Access door on dinette bench
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Topic: Access door on dinette bench
Posted By: francoisfrogpod
Subject: Access door on dinette bench
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 8:52am
| A factory installed access door on the curbside dinette bench (177) would be awesome! Had this on a pop up I once owned and it sure saved a lot of work when accessing the storage under the bench. |
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Posted By: Camper Bob
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 9:47am
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Someone had previously posted a picture of just cutting a large square hole there and framing it for support. Thats what we did and it makes setting up and down much easier as all of the tools are so easy to access. As some one said, " We don't need no stinkin' door." Safe Travels. ------------- Camper Bob and Camper Sue Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
Posted By: francoisfrogpod
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 10:18am
| That's exactly what my husband wants to do with ours. I'm sure it will work just fine. |
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 2:07pm
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I cut a hole in the side of the dinette seat (without cutting any of the existing framing) and trimmed it out. I call it the "shoe hole" and it does a fine job of keeping shoes out of the way. ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 2:42pm
I split the storage space under the dinette bench half built-in cooler the other half storage which is accessible from the top or the front.  ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: Paige
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 5:12pm
We did one too. It is where we store the set up tools. ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2013 at 4:53pm
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We did the same as Paige, but without the door. Stow wet or sandy footgear on site, tools or chocks or pads when traveling. Divider makes a handy extra storage space that is out of the way. ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |