I will have to have my husband take a look at the pics and see what he says - we haven't dealt with any wood rot in the same area. Ours was all around the bottom edge of the upper shells, not the box. I know it was fairly simple to take the arms apart from the shells while in the upright position - we just removed the acorn bolts that hold the arms at the pocket stop and carefully propped the shell up by putting a 2x4 all the way across the camper, resting on the walls of the box. Hopefully someone else might have more advice in the meantime. I'll get back to you once I've talked to DH. (Dear Husband)
