Yay for fixing the camper........or not.

Spring is in the air and we have our first camp out scheduled. We used our tax returns to purchase a new leaf spring for $60.00. My husband got the new leaf spring hooked onto the bolts but when he went to place the axle on, it wouldn't fit! The camper's leaf springs are off set and not centered! We took the spring back but they don't make off set ones anymore. We will have to have them custom built. I hope we can do it and that we can do it for an affordable price. The camper is old and not worth putting a ton into.
When I purchased the new leaf spring I just had them scrap the old one. I got into trouble for that decision today. My husband was NOT happy because now we didn't have it to use for a guide for the custom built ones. He spent the afternoon taking the leaf spring off the other side so we can use it. We would have to eventually anyway because we are going to replace both sides.
Our first camp trip is going to have to be back in the tent. I don't mind the tent because we do have a really nice (and BIG) spring bar tent. The problem is that our daughter does not sleep well in the tent. The second problem is that we have decided to stick close to home this trip and it is cold close to home still. Luckily we do have a Big Buddy tent heater so it shouldn't be horrible. Next, it is a LOT more work to tent camp lol. We will have fun either way.

See that little bolt in the middle of the picture? That should line up under the axle on the right.

 Dang it all! Just won't line up. 

Getting ready to tear apart the other leaf spring. LOTS of work since we didn't jack the camper up nearly far enough to use the air compressor. Pure muscle. Good thing the hubs has lots of nice, big, muscles.