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Marx
Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Location: Charleston Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Topic: Mod questions Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 6:13am |
Good day all! I'm wanting to do couple of mods. The first interior adding a shelf to the back over the window where the permanent bed is. I would like to use some L brackets and attach a shelf that hopefully can use the pre existing holes that are used with the window valences. Must admit I'm nervous about messing with the walls being a brand new camper. Thoughts on brackets screws and mounting would be much appreciated.
The second idea is we are thinking about getting a spare tire bike mount for the back of the Pod. Our bikes are light and can't imagine the mount to be real heavy either. Thoughts on the weight back there and being safe while towing? Thanks Mark |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 8:50am |
Some of us have used Molly bolts to mount shelves to the walls. Marwayne has just used screws to mount full cabinets w/o a problem. I still would lean towards Mollys or toggles due to all the heavy vibrations.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Marx
Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Location: Charleston Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 5:32pm |
Molly bolts huh, I'll look into that. Aside from looking out for the normal wiring areas what kind of thickness are with this walls? I want to be sure on the bolt size, thanks again!
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 6:41pm |
Member Outbound used 3/4" molly bolts, I believe the ones I used were 1 or 1 1/4".
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 7:22pm |
I borrowed from the ideas of many more experienced than me (including Outbound and Techntrek). Just a hint that might help... The search function here is pretty good, but if you go to Google and search the following, you might find a bunch of good ideas. rear shelf site:rpod-owners.com https://www.google.com/webhp?q=rear+shelf+site:rpod-owners.com Hope that helps. fred |
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Jdub
Groupie Joined: 17 Mar 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2014 at 7:28pm |
I just put a wire shelf over that area. I used the valence as support across the back.....just laid it on the valence, and then secured the two ends with a screwed in slider bar. I should take a picture.
How do I load a pic?
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Marx
Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Location: Charleston Online Status: Offline Posts: 103 |
Posted: 07 Aug 2014 at 6:07am |
Woah cool some different things I hadn't seen before as far as Ideas go. My biggest concern is actually just drilling into the wall. Guess I'll start small and see how far after the initial hole before the final wall to go with the molly bolt. Thanks again all, super useful!
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3ofUs
Groupie Joined: 12 Jul 2014 Location: TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 99 |
Posted: 08 Aug 2014 at 7:30am |
Yesterday after returning home from only 1.5 hours on the road, I discovered my 3M adhesive, the style that the hook slides up on the mounted piece, had vibrated off and cutting mats were across the counter. Definitely use a molly bolt style for support. Something as simple as 3M vibrated enough to separate and left the mount on the wall.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 08 Aug 2014 at 1:43pm |
As a counter point, we use the 3M hooks and have never had one come off the wall, even when holding multiple wet "sheet" sized towels.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 08 Aug 2014 at 5:37pm |
We had a couple of the 3M hooks pull the vinal face loose from the paneling.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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