Has anyone used one of these? My TT has no type of support for lifting the bed. I'm a "fairly" young guy and a few months ago I put a serious hurting on my back during a week long trip. I tore a ton of muscles and I'm pretty sure it was caused by lifting the bed. Because there wasn't much leg room between the bed and the front wall I couldn't lift with my legs. I have the stock short queen that came with the TT and a longer memory foam on top.I'm trying to find something to help me lift it without killing my back again. Can anyone recommend this product? Is there something more "heavy duty" I can use to accomplish this?Thanks.

We had a trailer like the pic in advertisment. I really can't say if it helped with lifting but helped holding bed up when you dig something out.

Try this site. Looks like they have a good selection of struts and mounting hardware. Clicky

See Bill & Diana's post on 2/11/13 at 7:05AM in the General RVing Issues forum. He was ordering from Hatchlift.com. They are the same as CW becasue they have the same picture. They appear to have a good selection of various lenghtes and weight capacities. Bill was going to post the results after he had them mounted, but that was only two weeks ago. I need to do the same thing, I want to see how his 20" X 120 pound units work before I order.

My trailer came with the lift kit standard but the gas springs were way too strong. The bed would lift with one finger but you almost had to climb up and sit on the bed to close it. They put so much pressure on the lower attach brackets that the bed frame on one side broke. I did a repair job and replaced the springs with ones half as strong. I googled "automotive gas springs" and found more information and suppliers than I could read. One thing I found is that when you don't have to pay for the"RV" name things are much cheaper.

martipr wrote:My trailer came with the lift kit standard but the gas springs were way too strong. The bed would lift with one finger but you almost had to climb up and sit on the bed to close it. They put so much pressure on the lower attach brackets that the bed frame on one side broke. I did a repair job and replaced the springs with ones half as strong. I googled "automotive gas springs" and found more information and suppliers than I could read. One thing I found is that when you don't have to pay for the"RV" name things are much cheaper.I'll definitely check this out. Thanks so much. After ordering and installing I'll update this thread with the results.

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path1
Explorer
Feb 26, 2013
We had a trailer like the pic in advertisment. I really can't say if it helped with lifting but helped holding bed up when you dig something out.
sbowman871
Explorer
Feb 26, 2013
Try this site. Looks like they have a good selection of struts and mounting hardware.
Clicky
Trackrig
Explorer II
Feb 26, 2013
See Bill & Diana's post on 2/11/13 at 7:05AM in the General RVing Issues forum. He was ordering from Hatchlift.com. They are the same as CW becasue they have the same picture. They appear to have a good selection of various lenghtes and weight capacities. Bill was going to post the results after he had them mounted, but that was only two weeks ago. I need to do the same thing, I want to see how his 20" X 120 pound units work before I order.
martipr
Explorer
Feb 26, 2013
My trailer came with the lift kit standard but the gas springs were way too strong. The bed would lift with one finger but you almost had to climb up and sit on the bed to close it. They put so much pressure on the lower attach brackets that the bed frame on one side broke. I did a repair job and replaced the springs with ones half as strong. I googled "automotive gas springs" and found more information and suppliers than I could read. One thing I found is that when you don't have to pay for the"RV" name things are much cheaper.
Chromag
Explorer
Feb 27, 2013
martipr wrote:
My trailer came with the lift kit standard but the gas springs were way too strong. The bed would lift with one finger but you almost had to climb up and sit on the bed to close it. They put so much pressure on the lower attach brackets that the bed frame on one side broke. I did a repair job and replaced the springs with ones half as strong. I googled "automotive gas springs" and found more information and suppliers than I could read. One thing I found is that when you don't have to pay for the"RV" name things are much cheaper.

I'll definitely check this out. Thanks so much. After ordering and installing I'll update this thread with the results.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Feb 27, 2013
Make sure you mount those somewhere really solid. You may need to add more wood to the mounting location because the screws will rip out of thin wood.
martipr
Explorer
Feb 28, 2013
beemerphile1 wrote:
Make sure you mount those somewhere really solid. You may need to add more wood to the mounting location because the screws will rip out of thin wood.

X2 I reinforced the attach bracket mounting points when I changed the springs. As is typical the original was pretty marginal.
scottykrug
Explorer
Feb 28, 2013
I agree with the above statements. The shocks help a little bit with the lifting, but more importantly, they support the weight of the mattress allowing you to use both hands to do what you need in the storage area. Our camper came with these on it. My only change, the little screws stripped out of the wood (mentioned above). I drilled the holes out and put flat head screws with the nuts facing underneath. Sturdy and never will strip out.
jrichard
Explorer
Feb 28, 2013
In preparation to install gas springs, I attached a +/-2'x3' piece of plywood covering the entire bedframe in the area of the lower attachment point for the spring. The bottom edge of the plywood rests on the floor and is attached to multiple points on the bedframe. I definitely would not attach the bottom of the spring directly to the bedframe as I'd be afraid of breaking it.
kckettridge
Explorer
Mar 04, 2013
That is one of the first things I did to our TT. Our first two TT came with the bed lift's already but apparently Dutchmen doesn't believe in installing them on their units. I can now use both hands to take items out from under the bed instead of using one to hold the door up.

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