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Carl Boger:
For him to point out all of the higher quality features is absolutely great.  I have not toured a great number of motor homes like he has, but I totally believe that the Beavers were made to a higher quality level than most others.
I also could steal a few ideas on his to make mine more user friendly. Thanks for sharing the video.  42 minutes went by in a hurry!

Eric Maclean Co-Admin:
Carl
I also saw a couple mods that looked good like the drawer slide latches great idea.

Joel Ashley:
Our Monty came with those latches, but they don't always hold.  Going around corners at highway speed often sent a heavier galley drawer slamming out, dislodging my startled wife from the co-pilot's seat as well as screws that mount the slide mechanisms.  I found that there are two versions, the weaker of which is on the drawers and cabinets.  When they broke I replaced them only to suffer the same fate again.  If you go to them, try to use the heavier duty one.  If memory serves correctly, Beaver used the HD on the rear closet doors because of their weight.  The HD latches don't crack around the thicker screw plate like the lighter duty ones.  I believe the HD is rated "10 lb." vs the other at "5 lb.".

Not sure why he put the rear TV on a swing-out.  It's mounting panel blocks access to a potential storage pocket.  On ours, the TV cabinet upgrade consisted of putting the TV on a cabinet door, so with shelves we still had the available storage behind.

Wish we had the slide out roof drift that some rigs had;  those Carefree slide out covers can be a pain when the wind kicks up.  I have to bring in at least the windward slides in order to sleep at night on the Oregon Coast in winter.

Joel

Eric Maclean Co-Admin:
Joel thanks
Good to know about the two different latches

Gene Obie:
I travel solo quite frequently and now just use spring loaded shower rods to keep the closet and heaving pocket doors in place. Before that I even tried taping the latch/sliders and still had one come loose. Too stressful (and potentially damaging) having them come loose slamming around while I'm out on the road without and easy turnout. The rods have never failed and keep me from forgetting a latch as it's pretty hard to miss a big white rod across the doorway.

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