Air lifts for storage area

Originally posted by mdballou We have a 195 and bought a hatchlift products rv bedlift kit small off Amazon. Works great for us. Mounting placement is critical. With just mattress it lifts up by itself, but with a bed topper and blankets it stays down. Easy one hand operation. Lifts up and stays up and push down stays down. Was about $55. We absolutely love it. Beats the pole we were using too!

Originally posted by mjlrpod Originally posted by mdballou We have a 195 and bought a hatchlift products rv bedlift kit small off Amazon. Works great for us. Mounting placement is critical. With just mattress it lifts up by itself, but with a bed topper and blankets it stays down. Easy one hand operation. Lifts up and stays up and push down stays down. Was about $55. We absolutely love it. Beats the pole we were using too! Glad to hear that it works so good. I don't know how you mounted them, but my plan is to build a "T".  I will install two  "T"'s  upside down and screw it to the floor with one or two screws. Then I'll attach the lift arms to the "T". The box under the bed doesn't look strong enough to have the lift arms attached without some type of reinforcement.  Jeepinator I’ve not purchased mine yet so I’d love to hear how it goes.  Are you going to the N.H. RPOD rally in June? [Quote] I haven't even heard of the rally in N.H. Where and when? I might be interested.

It’s at Whits End Campground in West Ossipee in early June I believe. We went for the first time last year and it was a lot of fun. I think there is a FB page for N.H. Rpod rally. I’m not on FB though.

I've used one of these hatchlift kits on my 2016 RP171 with an 8" memory foam replacement mattress and it worked perfectly. I have a single lift strut and the bed "flips" up easily. You might need to deviate from the instructions a little to get it to work properly if I remember correctly. Not near the rpod and can't post a photo until April. Wouldn't be without it.

So I installed the lift arms. So much better now. What used to need one person to lift, and the other to set the prop rod, now My wife can open it with 1 finger, and it stays open. It is a little harder to close than I prefer, but it's not that bad. It opens so easily, I might install a small catch to keep it from popping open while towing. I would recommend the liftarms to anyone. The install was easy if you have any type of ability (can cut a board to length, and install screws). By the way, I used the short lift kit for my 195.