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11-02-2017, 12:05 PM
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#21
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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The designs vary. When down, our table sits on two solid hardwood cleats with no strain on the metal wall bracket.
YBMV — “Your Bracket May Vary”
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11-02-2017, 12:07 PM
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#22
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Rivet Master
1988 25' Excella
1987 32' Excella
Knoxville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,119
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Yeah. Maybe they improved it since 1988.
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11-02-2017, 12:13 PM
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#23
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4 Rivet Member
2012 28' International
Prince Edward County
, Ontario
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 338
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We full timed for three years, our table has never been down. As someone commented, if the single leg looks out of vertical, a light nudge from my foot will straighten it.
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11-02-2017, 07:34 PM
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#24
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3 Rivet Member
2005 25' Safari
Albuquerque
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 159
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My Airstream Manual Says Table Up for Travel
2005 Safari 25C, have always towed with table set up. The manual contains specific instructions to leave the table up during travel. No problems with the hinge or leg.
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11-02-2017, 11:31 PM
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#25
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New Member
2005 25' Safari
Sacramento
, California
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 4
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Table in back of trailer
We have a 25 foot Safari with the table in the back. I di two things. Put a pad on the floor under the lag and second took a flat bungee cord, fasten to the steel leg under the seat. Come over the table and hooked to the door under the seat on the other side. I put a bolt with a loop so I had somethin to hook to. That table is now fasten held to the floor and is up. JW
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11-03-2017, 12:02 AM
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#26
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4 Rivet Member
2004 22' Safari
Albuquerque
, New Mexico
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 374
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Under Table Space Needed...
Quote:
Originally Posted by m.hony
I have always left my dining table up.
Never crossed my mind to do anything else.
When I notice the leg wonky or leaning or crooked after traveling I give it a slight kick/nudge to straighten it...
Mostly the table leg works outward leaning into the aisle...
I want it to be perfectly vertical...
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I have a 2004 Narrow Body 22 foot Safari (rear kitchen). The Yeti Tundra 35 fits perfectly between the seats under the table if it is left up. When reaching a destination, I lift it and put it on the dressing table where it is out of the way. With the smaller refrigerator/freezer of a 22 foot, this Yeti becomes necessary on long trips to keep from stopping at grocery stores every three minutes. On our longest trip (26 days) we also carried a Yeti Tundra 45 on the back floor of the pickup truck with the seats raised up. Either Yeti with dry ice on the bottom will keep things frozen (brittle) for seven days opening it only once a day to pull out the next days things to thaw in the refrigerator. We usually use one for a freezer and one for a cooler (block ice preferred). We got the idea on a thread here by someone who was debating about a 22/23 foot vs. a 25, and they got a price on the smaller one they couldn't pass up.
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11-03-2017, 05:14 AM
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#27
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2 Rivet Member
2016 27' International
Ada
, Michigan
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 63
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Up or down doesn't matter. Changing the air in the tires every 2000 miles, now that is important.
Greetings from Casa Habanero, 2016 27FB
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11-03-2017, 06:07 AM
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#28
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Mantua
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 7,062
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I used to change the air, but didnt want that nasty old air all over me, so i changed to a macerater air exchanger. Now no mess!
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11-03-2017, 06:43 AM
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#29
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3 Rivet Member
2016 28' International
Perry
, Georgia
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 104
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Quote:
Originally Posted by avionstream
I used to change the air, but didnt want that nasty old air all over me, so i changed to a macerater air exchanger. Now no mess!
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Be green, be sure to recycle that old air.
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11-03-2017, 08:30 AM
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#30
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Rivet Master
2015 25' Flying Cloud
Bend
, Oregon
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 762
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Table up. Sometimes with things left on it by accident! Never had anything even fall off the table!
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11-04-2017, 02:50 PM
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#31
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Journeyman
2016 25' International
Amherst
, Massachusetts
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 956
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Umm....
My owners manual says to put the table UP before travel. Just saying, that's straight from the source!
(If it's down already, I travel with it that way... but most of the time we travel with it up.)
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11-15-2017, 04:36 AM
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#32
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3 Rivet Member
2014 25' FB Flying Cloud
2005 30' Classic
Keswick
, Virginia
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SSquared
I'm one of the people who posted on the linked thread about the table coming down. I started a thread about my experience: http://www.airforums.com/forums/f516...ow-137789.html
In my thread, post 30 has a picture of my table leg modification. We have had no problems since making this modification.
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Great solution SSquared. Took me a bit to see that it is a hinged hasp. I have put that on my to-do list. Also on my list is a shower door I have to lift up to open after 18,000 miles this summer. Anyone know how to fix that one?
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Greg
2014 25' Flying Cloud FB
2015 GMC Sierra Denali 6.6L diesel
Charlottesville, Virginia
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11-15-2017, 08:50 PM
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#33
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Rivet Master
1998 36' Land Yacht Widebody
Shepherdstown
, West Virginia
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 802
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In the motorhomes the folding table and chairs was an option vs the booth. Mine has the folding table with extension to make it longer. I always leave it UP...but never leave extension in unless in use.
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11-15-2017, 10:23 PM
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#34
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Rivet Master
2013 25' FB Flying Cloud
Longmont
, Colorado
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,107
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregwall
Great solution SSquared. Took me a bit to see that it is a hinged hasp. I have put that on my to-do list. Also on my list is a shower door I have to lift up to open after 18,000 miles this summer. Anyone know how to fix that one?
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The hinge is just a plain old hinge from the hardware store. I removed the original hinge pin and replaced it with one similar to what we use on our hitch, so it is easily removable. The only time I removed it was when I rolled the floor back back to dry out the plywood after a leak.
Can't help you on the shower issue.
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11-16-2017, 10:31 AM
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#35
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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We always left the table up. In 62,000 miles of travel our table came down several times. First time the screws for the leg ripped out of the table and they were replaced with bigger screws. We found it upside down another time having detached from the wall, though the wall brackets were fine after I bent them back to work properly. I think it came down one or two more times. Just before we sold it, the leg would not lock anymore—the lock malfunctioned and the leg would not stay in place. Drilled through the leg, put in a bolt and locked it permanently. If we had kept the Airstream, I would have ordered a new leg.
Our new trailer (yes, an alien brand) has the same type leg and brackets and we haven't lowered it either. I like the idea of using a bungie cord to hold the table down and hopefully prevent it from moving during travel.
Gene
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