I'm planning on removing my dinette and replacing it with a recpro 70" jack knife sofa. Anyone that has done this did you secure the sofa to the floor or did you just let it sit as is. There is something about using L brackets on their site but the information they provide is extremely sketchy to the point of being invisible.

An unsecured sofa wouldn’t be wise IMO…not that it needs to be overdone however.

I have a 5er and both the reclining chairs and sofa that is in a slide just sit there. When I am on the road and close the slides the sofa and chairs are penned in and can't move.

The ones we have had always just sat there with nothing holding them in place.

We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

We pulled the jackknife sofa out of ours and replaced it with a dual reclining loveseat about 4 years ago and it's not fastened down. The original one wasn't either. No problems yet.

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Lwiddis
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2022
An unsecured sofa wouldn’t be wise IMO…not that it needs to be overdone however.
joelc
Explorer III
Apr 24, 2022
I have a 5er and both the reclining chairs and sofa that is in a slide just sit there. When I am on the road and close the slides the sofa and chairs are penned in and can't move.
valhalla360
Navigator
Apr 24, 2022
The ones we have had always just sat there with nothing holding them in place.
stripit
Explorer
Apr 24, 2022
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.
dieseltruckdriv
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2022
We pulled the jackknife sofa out of ours and replaced it with a dual reclining loveseat about 4 years ago and it's not fastened down. The original one wasn't either. No problems yet.
rhagfo
Explorer III
Apr 25, 2022
stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

OP is asking about a 5th wheel, only our kitchen table is secured, chairs, futon, recliner all just sit there..
ReneeG
Explorer
Apr 25, 2022
rhagfo wrote:
stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

OP is asking about a 5th wheel, only our kitchen table is secured, chairs, futon, recliner all just sit there..

Same with our FW. Only the table is screwed down.
jdc1
Explorer II
Apr 25, 2022
A jacknife sofa is not the same as a regular sofa or recliner. They are top heavy. They need to be bolted in place. The plywood subfloor in slides is 1". Use lag bolts. The framing under the plywood is usually 1" also, so, if you penetrate the plywood, do so no more than 3/4".
MissouriCamper
Explorer
Apr 25, 2022
jdc1 wrote:
A jacknife sofa is not the same as a regular sofa or recliner. They are top heavy. They need to be bolted in place. The plywood subfloor in slides is 1". Use lag bolts. The framing under the plywood is usually 1" also, so, if you penetrate the plywood, do so no more than 3/4".

Thank you, very informative and useful information. I appreciate you along with the others, taking the time to respond to my post.
valhalla360
Navigator
Apr 25, 2022
stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

Probably bolted down because you have a MH and with seatbelts, it's considered at least technically as seating while driving.

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