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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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.
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.
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.
sbowman871
Explorer
Feb 26, 2013
Try this site. Looks like they have a good selection of struts and mounting hardware.
Clicky
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.

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