Installing Dinette Seatbelts
Hi! We're in the process of buying an older Class A Southwind and will be travelling with two small kids. I'd like to figure out a way to install shoulder restraints/seat belts in our dinette area s...
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McInnisfam wrote:
Sorry--to clarify, we're hoping for shoulder harnesses. I've done some digging, but there's not much out there on whether we can bolt stuff to the walls and have it be ok. The kids' booster seats kind of prop them up higher so that in a car the shoulder belts fit correctly. We've got lap belts in the dinette and also in a captain's chair behind the cab area...perfect world would be shoulder harnesses too. Maybe I'm just being neurotic? ;) Anybody ever heard of bolting shoulder straps in anywhere? Thanks in advance! :)
Bolting a shoulder harness to the wall won't hurt anything, but it isn't going to offer much protection. In an accident, it would most likely be pulled out of the wall without much force. You would probably need a metal plate on the outside of the motorhome and one on the inside and bolt through both plates and the wall. That would be sturdier.
-Michael
