Mounting a television

wgp wrote:
Good suggestions. I was going to explore increasing the thickness of the mounting surface so as to use longer screws. Was planning a swing-out arm but my dealer is worried that pulling the screen out may over-stress the single-point pin that allows the mirror/TV to pivot around. Think I'll stick to the fixed mount.

Mor/Ryde makes several articulating mounts with a locking T-handle. The one in this photo is good for 35 lbs. We have one in our TT's bedroom and I like it.

We have a factory installed locking mount in our TT that requires you to push the TV against the wall to lock it. It leaves fingerprints all over the screen and I don't like the way you have to yank on the TV to get it to let go.

Some of the newer TVs are feather light. Our 32" Sansui TV weighs next to nothing. The factory installed articulating mount is mounted with just a few #8 screws into the wall. There will be either a plywood or sheet metal backer behind the luan. No need for HD lag bolts. If you think you have a metal backer, use a magnet to find the outer edges.

Is this a metal or fiberglass TT and is it going on an interior or exterior wall? If you have studs, you can always surface mount a backer piece of some sort to the studs.

I've got a 2016 Jayco Seismic Wave 310w and in the garage area there is a sticker that shows where to put the tv mount (a stick with arrows point to each corner of the sticker) but I've put a couple of screws through the wall that didn't tighten like it grabbed something, so I'm not sure where the extra support is to run the screws/small lag bolts. I'm just going to put an oversized piece of 3/4" plywood up with glue and screws, then paint it to match the wall and mount the tv mount to it. That way I know the tv mount is going to stay hanging.

I mounted my TV a bit different... Found the metal studs in the wall and mounted a piece of ply to the wall. Then instead of a swing arm, I mounted a stationary TV mount to another piece of ply the same size as that on the wall. Then on one end, (depends on which way you need it to swing) I used a piano hinge the full size of the plywood top to bottom. Much bigger hinge point that way.

wgp wrote:
Planning to mount a flat-screen TV in my Jayco trailer. There is a panel provided for this but I suspect it's not very thick (3/4" at best?) and thus heavy-duty screws likely are out (there's a mirror on the flip side). Suggestions?

Well what size, and how much does it weigh?

1/2" to 3/4" Plywood would easily support up to 50#. We are not talking one screw, likely about 6 to 8 supporting the bracket.

If you can easily get to the back side "T" nuts and Machine screws.

You could use the drywall mollies--the metal ones that expand in an "x" form as you tighten the screw. I mounted a 19" tv in our bedroom and it was very light. Not sure what size you are mounting.

Another question: AC or DC television? I was planning to just grab a TV from the house when we were taking a trip. When we're travelling the RV is always connected to campground power or a good generator.

Good suggestions. I was going to explore increasing the thickness of the mounting surface so as to use longer screws. Was planning a swing-out arm but my dealer is worried that pulling the screen out may over-stress the single-point pin that allows the mirror/TV to pivot around. Think I'll stick to the fixed mount.

I went to Lowes and got a 1/4 sheet of nice grained plywood, I stained it and then mounted it, finding the studs first, I then attached it with 6 screws to the studs, I then attached the TV bracket and hanged the TV. There is a small ledge under it and I used velcro to attach the DVD player and remotes, so far it has worked really well.

Depends on how you are thinking of mounting it and what size you want to mount. If you mount the largest weight TV rated for a single swing arm mount then I would think twice about just the 4 screws used on those types of mounts.
If you are going to mount the big style plate to the wall that uses the two brackets that are bolted to the back of the TV to hang on it, that doesn't let the TV swing out, and you fill every hole on the plate with a screw then you would be fine with large wood screws.
There is also a Hybrid type that uses 2 arms to swing out (although much less than a single arm) that I would feel comfortable with if I had a strap or something to secure the TV against the wall during travel.

I replaced the Jensen 32" TV in our 5er with a 40" LED TV. It's about 1/3 the weight. Way thinner as well. Twice the picture too.