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Robby9
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Jul 26, 2013

installing an exterior TV bracket?

I'd like to install a TV bracket/mount on the exterior of my Cougar 31SQB. This is the mount I'd like to use: MOUNT

This same mount came factory installed on my old Grey Wolf TT and worked great for a small 22" Tv. What's the right way to install this thing? Do I have to screw into one of the aluminum studs or can I just use drywall anchors on the fiberglass exterior?

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  • hmm, My rig is stick and tin. But seeing that the extended handles are meerly screwed into the fiber board, and hold. I'd say a 10lb LED/LCD TV should hold just fine.

    this is the bracket

    The co. That makes it is. http://www.moview.com/home

    Ms1042 is the model no.
  • bigcitypopo wrote:
    Keystone has a bracket they use on the springdales.. Its great. Let me find my post...


    I know some Keystones come with a factory mounted outside bracket. The problem is that Keystone won't tell me how they install the exterior bracket. Are they using a backer board behind the fiberglass, drywall type anchors or drilling into the aluminiums studs?

    Keystone customer service told me straight out they will not provide information to help customers modify their RV's.
  • Keystone has a bracket they use on the springdales.. Its great. Let me find my post...
  • Maybe you can get an idea by stopping by a RV dealer and seeing how they are mounted on units then came standard on. That or someone with one might post some pictures for you. I would want at leat the top screws through or in a horizontal stud and the botton two screws through into the interior with washers and locking nuts on the inside.
  • If you have a fiberglass exterior then you have a sandwiched wall system. You won't be able to use molly type anchors. Like it was mentioned either find a stud or another alternative is to see what's on the other side of the wall. If its a cabinet, the you might get away with drilling thru the wall and bolting it on to the outside. Only issue is if there are any wires in the wall. You don't want to cut one with the drill bit. I don't think TT's/5'ers run wires thru the walls very often. But you never know what goofy idea they will try next.

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