraged in Airstream quality. We love our 2001 rig but....
Doug Kirkpatrick
Medford, OR
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On Apr 10, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Hunter Hampton <airstreamingypsy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/10/2012 11:17 AM, Charlie Burke wrote:
>>
>> When they built my coach they caulked the skylight down and used screws
>> with washers to anchor it.
>> As the skylight plastic aged and life happened the plastic around the
>> screw heads fractured and separated. For all intents and purposes in
>> some areas the only thing holding the skylight on was the caulk.
>>
>>
> When I was in Teton National Park...well... here's an excerpt from my
> journal....
>
> "What a day!!!
>
> It started out...well, I stepped out of the trailer to load stuff into
> the truck for take off from Teton NP campground.... I shut the door and
> put the stuff in the truck and went to open the trailer door and it was
> locked!!! GAACK! All sets of keys were in the trailer. It just
> diabolically locked itself )c: Don went to the ranger station to get a
> locksmith and I decided to continue with my routine. I dumped my grey
> tank and decided to hook up. I backed into the hitch, stepped out of the
> truck and twisted my ankle so hard I went down. Jeez. The ankle started
> to swell immediately. Don came back and got me some ice (from his
> trailer) and the locksmith came. She couldn't jimmy the lock and
> announced she would have to break a window. Not my window! My cats were
> in there! So they went on the roof and took off the skylight...Don
> dropped in and opened the door. I was sitting on the ground with ice on
> my now huge ankle. Paid the lady $40.00...
>
> She told me the skylight was only being held on by the putty stuff, the
> caulking. The plastic around the screws had all broken off... I'll have
> to get a new one. Grrr..."
>
> So... I ordered a new skylight, from Charlie actually as he was still
> the service manager at the Boise Airstream dealer....
>
> Now... for the rest of the story.... The door locked on June 14.......
> FF to October 9th.....
>
> Well, I was going to take two days to drive from Tucumcari to
> Lubbock..... but as I was cruising along I-40 at 70 mph my skylight flew
> off the roof. (c: Don told me on the CB. "Did it hit you?" I inquired.
> "Nope, it went into the median...."
>
> <sigh> Well, as it's so cold out I knew the critters and I were not
> going to be comfortable with a gaping hole in the roof so we plowed on
> to Lubbock. I sent Don to the KOA to reserve us spaces and I went to
> Billy Sims..... I threw myself on their mercy and they inserted the new
> skylight I had been toting along in the back of the truck. I was waiting
> to install it til after I got past the hail country."
>
> So, the moral of this little tale is both the screws and the caulk are
> important. When Don took it off to drop into the trailer, he screwed it
> back on.... but no caulk....
>
> Hunter
>
>
>
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