The Dung Beetles wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
We owned a Dutchmen Sport for 3 years, never had any problems with it. Second trailer was a Keystone Springdale. After a couple issues at the VERY beginning, and dealer fixed, not a hint of problem for the next 8 years, except hail broke out the skylight vents...but that was not the camper's fault. Now we're on our 3rd TT for 2 weeks. No problems with our Outback, other than finding a way to keep our cats from popping open the screen door .. which I solved!
How did you thwart the kitties door antics if I may ask??
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Don't want to hijack the thread, but to answer you question, I put a spacer behind the screen door catch. The factory install made the catch just barely catch. By putting almost a spacer behind that catch (a thin slice of wood, and painted black to match), the catch now has abut a 3/8 inch and the door cannot be opened. The only down side, the outside door catch for the screen door had to be adjusted also. Otherwise the screen door catch would not let the outside door open. Now the 2 doors will separate when opening the outside door, so both doors need to be opened. We're getting use to doing that, and actually, it works out better, because the cats will often sit at the door waiting for it to open so they can bolt. Now, the outside door opens and the screen door is still latched. To reverse is quite simple. Remove the spacer behind the screen door catch and lower the outside oor catch that catches the screen door so they operate as one door.
Fyi, the screen door cannot be opened now without seriously damaging something. The latch has to be pressed down to open. Now, there's always the possibility they could tear the screan up, but even at home, they've never done anything like that.
