Our Aliner Restoration: Burlingame SP, Charlstown RI # 416

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Burlingame SP, Charlstown RI # 416

Mike and I spent the weekend in Rhode Island at Burlingame State Park at site 416. This place is huge! My dad says this is the first place I ever camped as a baby. It's pretty much a village with something like 700 or 800 sites. The ones away from the water are best because they are spread out and bigger. I don't like being right on top of other people while camping. If you don't mind that then a site close to the water may be okay for you. The lake was perfect. Mike caught one fish there and one in another we found roaming around. It'd be great for the canoe if we brought it. They rent them out too. We didn't feel like working so hard this weekend though. We saw two other Aliners. One was maybe an 03 or 04. A couple of ladies were camping in it. They came in right after us and slowed to look at ours but when we went by and said hi they didn't seem to into being social so we went on our way. The other one we saw was an 09 Classic and it was a couple camping with their grandson. He was pretty happy to tell us his story and listen to ours. I guess sometimes you get the vibe that someone wants to tell or not. We always want to tell, lol. We don't mind show and tell at all. Everything about this campground was great except the showers. They were pay which was fine but there was no way to adjust the temperature or to shut it off when you were done. Thankfully I only put in 50 cents and I was well done and gone before it shut off. It never warmed up to anything that resembled warm in any way. The people in this part of the state/country seemed pretty grumpy and short too, but we still enjoyed ourselves.
We'll be going back out in three days. Well Mike, Kenzie and the dogs will go out Thursday and I'll be out with Taylor Friday after we're done with work. We'll be at Otter River site #50.

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Future Plans

(Written shortly after bringing home the Aliner in June of 2009) I'm hoping at the end of the day to put together these blog entries and photos and publish some comprehensive notes and instructions that will help the next poor bastard out. There is a ton of knowledge out there, it's just really hard to find it in one place. We will most likely publish in google docs and link pdf or doc files here.

Our primary goal at this point is the floor. In our imaginations we can see the potential for this little unit and there is a lot of inspiration on the web. It's really hard (for me, I think Mike has his head on a bit tighter) to not want to look into the cool mods and daydream about crazy efficient cabinets and gadgets.

(May of 2011)

As of today we are working on getting into our second season of camping in the Aliner. Last year we only brought it local to Otter River State Forest in Templeton with plates off of our utility trailer and the old tires. This season after new tires we brought her to Myrtle Beach in April and have since removed the old decals and applied new ones. We love this camper, so don't ask to buy it unless you're looking to forkover 6-7k. It's pretty much a new camper now, even better it's made well....no stapled together cabinets or chintzy counter tops. It may not be the biggest thing but it is just right for the two of us!

Aliner Parts and Pieces

Aliner Owners Club on Floor Replacement

Here you can find the AOC write up on floor replacement with some helpful links, such as to the wood petrifier if you just need to fix a soft spot and links to pictures that show a floor replacement done by lifting the body of the camper and using the old floor as a template. We chose not to lift the camper and to replace piece by piece for a few reasons. The first was because the floor was so far gone it was pretty much dirt. There was no using the old floor as a template and no need to try to get it out in one piece. Second, we did not have the garage or other space to work on the camper and did all our work in our then gravel driveway. And lastly time, we didn't want to leave the camper up and apart for the length of time we thought this would all take. The main reason though was because our floor was so far gone. I think either method is fine but do realize when doing it a piece at a time you need to place the new floor in as you go or you will lose structural support. The walls are wrapped around the edges of the floor and stapled all the way around. When you remove the old flooring it will fall if you take it all off. Also doing it a piece at a time you will need to do the parameter first then the center of the floor rather than what would probably be three full sheets. We half lapped, used liquid nails and recessed bolts. We also did spray a rubberized undercoat and we added reinforcement to the rear of the frame.