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These are the rails for my 5th wheel camper. I got a new truck and they took these out of my old truck.
I’m getting these rails put in next week and need to get these sanded and painted by then.
Here are a few pictures of the rails.
This is a picture of the bottom. I already used paint stripper on both. One that I sanded and the other that I have not sanded yet.
Is the one that I sanded look good enough to paint. It does have some pits in it (which I know that I’m not going to get the pits out) with some rust inside the pits.
Do I need to work on the rust in the pits more and if I do what would I use?
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The second picture is the top of the rails
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The third picture is the whole rail
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The forth picture is the rails and the paint I intend to use
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I would bead blast them before paint if it were me. or a wire wheel would work too.
Bead blasting would be ideal. Another easier option is to use a rust convertor (they call it rust remover but it just converts red rust iron(III) oxide into tannate and iron(II) oxide) and then prime and paint. They should carry it at any hardware store.
rust converter,rust killer, yeah same product of many names if you have a dremel and some ofthe sanding accessories that works too. Whatever you do make sure to clean everything good with acetone or denatured alcohol before painting.
Well I did a combination of suggestions.
I used a stripper to remove the paint.
Random-obit sander to sand.
I used a wire wheel.
Propane torch to get rid of any moisture.
And wiped Denatured alcohol to clean.
Just got done spraying the primer on. I see that I’m going to need to sand alittle bit before putting a second coat of primer on.
Man I hope these turn out nice!!!
Sounds great Larry, with that type of attention to detail, you can’t go wrong
Here are the results. Just got the truck back this morning.
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Man pickup fifth wheel plates scare me.
Stercorarius wrote:
3 hours ago, Stercorarius said:Man pickup fifth wheel plates scare me.
Been pulling a fifth wheel camper for 12 years.
Haven’t had a problem yet.
LarryS wrote:
2 hours ago, LarryS said:Been pulling a fifth wheel camper for 12 years.
Haven’t had a problem yet.
Yeah I know they are safe, I’m just so used to Holland heavy duty fifth wheels.
Nice!! Have you every used the system with a ball in the bed of the truck?
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
8 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:Nice!! Have you every used the system with a ball in the bed of the truck?
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No I’ve never pulled with a Gooseneck hitch.
I’ve only pulled with pull behind hitch trailers before I got the fifth wheel camper
LarryS wrote:
21 hours ago, LarryS said:Here are the results. Just got the truck back this morning.
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Great job Larry, that came out awesome!