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[steveak]

Well the job is finished. Really did not take very long. Initially I was thinking that there was a metal angle/lip running from driver to passenger side which the plywood would rest on. With further inspection I found that not to be true. However there are two stout rails running front to rear 29" in from each side on the underside of the bay. That and a strong lip at the edges of the bay allowed the plywood to be resting on very solid surfaces. At 3/4" the plywood should be more than strong enough to hold everything satisfactorily. The two hardest parts of the repair are the removal of the sliding tray (it weighs about 150 lbs) and the fact that the cargo bay was not square, but measured 1" wider on the drivers side and 3/4" wider than the center on the passenger side. Removal of the sliding tray requires removing 4 lag bolts and 2 younger guys. It is necessary to cut the plywood into sections no more than 31" X 48" in order to get the sections in the bay as the main frame rails prevent insertion of longer pieces. As the coach measures about 92" wide inside the bay one sheet of plywood completed the job.

Steve