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Originally Posted by Bill
...Easy to do - just open up the front shell, and look under the bottom edge of the shell, along each side. You will see a row of screws along the entire length of the edge. Remove one of these screws. On the threads, you will see either (a) black rotten wood crumbs - uh oh! (b) clean sawdusty wood crumbs (wood, but not rotten - check several locations), or (c) squeaky-clean threads (aluminum!). If there is any question, grab a flashlight and peek up into the empty screwhole. You will be able to see the material the screw is screwed into. It is either wood or aluminum....
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I did this check out of curiosity this morning and was pleased to see aluminum! I was surprised though because we bought the camper (new) in 2001. It had the round wheel wells too, so maybe it was an "early adopter".
I'm doubly glad I did this check because a number of these screws needed to be tightened up, especially the ones nearest to the lift system mounting points.