As you know, the door faces of the cabinets are solid wood. However, the frames are not, just vinyl covered particle board. I cut some 3/4" oak the same width size as the side frame of the cabinet the factory TV was in, glued and stacked about 4 oak boards to the back of the frame closest to the outside of the camper. I also shot some 2" brads through both sides to hold everything together while the glue sets. Once the glue dried I had something to screw the TV swing arm base to. Once mounted to that reinforced face frame, the TV swings out and is outside the TV cabinet, but flush against opening where the old TV was. I wanted the biggest screen size without protruding too much out the side and a 37" worked for me. There is only about 2" between the slide when closed to the face of the TV cabinet. So I bought a LED LCD that's only 1 1/4" thick and wrap a towel over it while under way.
I did the same in the bunk room for the smaller 22" LCD. While diving down the road, I have two bungee cords the hold the TV's from swinging around and take some weight of the mounts. So far I've had no problems. I can take a picture but need some help posting. I hope I explained it clearly, pictures would help a lot.
Mike
__________________
2005 F350 CC SRW
2007 Cruiser 30QB
|