Advice?

2000 T-M
Broke this beam apparently on trip home yesterday.
Ideas?

Yes it's a 2x4

[Redtail Cruiser]

Any idea what caused the break? If wood was rotted out and just failed, I would just remove it and replace it with a piece of treated lumber. If something else caused the failure, you need to identify the cause and fix that first.

I believe it was wood failure. Trailer is older but no sign of rot. Just seems like tough spot to get to.

[Redtail Cruiser]

Thats an odd place for failure. Did any thing happen during your trip that might have caused it?

[rvcycleguy]

Good luck with that. Does not look to be an easy job to replace. I would also suggest that there may be a water issue... thats right about where the outside shower compartment is, right? Does look like there are rust marks around those wood screws though.

I am 1 bolt away from having the old board removed. We did hit a bump pretty hard on highway coming home last night.

Question. It's in the up position now.. better up or down for the actual repair when I put wood and bolts back in? I thought abt jacking black metal piece into place to get everything bolted together but I've gotta be honest......I'm just winging it here....

[Redtail Cruiser]

There are at least a couple of members here that have done some renovations on older wooden models. MariaG and Hillbillyhotel are two members that I can think of that might shed some light on your repair. You might try sending a private message to them. I'm sure they would be happy to help.

[Kidkraz]

Is the back section free floating as it seems in the picture? might want to support it with some 2x4s to keep it from getting twisted too much.

[Padgett]

I'd probably do it with the modules up if you can raise them evenly, takes much of the load off the torsion rods. May need several jacks or jack stands.