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bacmb
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May 24, 2016

Mounting TV in 2012 Roamer 266RLS

I'm trying to mount a TV in the bedroom of our Roamer, and it's driving me nuts! We're new to RVs in general, and I'm a bit leery of drilling holes in places I don't fully understand. The bedroom is obviously set up for a TV, as there's a power outlet and coax outlet in the front of the bedroom near the outer wall. I used a stud finder, but couldn't locate but one thing in that area of the wall, and it's about 4-6" away from the outlet. I nailed a finish nail into the area just to check it out, and it hits something hard - hard enough to bend the nail. I didn't think this model had metal studs, but there's certainly something there that's not wood. Any thoughts or suggestions most welcome!
  • Do you have access to both sides of the wall in the location where you want to mount the bracket? Are you adverse to seeing bolt heads in the area opposite the TV mount?

    I mounted a Mor Ryde TV mount on a wall by thru bolting it, and using a 3/4"x7"x7" piece of maple under the bracket, which I also glued to the wall. Since my bracket folds out I had a pretty good moment arm, so I wanted it to be strong. To accomplish that goal, I thru bolted it, so as to use both pieces of paneling for support (each side of the wall). Using a Forstner bit, I carefully drilled 1" holes (on the bedroom side only) and fit 1" hardwood dowels that butted to the inside of the opposite wall, and were flush with the bedroom wall and the back of the maple (so as to not crush the wall). These holes were spaced to fit the wall mount bracket on the Mor Ryde mount.

    Make sure the nuts on your mounting bolts will not interfere with the bracket snapping into place when it is stowed, otherwise redrill holes in the Mor Ryde bracket

    I then drilled holes (to accommodate bolts thru the dowels and the maple mounting board) and then I glued the dowels to the back of the board and inserted the assembly into the 1" holes. From the bedroom side I match drilled the opposing wall paneling and installed thru bolts (with fender washers under the bolt heads) and installed the whole assembly, thus sandwiching the fabricated mount onto the wall.

    Now, my sliding bathroom door covers the bolt heads on the opposite wall, so this was not a problem for me, and I have a very strong mount, that easily supports my 22" TV with the arm fully extended.

    This may sound complicated but it works really well for our setup.
    Here's a link showing the bracket assembly I used. Hope this helps.

    http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skunum=82569&rewrote&affiliateid=5193&gclid=Cj0KEQjw94-6BRDkk568hcyg3-YBEiQAnmuwkgxc3-F8KOVC0XRQNCNSH1JqD5qc8et9tEMU37E2wTsaAqk98P8HAQ
  • I have to hand it to the Open Range guys at Jayco (I assume that's who's answering the phone now). Apparently when the company changed hands, all of the plans for the models prior to 2012 didn't make it online. However, the gentleman I spoke with went to engineering and found someone who produced a paper copy. He made a copy of the relevant area for me (showing the TV mounting board), and emailed it to me. We're mounted and all set!