Hey guys I'm Matt with Boreas Campers here in Denver, Colorado. We're gonna do a rundown here
on our build process. All of our campers are zero wood construction we're gonna go through
why we don't build with plywood and also why we don't use an aluminum box. First and foremost
with our fiberglass exterior it has a much better thermal expansion and thermal transfer
tendencies than aluminum does. So what that means is it's not going to be expanding and contracting
like an aluminum or a plywood system and it's also not going to transfer temperatures like
aluminum or plywood would. So that means it's going to be cooler in the summer and warmer in
the winter inside of your cabin. It also means a significantly reduced amount of condensation when
you are doing those deep winter camping trips. In terms of repairability, when you scratch a camper
that has an aluminum wrapped system you cannot repair a scratch on aluminum. It's permanent,
it's always going to be there you just kind of have to slap your your favorite sticker on it.
With the fiberglass that can be repaired. You can either do it in your own garage with a buffer. If
you've got years and years of trail rash and scratches on it you can take it to your boat
and RV shop have it polished up looking showroom new again. If you ever to get a puncture in the
fiberglass you put a tree branch through it there's an accident something happens this
is also again repairable. When you get into the plywood and the aluminum systems those punctures
are not repairable. You can't weld aluminum when there's insulation behind it and same with you
cannot weld aluminum when there's plywood behind it. We switched from plywood construction back in
the beginning of 2018. It was the greatest move we ever made. It puts us into another category of
quality, strength and building a lighter trailer. Another benefit to our fiberglass panel system
is its resistance to rock dings and also hail storms. That's been kind of a significant issue
around the nation lately. We had a situation at a dealership where we were sitting right next to an
aluminum wrapped trailer. All of those trailers were totaled out in a hailstorm. Our trailers
sitting right next to it, same storm: zero damage whatsoever. All right here I have the two examples
of the systems that we use for the construction of the camper. This is an example of what's gonna
be our walls and our roof. So this is an insulated foam core. We have the composite fiberglass panel
here and what sets us apart from what you typically see in a fiberglass camper is the
thickness of this sheet. This is 1/8 inch thick that's .125. That is almost double if not more
depending on the manufacturer of other fiberglass sheets. So we go into the resistance to hail,
scratching, rock dings, trail damage things like that. On the other side of it we have our maple
panel. This is a FRP which is a fiberglass reinforced plastic. Again this is not wood,
not one sliver of wood in any of our campers. This is easily wiped down. Wash mud and dust
and anything off of it. And it's going to be lighter and stronger than a typical plywood or
aluminum system. All right and then our second system that we use on the campers here are our
honeycomb floor. So this has a nice diamond plate rigid top to it and then on the underside
which would be the belly of the camper is again a full seamless fiberglass system,
repairable to trail damage, anything like that and these systems are incredibly rigid.
It'll last a lifetime. Alright thanks for checking us out guys. If you're looking
for more detailed information on this check out our blog post on the website aluminum
vs. fiberglass and of course any questions give us a call or shoot us an email. Thanks.