Been a few days of camper trailer repairs. This is the thing I’m most excited about:
The kitchen table is your typical two post deal. Very wobbly. Turns out one of the 4 bases was plastic and is broken. The other 3 are aluminum.
Obviously replacing the cup mount would help.. but I knew full well that it would not actually make it even semi-stable.
I searched the WWW for solutions. People had all kinds of ideas. Everything from closet rod supports to adding a third post to shelf brackets and even cables to hold it down.
I decided to go for screws through the mounts into the posts.
I drilled holes at 90 degrees in each of the 4 bases. Which allowed me to get a screw to sit flush on the inner cup portion.
I secured all the bases to the table and floor. I leveled the table slightly using shims on the floor.
One of the reasons I think this table was particularly bad is because when the slide is in, it’s a tight fit to get past the table into the trailer. Anyone my size or bigger could easily put a lot of stress on the table pushing through. I assume the PO was not conscious of this.
I moved the table about 2” farther from the back seats, making the seating a little more dad-bod friendly, but this will also exaggerate the previous issue when the slide is in. It may not be possible for me to skirt by.. but I have kids that can 😉, or I can simple move the slide out a little.
You can slightly see the new vs old position by the cleaner carpet being exposed.
The table is now as sturdy as I would think possible from a 2 post setup. I am very happy with the outcome.
The kitchen table is your typical two post deal. Very wobbly. Turns out one of the 4 bases was plastic and is broken. The other 3 are aluminum.
Obviously replacing the cup mount would help.. but I knew full well that it would not actually make it even semi-stable.
I searched the WWW for solutions. People had all kinds of ideas. Everything from closet rod supports to adding a third post to shelf brackets and even cables to hold it down.
I decided to go for screws through the mounts into the posts.
I drilled holes at 90 degrees in each of the 4 bases. Which allowed me to get a screw to sit flush on the inner cup portion.
I secured all the bases to the table and floor. I leveled the table slightly using shims on the floor.
One of the reasons I think this table was particularly bad is because when the slide is in, it’s a tight fit to get past the table into the trailer. Anyone my size or bigger could easily put a lot of stress on the table pushing through. I assume the PO was not conscious of this.
I moved the table about 2” farther from the back seats, making the seating a little more dad-bod friendly, but this will also exaggerate the previous issue when the slide is in. It may not be possible for me to skirt by.. but I have kids that can 😉, or I can simple move the slide out a little.
You can slightly see the new vs old position by the cleaner carpet being exposed.
The table is now as sturdy as I would think possible from a 2 post setup. I am very happy with the outcome.