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Originally Posted by Handy
Does anyone know if the Outlaw walls are framed with steel, aluminum, or wood?
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The only steel in the walls are the support panels behind all wall mounted items. These panels give the sheet metal screws holding the cabinets or shelves something to grab into. The walls are framed and supported by welded 1" square extruded aluminum tubing. The tubing and all aluminum products used in a Thor RVs are made in a Thor owned plant (Postle Aluminum) located Elkhart, IN. Balsa wood is used with expanded polystyrene blocks to fill the voids between the aluminum tubing before the fiberglass skin is oven/press bonded. Thor has a nice video about this process on Youtube. The slides outer panels are also formed in the one piece wall and are cutout of the wall by a computer controlled router table so that the always fit perfectly. The window and door openings are also cut on the table at the same time. Airstream uses the same process to cut and drill all the holes in the aluminum skins of their trailers. Not all Thor Inc RVs are made that way but all plant 650, 750 and 850 Thor MC coaches are. Entegra Coach walls are manufactured the in the same fashion as pioneered by Travel Supreme.
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